Friday Flash(back) - Tove Lo - Estrus

Estrus is the sixth studio album by the Swedish singer Tove Lo. Released last Friday, through her independent record label, Pretty Swede Records.

Lo announced her sixth studio album, Estrus, on 11 May 2026, sharing its cover artwork and track listing. Same day, she also unveiled its lead single, I'm Your Girl Right?. Released on 13 May along with its Nogari-directed music video that was filmed in São Paulo with 70 dancers.

In support of the album, she will embark on its accompanying tour, which is set to began on September 15 in Nashville at the Pinnacle and conclude on November 19 at Avicii Arena. Mallrat (North America), Rose Gray (UK and Europe), and Cobrah (Brooklyn) will serve as a supporting act of the tour.

A bit more about this week's Friday Flash(back). Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (Swedish: [ˈɛbːa ˈtuːvɛ ˈɛlsa ˈnɪlsɔn], known professionally as Tove Lo (/ˈtoʊvə ˈloʊ/ TOH-və LOH;[1] Swedish: [ˈtûːvɛ ˈluː]), is a Swedish singer-songwriter. 

She is known for her raw, grunge-influenced take on pop music. Referring to her autobiographical lyrics, Out called Lo "the saddest girl in Sweden", while Rolling Stone called her "Sweden's darkest pop export".

Raised in the Djursholm district of Danderyd, Lo is an alumna of the music school Rytmus Musikergymnasiet. She formed the rock band Tremblebee in 2006. After it disbanded, Lo pursued a career in songwriting and earned a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music in 2011. Working with producers Alexander Kronlund, Max Martin, and Xenomania, she became a successful songwriter, while also recording and releasing her own compositions independently.

In 2013, Lo was signed to Universal Music, Island and Polydor. The following year, Lo rose to prominence with her debut album, Queen of the Clouds, which opened at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 chart in October 2014. It spawned the sleeper hit single Habits (Stay High), which peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as Talking Body. 

Her second album, Lady Wood, was released in October 2016 and debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200. Its lead single, Cool Girl, became an international hit. 

Her follow-up records, Blue Lips (2017) and Sunshine Kitty (2019), also performed well, the latter spawning the song Glad He's Gone, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video. In 2022, she released the album Dirt Femme with singles like How Long & No One Dies from Love. The former was part of the soundtrack for the second season of the American teen drama series Euphoria. 

In addition to her solo work, Lo has co-written songs for other artists, including Lorde's Homemade Dynamite (2017) and Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do (2015), a song that garnered her Grammy Award and Golden Globe nominations. 

She has collaborated with many artists, including Alesso, Broods, Charli XCX, Coldplay, Flume, Nelly Furtado, Martin Garrix, Nick Jonas, Wiz Khalifa, Kylie Minogue, Seven Lions and Urban Cone. 

Today's pick for me on the new record, Roomie. I like to party! Happy Friday.

ARIA 2026 Nominations | Predictions

Today, the 2026 ARIA nominations, were announced! How many awards will Tame Impala and Genesis Owusu win? They are up for loads!

Here are my picks/predictions/guesses in red & bold as below. The ARIA Awards will be held on Wednesday, 18 November, at the Hordern Pavilion, in iconic Sydney.

Album of the Year

BOY SODA — Soulstar [Warner Music Australia]

DMA'S — DMA'S [Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music]

Ecca Vandal — Looking For People to Unfollow [Loma Vista Recordings / Concord]

Genesis Owusu — Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge [Ourness / Believe]

Tame Impala — Deadbeat [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Best Solo Artist

Baker Boy — Djandjay [Baker Boy Music Pty Ltd / Island Records Australia]

BOY SODA — Soulstar [Warner Music Australia]

Ecca Vandal — Looking For People to Unfollow [Loma Vista Recordings / Concord]

G Flip — Dream Ride [AWAL Recordings]

Genesis Owusu — Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge [Ourness / Believe]

Matt Corby — Tragic Magic [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]

Miss Kaninna — BLACKPRINT [Soul Has No Tempo / AWAL Recordings]

Ninajirachi — WannaCry [NLV RECORDS]

Tame Impala — Deadbeat [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Troye Sivan — She's The Best [EMI Music Australia]

Best Group

5 Seconds of Summer — Everyone's A Star! [Republic Records]

DMA'S — DMA'S [Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music]

Gang Of Youths — Things Take Time [Mosy Music / Sony Music]

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers — Glory [Community Music]

Vika & Linda — Where Do You Come From? [Mushroom Music]

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

aleksiah — Good On Paper [Chugg Music & Stellar Trigger / MGM]

Ecca Vandal — Looking For People to Unfollow [Loma Vista Recordings / Concord]

Rachael Fahim — Who You Are [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]

Way Dynamic — Massive Shoe [Spoilsport Records] WILSN — Bloom [Mushroom Music]

WILSN — Bloom [Mushroom Music]

Best Pop Release

Blusher — Rager [Warner Music Australia]

G Flip — Dream Ride [AWAL Recordings]

Kylie Minogue — Tension Tour//Live 2025 [Mushroom Music]

Tame Impala — Dracula [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Troye Sivan — She's The Best [EMI Music Australia]

Best Dance / Electronic Release

Dean Turnley — Actin' Tough [CHAOS in collaboration with HOME//GRXWN]

Dom Dolla — Addicted to Bass [TMRW Music]

Ninajirachi, Porter Robinson — WannaCry [NLV RECORDS]

Tame Impala — Afterthought [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Yes Boone — All I Really Want [TMRW Music]

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release

Baker Boy — Djandjay [Baker Boy Music Pty Ltd / Island Records Australia]

DEVAURA — Vol. 2 If You Don't Laugh, You'll Cry [Offbeat Collective / Xelon Digital]

Hilltop Hoods — Never Coming Home [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]

Miss Kaninna — BLACKPRINT [Soul Has No Tempo / AWAL Recordings]

Nerve — Growing Pains [Nerve MP3's / Xelon Digital]

Best Soul / R&B Release

Becca Hatch — Garden (Bang Goes the Drum) [G.Y.R.O.]

BOY SODA — Soulstar [Warner Music Australia]

Larissa Lambert — I Love You Out Loud [New Levels / Virgin Music Group]

Miss Kaninna — Backstreets [Soul Has No Tempo / AWAL Recordings]

Tkay Maidza — Romanticize [Dew Process / Universal Music Australia]

Best Independent Release

2charm — boyfriend [STAR SCUM RECORDS]

Ecca Vandal — Looking For People to Unfollow [Loma Vista Recordings / Concord]

Genesis Owusu — REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE [Ourness / Believe]

Miss Kaninna — BLACKPRINT [Soul Has No Tempo / AWAL Recordings]

Ninajirachi, Porter Robinson — WannaCry [NLV RECORDS]

Best Rock Album

Courtney Barnett — Creature Of Habit [Fiction / Virgin Music Australia]

DMA'S — DMA'S [Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music]

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers — Glory [Community Music]

The Belair Lip Bombs — Again [Third Man Records / Rocket]

The Temper Trap — Sungazer [Mushroom Music]

Best Alternative Release

Ecca Vandal — Looking For People to Unfollow [Loma Vista Recordings / Concord]

Gang Of Youths — Things Take Time [Mosy Music / Sony Music]

Genesis Owusu — REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE [Ourness/Believe]

Meg Mac — It's My Party [EMI Music Australia]

Tame Impala — Deadbeat [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Matt Corby — Tragic Magic [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]

Paul Kelly — Seventy [EMI Music Australia]

The Paper Kites — If You Go There, I Hope You Find It [Wonderlick Recording Company]

Vika & Linda — Where Do You Come From? [Mushroom Music]

Way Dynamic — Massive Shoe [Spoilsport Records]

Best Country Album

Keith Urban — Flow State [MCA — NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia]

Max Jackson — Dangerous in Denim [ABC Music / The Orchard]

Morgan Evans — Steel Town [Solrise Records / Virgin Music Group]

Rachael Fahim — Who You Are [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]

Wade Forster — Gooseneck Party [Community Music]

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

Cosmic Psychos — I Really Like Beer [G.Y.R.O.]

DZ Deathrays — Easing Out Of Control [DZ Worldwide / The Orchard]

Karnivool — In Verses [Cymatic Records / Sony Music]

These New South Whales — Godspeed [These New South Whales / ADA]

WAAX — Angel's Mess [AWAL/DRUNK ON POWER RECORDS]

Best Blues & Roots Album

Any Young Mechanic — The Modern Shoe Is Ruining The Foot [Warner Records]

Emma Donovan — Take Me To The River [Civilians / The Orchard]

John Butler — Prism [Jarrah Records/Metropolitan Groove Merchants]

William Crighton — Colonial Drift [ABC Music / The Orchard]

Xavier Rudd — Freedom Sessions/Where To Now [Salt.X Records / Virgin Music Group]

Best Children's Album

Bluey — Up Here (The Orchestral Album) [Demon Music Group / Rocket / Orchard]

Don Spencer — Feathers, Fur or Fins 40th Anniversary (Don Spencer & Friends) [ABC Music / The Orchard]

Emma Memma — Jungle Picnic [G.Y.R.O.]

Play School — Dance It Out [ABC Music / The Orchard]

The Wiggles — Sparkle!: A Circus Of Lights [Universal Music Australia]

Best Music Festival

Beyond The Valley 2025 — Untitled Group

CMC Rocks — CMC Rocks Pty Ltd

Groovin The Moo Lismore — Fuzzy Operations Pty Ltd

Laneway Festival — ST JEROME'S LANEWAY PTY LTD

Spilt Milk — Kicks Entertainment

Public Voted Awards

Best Video

Never The Same — BOY SODA, Adam Saunders [Warner Music Australia]

Running Low ft. Pardyalone — Baker Boy, Aurie Indianna & Jordan Ruyi Blanch [Baker Boy Music Pty Ltd / Island Records Australia]

Backstreets — Miss Kaninna, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore [Soul Has No Tempo / AWAL Recordings]

My Baby's Place — DMA'S, Cole Surrey [Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music]

Cruising To Self Soothe — Ecca Vandal, Richie Buxton [Loma Vista Recordings / Concord]

Stampede — Genesis Owusu, Isaac Brown [Ourness / Believe]

One More — James Johnston, Jared Hinz [Warner Music Australia]

Every Single Weekend — The Avalanches, Jonathan Zawada [Modular / EMI Music Australia]

Addicted to Bass — Dom Dolla, Kyle Caulfield & Charles Buxton-Leslie [TMRW Music]

Bed On Fire — G Flip, Tas Wilson [AWAL Recordings]

Best Australian Live Act

Baker Boy — Djandjay Tour [Handsome Tours]

BOY SODA — Lil Obsession Tour [Select Music]

Dom Dolla — Dom Dolla Australian Tour 2025 [Untitled & TEG Live Presents]

G Flip — Dream Ride Tour — Australia 2026

Gang Of Youths — Various

Genesis Owusu — Red Star Wu's Pirate Radio Tour [Frontier Touring]

Hilltop Hoods — Never Coming Home Tour [TEG Live & Blue Max Music]

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Phantom Island Australian Tour

Ninajirachi — DARK CRYSTAL V [Laneway Presents & TEG Live]

Paul Kelly — Australian Tour 2025 [Frontier Touring]

Song of the Year

FISHER — Blackberries [etcetc Music Pty Ltd]

G Flip — Bed on Fire [AWAL Recordings]

Keli Holiday — Dancing2 [GROUP SPEED]

Lithe — Cannonball [10K / ADA]

Ocean Alley — Love Balloon [Independent / Community Music]

Royel Otis — car [Ourness / Capitol Records]

Sonny Fodera — Think About Us [Solotoko / ADA]

Tame Impala — Dracula [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

The Kid LAROI — A COLD PLAY [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Vance Joy — Divine Feelings [Mushroom Music]

Most Popular International Artist

BTS — ARIRANG [Virgin Music Group / Geffen]

Ed Sheeran — Play [Atlantic Records / Warner Music Australasia]

Harry Styles — Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally [Columbia / Sony Music]

Morgan Wallen — I'm The Problem [Universal Music International / Universal Music Australia]

Noah Kahan — The Great Divide [Universal Music International / Universal Music Australia]

Olivia Dean — The Art of Loving [Universal Music International / Universal Music Australia]

Olivia Rodrigo — you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love [Geffen / Universal Music Australia]

Sabrina Carpenter — Man's Best Friend [Island Records / Universal Music Australia]

sombr — I Barely Know Her [Warner Records / Warner Music Australasia]

Taylor Swift — The Life of a Showgirl [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]

Best Cover Art

Aurie Indianna & Sulaiman Enayatzada for Baker Boy — Djandjay [Baker Boy Music Pty Ltd / Island Records Australia]

Connor Dewhurst for Amy Shark — soft pop [Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music]

Ecca Vandal, Kathryn Vinella, Sean McDonald for Ecca Vandal — Looking For People to Unfollow [Loma Vista Recordings / Concord]

Kofi Owusu-Ansah, Isaac Brown, Gina Wagstaffe for Genesis Owusu — Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge [Ourness / Believe]

Miriam David and Pat Fox for Matt Corby — Tragic Magic [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]

Engineer — Best Engineered Release

Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla — Don't Worry Baby [Good Fortune Records]

Kevin Parker for Tame Impala — Deadbeat [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Wave Racer for 2charm — Star Scum City [STAR SCUM RECORDS]

Styalz Fuego for Troye Sivan — She's The Best [EMI Music Australia]

Tony Buchen for DOBBY — Marshmallow [ABC Music / The Orchard]

Producer — Best Produced Release

Dann Hume / Andrew Klippel for Genesis Owusu — Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge [Ourness / Believe]

Kevin Parker for Tame Impala — Deadbeat [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Ninajirachi for 2charm — Star Scum City [STAR SCUM RECORDS]

Ninajirachi / Porter Robinson for Ninajirachi — WannaCry [NLV RECORDS]

Styalz Fuego for Troye Sivan — She's The Best [EMI Music Australia]

Best Classical Album

Jayson Gillham — Chopin Etudes [ABC Classic / The Orchard]

Richard Tognetti — Australian Chamber Orchestra — Beethoven & Brahms Concertos for Violin and Orchestra [ABC Classic / The Orchard]

Simone Young & Sydney Symphony Orchestra — Mahler: Symphony No. 3 [Deautsche Grammophon Australia / Universal Music Australia]

Tamara-Anna Cislowska — Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra — Johannes Fritzsch — Elena Kats-Chernin: Ancient Letters [ABC Classic / The Orchard]

William Barton — Omega Ensemble — Gift — Our Breath of Life [ABC Classic / The Orchard]

Best Jazz Album

Donny Benét — Il Basso [Donnyland Records / The Orchard]

Hilary Geddes — Redleaf [Earshift Music]

Lauren Tsamouras & Tom Avegenicos — For Judy [ABC Jazz / The Orchard]

Ten Part Invention — Time Is moved [ABC Jazz / The Orchard]

The Vampires — Skydancer [Earshift / The Planet Company]

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album

Ack Kinmonth — The Pout Pout Fish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Ack Music]

Amanda Brown — Deadloch Season 1 [Amazon Content Services under exclusive licence to Strange Loops Recordings]

Brian Cachia — Beast (Original Motion Picture Score) [BCMuse Studios / CDBaby]

Caitlin Yeo — Every Little Thing (Official Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Strange Loops]

Francois Tetaz — My Brilliant Career [Netflix]

Best World Music Album

Melbourne Ska Orchestra — Monte Loco Rides Again [ABC Music / The Orchard]

Mo'Ju, Nicholas Buc and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra — Double J Live at the Wireless — Hamer Hall, Melbourne 2023 [ABC Music / The Orchard]

Not Drowning, Waving — Malira [ORiGiN Recordings / ADA]

Tenzin Choegyal & Philip Glass — Be The Sky [Orange Mountain Music]

The Cat Empire — Live At Sydney Opera House [BMG]

Our Soundtrack Our Ads - Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement

Fox Sports Australia Finals Footy — Fox Sports Australia, 3%, Fred Leone, Scribe

Paramount+: All Fired Up — AFC Women's Asian Cup — Hello, G Flip

Tourism WA: Walking On A Dream — Tourism WA, Empire of the Sun, West Australian Symphony Orchestra & Billy-Jo Shoveller

Toyota: Nice to Know it could. — THE HERO CORPORATION, Amyl and The Sniffers

Uber Eats: The Man LAROI — Special, The Kid LAROI

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - LARISSA LAMBERT - {Yearning}

Friday Flash(back) - Bloc Party - Anatomy of a Brief Romance

Bloc Party formed in London in 1999 by co-founders Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, sampler) and Russell Lissack (lead guitar). Their first four albums all featured Gordon Moakes (bass, keyboards) and Matt Tong (drums), who have since left the band. 

Their current lineup also contains Louise Bartle (drums, percussion) and Harry Deacon (bass, synthesizer). Their brand of music, whilst rooted in rock, retains elements of other genres such as electronica and house music.

Upon their formation at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack, the band went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos a copy of their demo She's Hearing Voices.

In February 2005, the band released their debut album Silent Alarm. It was critically acclaimed, and was named Indie Album of the Year at the 2006 PLUG Awards and the NME Album Of The Year – which both honour indie music. That year, the record was also certified platinum in Britain. 

The band built on this success in 2007 with the release of their second studio album, A Weekend in the City, which reached a peak of number two in the UK Albums Chart and number twelve on the Billboard 200. In August 2008, Bloc Party released their third studio record, Intimacy, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number eight and number eighteen on the Billboard 200.

The band went on a hiatus in October 2009 to focus on side projects. 

They reunited in September 2011, and shortly thereafter released their fourth album, Four, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number three. 

In August 2013, Bloc Party released their third EP titled The Nextwave Sessions; the band then began a second hiatus following the departure of Tong, with Moakes following soon after. 

The band's fifth studio album, Hymns, was the first to involve Bartle and Justin Harris (bass); it was released on 29 January 2016. 

Their sixth studio album, Alpha Games, was released on 29 April 2022, and their fourth EP The High Life was released the following year. Deacon joined the band in 2023, following the release of The High Life. 

Their seventh album, Anatomy of a Brief Romance, was released last Friday. You can stream the entire thing below. How good is it to have the Bloc Party back!

Bloc Party have sold over 3 million albums worldwide, & are regarded as one of the key English bands in the post-punk revival of the 2000s.

The Friday Flash(back) will be back next Friday, all the way up to Halloween eve. Have a good weekend. Happy listening.

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