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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.

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - ADÉLA - {Prima}

Friday Flash(back) - Angus & Julia Stone - Karaoke Bar

Karaoke Bar is the sixth studio album from Sydney duo, Angus & Julia Stone. The album was announced in May 2026 alongside the release of the title track.The album was created across multiple locations in Greece, France and Australia and the album is shaped by the people and places they encountered.

Angus & Julia Stone formed in 2006 by siblings Angus and Julia Stone. To date, they have released six studio albums: A Book Like This (2007), Down the Way (2010), Angus & Julia Stone (2014), Snow (2017), Cape Forestier (2024), and now, Karaoke Bar.

The duo also provided the soundtrack to the 2021 video game Life is Strange: True Colours, releasing it as the soundtrack album Life is Strange in 2021. 

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010, they won five awards from nine nominations: Album of the Year, Best Adult Alternative Album, Best Cover Art and Producer of the Year for Down the Way, and Single of the Year for Big Jet Plane.

Angus & Julia Stone have also announced a date at the iconic Sydney Opera House forecourt. Sure to be one of the most special performances of the summer, don’t miss out. Tickets go on-sale today. Like now!

See you again next week for another Friday Flash(back). Have a sensational weekend!

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - DIZZEE RASCAL - {We Want Bass}

Friday Flash(back) - Weezer - Weezer (Gold Album)

Weezer (also known as the Gold Album) is the 12th studio album by Weezer, released last Friday.

Produced by Klas Åhlund and Kenneth Blume, the album was preceded by the singles Shine Again, We Might as Well Be Strangers, & C.E.O..

Inspired by the collaborative nature of working on a forthcoming feature film together, the writing and recording sessions marked a return to all four band members – Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell and Scott Shriner – working together as creative equals.

It is the band's first studio release in four years since SZNZ, the band's series of four mini-albums released in 2022, and their first full-length album since Van Weezer in 2021.

Weezer's Gold Album has thus far, received generally favorable reviews from critics. So who are Weezer?

Weezer formed in Los Angeles, California, back in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Scott Shriner (bass, keyboards, backing vocals). They have sold 10 million albums in the United States and over 35 million worldwide.

After signing to Geffen Records in 1993, Weezer released their acclaimed self-titled debut album, also known as the Blue Album, in May 1994. Backed by music videos for the singles Undone – The Sweater Song, Buddy Holly, & Say It Ain't So, the Blue Album became a multi-platinum success. 

Weezer's second album, Pinkerton (1996), featuring a darker, more abrasive sound, was a commercial failure and initially received mixed reviews, but achieved cult status and acclaim later. Both the Blue Album and Pinkerton have been cited among the best albums of the 1990s. Following the tour for Pinkerton, the founding bassist, Matt Sharp, left the band and Weezer went on hiatus.

In 2001, Weezer returned with the Green Album with their new bassist, Mikey Welsh. With a more pop-oriented sound, and promoted by singles Hash Pipe & Island in the Sun, it was a commercial success and received mostly positive reviews. 

After the Green Album tour, Welsh left for health reasons and was replaced by Scott Shriner. Weezer's fourth album, Maladroit (2002), incorporated a hard rock sound and achieved mostly positive reviews, but weaker sales. 

Make Believe (2005) received mixed reviews; however, its single Beverly Hills became Weezer's first single to top the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and their first to reach the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2008, Weezer released the Red Album. Its lead single, Pork and Beans, became the third Weezer song to top the Modern Rock Tracks chart, backed by a Grammy-winning music video. 

Raditude (2009) and Hurley (2010) both featured more modern pop production, along with songs written with other artists, receiving further mixed reviews and moderate sales. 

Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) and the White Album (2016) returned to a rock style that was reminiscent of their 1990s sound, mixed with modern alternative production, and achieved more positive reviews, while Pacific Daydream (2017) returned to a more mainstream pop sound.

In 2019, Weezer surprise-released an album of covers, the Teal Album, followed by the Black Album.

In 2021, they released OK Human, which featured an orchestral pop sound and received acclaim, followed by the hard rock-inspired Van Weezer. In 2022, Weezer released SZNZ, a series of four mini-albums based on the four seasons. Now comes their twentieth album, the Gold Album, which you can stream below to bring on the weekend!

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - JEM CASSAR-DALEY - {Tattoos Used to Come Off in the Pool}

Friday Flash(back) - Kate Miller-Heidke - The Kiss and the Abyss

The Kiss and the Abyss is the sixth studio album by tKate Miller-Heidke. Upon release, Miller-Heidke told The Music, "The main guiding principle for these songs was gothic folk. I grew up loving folk music, obviously, and that's how I became a songwriter. My early stuff is all pretty folky, but I think what I love about the gothic element is that it allows me to make folk music theatrical, more experimental and expansive – even a little weirder than traditional folk music, too."

Kate Melina Miller-Heidke, although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. 

She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK, but since 2014 has been an independent artist.

Four of her solo studio albums have peaked in the top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart, Curiouser (October 2008), Nightflight (April 2012), O Vertigo! (March 2014) and Child in Reverse (October 2020). Her most popular single, The Last Day on Earth (July 2009), reached No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart after being used in promos for TV soap, Neighbours, earlier in that year. 

At the ARIA Music Awards, Miller-Heidke has been nominated 17 times.

Kate represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, with her song, Zero Gravity.

Miller-Heidke is the only person to have sung at Coachella, the New York Metropolitan Opera, and Eurovision. She has also won five Helpmann Awards.

Is there anything she can't do? Who will be the next Friday Flash(back)? Return next week to find out. No spoilers this week.

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - VERA BLUE - {Modern Rituals}

 

Friday Flash(back) - DMA's - DMA's

DMA's just dropped their fifth self-titled studio album. The album is the band's first to be released via Wonderlick Entertainment partnering with Sony and RCA UK following a signed global deal.

The group will promote the album with acoustic in-store shows across the United Kingdom during the week of release. The album landed after multiple singles were released. My Baby's Place was released on 20 March as the album's lead single. It is the band’s first fully self-produced single.

Heatin Park was released alongside the album's announcement on 28 April. With Music Feeds staff writer saying "The new self-titled album marks a fresh chapter for the trio, blending their signature indie anthem sound with some new textures. Heatin Park is already showing off that range, gritty, distorted and stadium-sized – a sharp left turn from the dreamy vibes of My Baby’s Place.

Hurricane was released on 5 June as the album's third single, with a Music Talkers review saying [it] feels instantly familiar while still exploring new territory. It is classic DMA's in spirit, but with fresh textures that help the song stand apart from previous releases.

Killing Time was the final single released on 3 July, ahead of the albums release. 

DMA's are an iconic, Australian rock band forming back in 2012 in Sydney.

The band is composed of lead vocalist Tommy O'Dell, lead guitarist Matt Mason, and rhythm guitarist Johnny Took. They originally gained popularity for their debut single Delete and for their self-titled EP, which were both released in 2014. A long time ago now if you think about it.

The band have since gone on to release five studio albums: Hills End (2016), For Now (2018), The Glow (2020), How Many Dreams? (2023), and the below self titled release. 

Their four previous albums have peaked within the top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart, with the latter two also reaching the top five in the UK and Scotland.

Next week it's former Voice and Eurovision queen, Kate Miller-Heidke. Flashback to her Sunday Spotlight in 2019.

 

Paradise - Guests

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - PEKING DUK - {Paradise}

Friday Flash(back) - Amy Shark - Soft Pop

Soft Pop is the fourth studio album from Gold Coast native, Amy Shark. In the early days, 2008 to 2012, her early solo material was released and performed under the name Amy Cushway

Her 2016 single Adore peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was also listed at number 2 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016. Her album Love Monster (July 2018) debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. 

Shark has won 8 ARIA Music Awards from 29 nominations, including winning Best Pop Release three times: in 2017 for her extended play, Night Thinker, 2018 for Love Monster and 2020 for Everybody Rise. 

In addition to her musical career, Shark has served as a judge on Australian Idol since 2023. She also performed new tracks from her album centre stage at my mums local Westfield recently. Westfield Tuggerah. Now that is a tough gig!

Soft Pop was announced back in March, alongside the album's lead single. The album was written entirely by Shark, with no co-writes and no collaborations. The album was recorded in a converted church in Wales with long-time producer Dann Hume (yes from Evermore!).

Some history from this week's feature. Amy Shark's birth father separated from her mother, Robyn, when Shark was just a baby. Upon the success of Adore, Shark replied to her birth father's attempt to re-establish contact.

In 2007 Shark met Shane Billings, a New Zealand-born Gold Coast financial manager; they married on 11 May 2013. The couple worked with the local National Rugby League football club, Gold Coast Titans: Shark as a video editor and Shane managing finances. She left that job in November 2016. Shane was also Shark's talent manager until she signed with Jaddan Comerford of UNIFIED Music Group, & continued as her manager for the local market.

The couple were residents of Broadbeach Waters. They relocated to Sydney by 2021.

In September 2021 Shane founded Rage More Records as a talent management company and recording label. The label's first release is a single "I'm not Giving Up" (Sep 2021) by IndyAnna Baby, which is co-written by Shark with that artist.

Shark cancelled a proposed American tour set for September 2023 due to hospitalisation for an unspecified illness in early August. The artist described having felt discomfort before seeking medical assistance and was due to undergo surgery with a month for recovery. By late September the singer performed at El Rey Theatre, LA.

Until next Friday, when we shine the spotlight on one of Australia's favourite bands. Wait till then to find out who is up next.

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Friday Flash(back) - Charli XCX - Music, Fashion, Film

Music, Fashion, Film is the eighth studio album by former Album of the Year brat, Charli XCX.

The album features production by her longtime collaborators A. G. Cook and Finn Keane, who both co-wrote the album with Charli. However, don't expect brat part II. This is a totally different direction for Charli.

Prior to its release, four singles supported Music, Fashion, Film, all of which had accompanying music videos; Rock Music was the lead single, followed by SS26, Wink Wink & Camera. 

To further promote the project, Charli is embarking on the eponymous seventh concert tour from next month, through October.

More about Charli...

Charlotte Emma Aitchison was born 2 August 1992, known professionally as Charli XCX. She began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene. Signing a recording contract with Asylum Records in 2010, Charli XCX released a series of singles and mixtapes in the early 2010s. 

In 2012, she co-wrote and was featured on Icona Pop's I Love It, which became her first number-one song in the UK and received global success, but her debut album, True Romance (2013), failed to meet commercial expectations.

In 2014, Charli XCX was featured on Iggy Azalea's single Fancy, which became her most streamed song and one of the year's best-selling singles worldwide. The same year, she released Boom Clap, which became her first solo top-ten single in the US. Her second album, Sucker (2014), spawned the singles Break the Rules & Doing It. 

She began working alongside producers associated with the UK collective PC Music in 2015, developing a more experimental sound and image. She released the EP Vroom Vroom in 2016 and the mixtapes Number 1 Angel and Pop 2 in 2017. 

Her third album, Charli (2019), produced the hit single 1999 with Troye Sivan. Her fourth album, How I'm Feeling Now (2020), was made during the COVID-19 lockdowns and received critical acclaim.

Charli XCX's fifth studio album, Crash (2022), became her first number-one album in the UK and Australia. 

She contributed the UK top-ten single Speed Drive as part of the soundtrack for the 2023 film Barbie. 

Her sixth album, Brat (2024), became her second UK number-one album and was named the best album of 2024 by various publications, such as Billboard and Rolling Stone. The album spawned the UK top-ten hit Apple & the remix album brought her second number-one song, Guess featuring Billie Eilish. 

Brat and its songs won three Grammy Awards: Best Dance Pop Recording for Von Dutch, Best Dance/Electronic Album, and Best Recording Package. The album sparked a cultural phenomenon dubbed Brat Summer, which served as an inspiration for Aidan Zamiri's film The Moment (2026) that she co-produced and starred in. 

During this period, Charli XCX also began appearing in independent cinema, securing acting roles in the 2025 films Erupcja, Sacrifice, and 100 Nights of Hero, as well as the 2026 films I Want Your Sex and Faces of Death. 

Her seventh and eighth albums Wuthering Heights and the below record, the Friday Flash(back) album, Music, Fashion, Film were released this year.

In addition to her solo work, Charli XCX has co-written songs for other artists, including Iggy Azalea's Beg for It (2014), Selena Gomez's Same Old Love (2015), Will.i.am's Boys & Girls (2016), Blondie's Tonight (2017), Shawn Mendes + Camila Cabello's Señorita (2019), Sigala and Rita Ora's You for Me (2021), and Katseye's Gabriela (2025). 

She was awarded the ASCAP Global Impact Award in 2024 and featured on the 2024 Gold House's most impactful Asian A100 list, making her the first woman of British Indian origin to be honoured.

Next week, we stay with the girl power, but local girl power. It's Australian Idol judge, Amy Shark. See you then.

Ahhcade - Guests

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - PNAU - {Ahhcade}

Friday Flash(back) - Jack White - Frozen Charlotte

Frozen Charlotte, also titled Frozen Charlatan, is the seventh studio album by former White Stripes frontman, Jack White. 

Released earlier this month, the album was preceded by three singles, G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs, Derecho Demonico, & Dollar Bill.

Back in April, White released two singles, G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs & Derecho Demonico, and performed them both live on programs including Saturday Night Live.

Frozen Charlotte was first quietly announced by a listing to pre-order the album on Third Man Records website.

It was officially announced the next day, June 10, alongside the release of the third single from the album, Dollar Bill.

The album was released on July 10, 2026. This is the same day a North America tour is set to begin.

Where did Jack White begin though? John Anthony White (né Gillis; born July 9, 1975) is an American musician who was the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock duo the White Stripes. 

He was a key artist of the 2000s indie and garage rock movements, noted for his distinctive musical techniques, eccentricity, and utilization of analog technology. After the White Stripes split up in 2011, he found success with his solo career and business ventures.

White began his career moonlighting in several underground Detroit bands as a drummer and guitarist. He met Meg White in the 1990s, and the two founded the White Stripes in 1997. He co-founded his record label and studio Third Man Records in 2001, the same year that the White Stripes earned international fame with their breakthrough album White Blood Cells. This, along with the three subsequent White Stripes albums released throughout the decade, established White as a key artist of the decade's rock revival. In the latter half of the 2000s, he founded the rock groups the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather, recorded the Bond theme "Another Way to Die" with Alicia Keys (the only duet to perform a Bond theme), and collaborated with numerous artists.

White released his debut studio album Blunderbuss (2012) to strong reviews and sales. His second studio album, Lazaretto (2014), broke the record for most first-week vinyl sales since 1991, holding that record until 2021. His following three experimental albums garnered critical and commercial success. His sixth and seventh albums, No Name (2024) & Frozen Charlotte (2026), are noted for their unique release methods and earned general acclaim. 

Other ventures by White include acting in the films Cold Mountain, Coffee and Cigarettes (both 2003), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), joining the Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Foundation in 2013, and opening an art exhibit in 2026.

Among several accolades, White has won twelve Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone included him on their 2010 and 2023 lists of the greatest guitarists of all time. The New York Times called White "the coolest, weirdest, and savviest rock star of our time" in 2012.

White was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the White Stripes in 2025.

Till next week, when we jump into Charli XCX's eighth studio album. It's a BIG departure from Brat!

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Friday Flash(back) - the Temper Trap - Sungazer

Sungazer is the fourth studio album by the Temper Trap. With the group being our third Friday Flash(back) for season two of 2026.

Sungazer was announced back in April, alongside the album's fourth and title track. Sungazer was released earlier this month, via Mushroom Records.

The album comes after the band announced its hiatus in 2018. 

the Temper Trap formed in 2005, by Dougy Mandagi, Jonathon Aherne, and Toby Dundas. 

In 2008, the group relocated from Melbourne to London. 

The band released their debut album Conditions in June 2009 to favourable reviews and commercial success; it peaked at No. 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart and into the top 30 on the UK Albums Chart. 

The lead single, Sweet Disposition, peaked in the top 10 on the Belgian, Irish and UK Singles Charts & reached No. 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 in November, The Temper Trap won Best Group and Most Popular Australian Single for Sweet Disposition.

Their eponymous second album was released in 2012. The album won the band Best Rock Album, and they also won Best Group at the 2012 ARIA Awards. In October 2013, guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto left the band during the recording of the third album. He was not replaced, converting the band back into a quartet.

Next week the Friday Flash(back) is back! With Jack White. Last time he appeared here, he was a Sunday Spotlight back in 2018!

Oh Yeah? - Guests

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Friday Flash(back) - Foo Fighters - Your Favourite Toy

And we are back, Friday Flash(back) #2 for season two in 2026. Your Favourite Toy, the twelfth studio album by the Foo Fighters.

Released on Anzac Day eve, produced by the band itself and Oliver Roman, it is the band's first studio album to feature drummer Ilan Rubin and follows the group's 2023 album But Here We Are, as well as their first album since Sonic Highways (2014) to not be produced by Greg Kurstin, who produced the band's four previous albums.

The Foo Fighters have a second home in Australia. The group have given us hits for decades. They formed in Seattle in 1994. Initially founded as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the band comprises vocalist/guitarist Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett, keyboardist Rami Jaffee and drummer Ilan Rubin. 

Guitarist Franz Stahl and drummers William Goldsmith, Taylor Hawkins, and Josh Freese are former members.

Grohl created the Foo Fighters to release solo material after Nirvana disbanded in 1994, and recorded their eponymous debut album (1995) mostly alone in six days. After the songs drew label interest, he recruited Mendel and Goldsmith, both formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate, and Smear, who had played with Nirvana on tour. The band made their first public performance in February 1995, five months before the album's release.

Goldsmith quit during the recording of their second album, The Colour and the Shape (1997), with Grohl re-recording most of the drum parts, and Smear departed soon afterward; they were replaced by Hawkins and Stahl, respectively. The latter had been in Scream, the band Grohl had drummed for before joining Nirvana. Stahl was fired before the recording of the group's third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999), and the band briefly continued as a trio until Shiflett joined after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The group released their fourth album, One by One, in 2002, followed by the two-disc In Your Honor (2005), which was split between acoustic songs and heavier material. The Foo Fighters released their sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, in 2007.

For the Foo Fighters' seventh studio album, Wasting Light (2011), produced by Butch Vig, Smear returned as a full-time member, after having appeared frequently with the band since 2005. Sonic Highways (2014) was released as the soundtrack to the television miniseries directed by Grohl. Concrete and Gold (2017) was the second Foo Fighters album to top the charts in the United States and the first to feature Jaffee, their longtime session and touring keyboardist, as a full member. 

Their tenth album, Medicine at Midnight (2021), was the last before Hawkins' death in March 2022. He was replaced by Freese from 2023 to 2025, and Rubin from 2025 onwards. The Foo Fighters have won 15 Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Album five times, making them among the most successful rock acts in Grammy history.

In 2021, the band was announced as recipients of the first "Global Icon" award at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021, their first year of eligibility.

We will return to a local group next week. As winter comes to a close, it's time to check out The Temper Trap. They recently dropped their fourth studio record, Sungazer. The Sweet Disposition crew from Melbourne are back! See you then.