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Milk! Records are taking over the Brunswick Ballroom with a weekly residency Image by Danny Cohen Going down across June and July. Milk! Records are taking over the Brunswick Ballroom for a Wednesday residency, bringing a bunch of artists from the adored label’s roster to the venue. Going down across four Wednesdays throughout June and July, the residency will also see some of Milk’s favourite new Melbourne acts perform, while there will also be special guests, supergroups, secre...

Amy Shark’s second album “Cry Forever” holds for a second week at No.1 in Australia, becoming her longest run at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart. “Cry Forever” by Amy Shark becomes the first album to spend a second (consecutive) week at No.1 since the start of the year when Taylor Swift’s “evermore” was spending its third and fourth weeks at the top, plus it is also the first Australian Artist album to spent a second week at the top since AC/DC’s “Power Up” (4 weeks from ...

The second album for local singer Amy Shark called “Cry Forever” becomes her second No.1 Album in Australia this week. “Cry Forever” (Wonderlick/Sony) becomes the 915th No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2021), the 765th for ARIA (1983 to 2021), the 15th No.1 set for 2021, the 551st to debut at the top and also the second for the record label Wonderlick, as Amy’s debut album “Love Monster” spent a week at No.1 on July 23rd, 2018. The new No.1 album is the first to feature the word ...

First Time Really Feeling is the sixth album from Liz Stringer, an acclaimed artist known among her peers as a ‘songwriter’s songwriter’ and a ‘musician’s musician’. Stringers skill in roots/rock songcraft was honoured at Woodford Folk Festival in 2019, where she was named an ’emerging legend of Australian song’ by contemporaries such as Jeff Lang, Tim Levinson, Jessie Lloyd and Catherine MacLellan. Alongside solo albums and countless tours, Stringer has also worked collaborati...

First Time Really Feeling comes from one of Australias longest serving musicians Liz Stringer. First Time Really Feeling marks Stringers sixth studio album. She released her first record 24 years ago: a demo that was recorded on cassette tape when Stringer was just 16-years-old and living in Germany. Since then, Stringer has built a stellar reputation, regularly referred to as a "songwriters songwriter" and a "musicians musician". In 2019 she was honoured at Woodford Folk Festival as an emergin...

Another guest live in the studio! This week it’s Melbourne artist Sweet Whirl, aka Esther Edquist, chatting about her wonderful 2020 album, How Much Works, and her upcoming gig at Meadow music festival in the Otway region of Victoria. Esther plays a couple of tracks by artists she loves, and there are also great songs by Liz Stringer, Katie Brianna and Fanny Lumsden. Here is the playlist: First Time Really Feeling – Liz Stringer Making Believe – Katie Brianna

FireFox NVDA users - To access the following content, press M to enter the iFrame. It feels redemptive. Standing and dancing remains off limits, but that doesnt stop our bottled up emotions from exploding: theres a palpable and heady mix of relief, excitement and perhaps disbelief that were experiencing music on this scale again. Its hard to imagine a more spirited return to the world of live music than seeing this band: a band thats key to the soundtrack of modern Australia, a band that stan...

Castlemaine State Festival unveils 2021 program, feat. Josh Teskey, Archie Roach and more Josh Teskey and Ash Grunwald Words by Talia Rinaldo One of Australia’s most important regional arts festivals is back. Returning for its 23rd event, the Castlemaine State Festival has unveiled its expansive 2021 program, promising a stacked festival of music, physical theatre, circus, dance, literature, visual art, film and free events. What you need to know The biennial festival returns to Ca...

Katie chats to much-loved Melbourne-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jordie Lane about his two new albums with his music and life partner, Lollies (aka Clare Reynolds): Back in Time: The Songs (Reimagined) and Back in Time (The Stories). With Jordie and Clare’s rescue dog, Tassie, providing accompaniment throughout, Katie talks to Jordie about the COVID situation in Nashville, how the new albums were recorded, why he is watering a bunch of bananas on the album covers, and this yea...

The exhibition has been curated by the capital gallery’s 2020 student intern, Paul Johnston, who said it had taken about six months to put together. As well as using pieces from the gallery’s collection, Johnston drew material from Victoria University of Wellington, the Alexander Turnbull Library and Te Papa. His starting point was a painting of the Queen commissioned by a group of young Kiwis who wanted to show their support for the monarchy. “It was an intriguing thing to think abou...