Friday Flash(back) - Lenny Kravitz - Blue Electric Light

Stop Thinking Start Feeling - Guests

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - COSMO'S MIDNIGHT - {Stop Thinking Start Feeling}

Album of the Year Nomination #4 - BILLIE EILISH - Hit Me Hard and Soft

Now joining the brilliant PNAU, Beyoncé and Tyla, it's time for the fourth Album of the Year Nomination.

Hit Me Hard and Soft is the third studio album by Billie Eilish,. The second track, Lunch, served as the lead single. This followed no singles being released prior to the albums release last Friday.

The album will be supported by a world concert tour, including Australia! The album has received widespread critical acclaim.

Billie's third record joins the Album of the Year race for 2024!

This continue's Billie's dominance as a major pop star in the 2020's. You can check out the video for Lunch here along with a super cute chat with Triple J's Lucy Smith. Funny enough the album also happens to be their album of the week too.

As we reach the middle of 2024, we are really building a great list of records for the Album of the Year race!

So stream the album below right now. 2024 is really turning out to be a great year for music!

Friday Flash(back) RE: Donald McKinley Glover Jr AKA Childish Gambino

Donald McKinley Glover Jr. also known as Childish Gambino has it all. His an actor, comedian, singer, rapper, writer, director, and producer. Is there anything left he cannot do?

Glover was hired by Tina Fey to write for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock; he was 23. He gained fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014. 

From 2016 to 2022, he starred in the FX series Atlanta, which he created and occasionally directed. His work on Atlanta, he won various accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

Glover has appeared in several films, including the supernatural horror The Lazarus Effect (2015), the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL (2015), and the science fiction film The Martian (2015). 

He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) as well as Lando Calrissian in the space western Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).

He provided the voice of adult Simba in The Lion King (2019)and produced the short film Guava Island (2019), in which he starred. He co-created the comedy thriller television series Swarm (2023).

Glover is also credited as a principal inspiration for the creation of the Marvel Comics superhero Miles Morales / Spider-Man, whom Glover himself voiced in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man. This year, he created and starred in the Prime Video series Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

After a number of independently released projects, Glover signed with Glassnote Records in 2011 and released his debut studio album, Camp (2011) in November of that year to critical and commercial success.

His second album, Because the Internet (2013) was supported by the single 3005, which became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry.

His psychedelic funk-inspired 2016 single, Redbone peaked at number 12 on the chart, won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance, and preceded the release of his third album Awaken, My Love! (2016), which saw continued success.

Glover's 2018 single, This Is America debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, & won in all of the categories for which it was nominated at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and Best Music Video; it won a Guinness World Record as the first hip hop song to win in the former two categories.

His fourth album, 3.15.20, was released in 2020. This month, he released Atavista, a reworking of said album. The guests were fire! Check them out here.

Friday Flash(back) - Childish Gambino

 

(Pre) Friday Flash(back)

Donald Glover or for music with his stage name, Childish Gambino, re-released his fourth studio album, 3.15.20 the other Friday.

Tomorrow you can stream the record as part of my Friday Flash(back).

The album is packed with guest appearances from the (previously) unfinished version. Ariana Grande, Kadhja Bonet, 21 Savage, Ink, Young Nudy and Summer Walker. For something different this week the guests videos below.

I will return on the weekend for more Childish Gambino facts and figures. The man is a gosh damn legend. Will he return though for the second series of Mr. & Mrs. Smith? PS thanks Amazon for adding ads to your streaming platform. BOO!

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - BILLIE EILISH - {Hit Me Hard and Soft}

Friday Flash(back) - Angus & Julia Stone - Cape Forestier

(Pre) Friday Flash(back)

Cape Forestier is the fifth studio album by brother/sister duo Angus & Julia Stone. 

Released last Friday, the album was announced back in February, alongside the release of the album's lead single, The Wedding Song.

The titular single Cape Forestier, Losing You & No Boat, No Aeroplane were also both released prior to the album.

The Living Room Sessions World Tour has already commenced, wrapping up in September this year.

Cape Forestier is the duo's first project since their soundtrack album Life is Strange in 2021. Whilst being their first studio album in seven years following Snow.

Angus & Julia describes the album as "holds a really special place in our hearts" and believes the album has a similar sound to their earlier records, but has been influenced "with all the branches of experience hanging in there".

We all know Angus & Julia from previous big hits like Big Jet Plane from back in 2010, or Chateau in 2017. They have been favourites on the radio, on the live stage for over a decade now. Hailing from Sydney's Northern Beaches the duo have shown, they can release tunes solo or as a duo for well over 14 years.

As solo artists they have both have hits in their own rights. Even a Christmas album by Julia Stone!

I have seen them live, brought their albums, listened to their tunes for years. I am so excited to stream their latest record tomorrow. The album as grabbed the feature album spot this week on Triple J.

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - MILAN RING - {Mangos}

Friday Flash(back) - WILLOW - Empathogen

(Pre) Friday Flash(back)

Willow Camille Reign Smith is maybe the youngest so far for the Friday Flash(back). However last Friday she released her sixth studio record. Yes her sixth, she was only born back in October 31, 2000), me personally, I was just finishing year 12 then!

Willow, is the only daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, making her acting debut in the 2007 film I Am Legend alongside her father.

Back in 2010, Smith launched her music career with the platinum-certified single Whip My Hair, yes remember that song! Only now to release a record classified as a jazz record.

That same year, Smith signed to her mentor Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation, becoming the youngest artist signed to the label. 

Smith's debut album, Ardipithecus (2015) explored neo soul. Its single Wait a Minute! was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. 

Her second and third albums, The 1st (2017) and Willow (2019) followed after and were met with positive reception. 

In 2021, Smith released her fourth album Lately I Feel Everything, which spawned the single Transparent Soul, which was certified gold in the US. Later that year, she earned another top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single Meet Me at Our Spot as part of The Anxiety with Tyler Cole. 

In 2022, Smith released her fifth album, Coping Mechanism. Her latest album, empathogen will be here to stream tomorrow morning. If you missed it last Friday, don't miss it tomorrow! See you then!

Good Time Hotel - Guests

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - DUGONG JR - {Good Time Hotel}

Friday Flash(back) RE: Regurgitator

Regurgitator for me are in the same classic Aussie music era as former Friday Flash(back) stars Jebediah.

Back in the days of Homebake, the Gurge, Jebediah, Magic Dirt, Powderfinger, Silverchair, PNAU were all kings & queens of this festival/the Aussie music scene.

So to have these two artists release new records so close to each other, for me this is a great nostalgia period for music. Hailing from Brisbane, Queensland, the group formed in 1993.

Lead by Quan Yeomans, Ben Ely and Martin Lee. Their debut studio album, Tu-Plang was iconic in 1996; with Unit the following November, growing new fans, killing the festival scene with tunes like !SFKA.

The album was certified triple platinum, while winning five categories at the ARIA Music Awards of 1998: Album of the Year, Best Alternative Album, Producer of the Year (for Magoo), Engineer of the Year (Magoo) and Best Cover Art (for The Shits). 

Their third album, ...Art came in 1999, lead by the lead single, Happiness (Rotting My Brain).

Of course we all loved their top 20 hit Polyester Girl, which peaked at No. 14 in Australia and No. 16 in New Zealand.

The groups fourth studio album, Eduardo and Rodriguez Wage War on T-Wrecks then landed in 2001. This was their final studio album for Warner before mutually agreeing to terminate their recording agreement. 

Regurgitator then went on to issue four more independent studio albums Mish Mash!, Love and Paranoia , Super Happy Fun Times Friends and Dirty Pop Fantasy.

Their ninth studio album Headroxx released in 2018, before the group's spin-off project Regurgitator's Pogogo Show released their debut album of children's music, The Really Really Really Really Boring Album in 2019. So it had been a minute before the crew released Invader. Kicking off This Is Not a Pop Song with Peaches on guest vocals. JK-47 and Tyson Yunkaporta, also feature on the 14 track record.

So if you are new to Regurgitator, or a seasoned fan like me, here are some weekend bangers to get your weekend started!

Friday Flash(back) - Regurgitator - Invader

Hyperdrama - Guests