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Bands From Back Home Interviews

Interview: Getdown Services on their latest release Massive Champion, their musical influences and how getting older is changing their songwriting process

by suziescribbles August 12, 2026August 13, 2026
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Homegrown Talent Interviews

Interview: Queenie on upcoming album Pleasance, embracing stability and being a 9 year old rockstar!

by suziescribbles July 21, 2026July 22, 2026

Album Review: Muse – The Wow! Signal

by Lee Crawford June 25, 2026June 25, 2026
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Interview: Kaiyah Mercedes on her latest project, blending Taylor Swift with Foo Fighters and championing a kinder, more inclusive music industry

by suziescribbles June 21, 2026
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Interview: Everything Everything’s Jonathan Higgs on 10 years of Get To Heaven and returning for their biggest Australian headliner yet

by suziescribbles April 8, 2026April 10, 2026
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Homegrown Talent Interviews

Interview: Robert Baxter on PARTYANIMAL, the biggest year of their life, and highlighting the minority

by suziescribblesSeptember 18, 2026
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Live music Tour News

Melbourne Tour News | 15th September | Tove Lo + The Halves + more

by Lee CrawfordSeptember 15, 2026September 15, 2026
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Songs To Brush Your Teeth To

Songs To Brush Your Teeth To (14th September)

by suziescribblesSeptember 14, 2026September 15, 2026
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Melbourne Tour News | 8th September | Radiohead + Eloise + more

by Lee CrawfordSeptember 8, 2026
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Homegrown Talent Interviews

Interview: Laura and The Hell Cutz on their favourite live shows, building a girlband and their debut EP Teethe

by suziescribblesSeptember 7, 2026
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Songs To Brush Your Teeth To (7th September)

by suziescribblesSeptember 7, 2026September 7, 2026
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Live music Tour News

Melbourne Tour News | 1st September | Bruno Mars + Sombr + more

by Lee CrawfordSeptember 1, 2026September 4, 2026
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Homegrown Talent Interviews

Interview: Jimi The Kween on creating safe queer spaces, her signing to POOF DOOF and what to expect from her high energy BIGSOUND show

by suziescribblesAugust 29, 2026
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Homegrown Talent Interviews

Interview: Wild Gloriosa on uplifting people, advice to her younger self and bringing soul to BIGSOUND

by suziescribblesAugust 28, 2026August 28, 2026
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Homegrown Talent Interviews

Interview: Milly Strange on her musical growth, inspirations and Taking the Stage at BIGSOUND

by suziescribblesAugust 27, 2026August 27, 2026
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Album Review: Interpol – This Mirror Weighs A Ton

by Lee CrawfordAugust 27, 2026August 27, 2026
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Melbourne Tour News | 25th August | Dijon + Queenie + more

by Lee CrawfordAugust 25, 2026
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Interview: We chat with Birdgirl as she walks across Australia.

by suziescribblesAugust 24, 2026
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Songs To Brush Your Teeth To (24th August)

by suziescribblesAugust 24, 2026
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Album Review: Queenie – Pleasance

by suziescribblesAugust 21, 2026
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Melbourne Tour News | 18th August | After + Jungle + more

by Lee CrawfordAugust 18, 2026
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Another crazy week of live music! Every week I’m l Another crazy week of live music! Every week I’m like “this is the week where I’m going to run out of space to fit it all in” but somehow I manage! Thursday in particular has an incredible line up this week, plus I’m very jealous of everyone heading to Ashnikko!! (And yeah, I’ve spotted two typos in this but it’s already a day late so I don’t have time to change them they’re just going to have to annoy me 🙈.)
This week’s Australian tour news is here with a gr This week’s Australian tour news is here with a great mix of local and international acts coming to our shores! Swipe to see this week’s announcements.
Songs To Brush Your Teeth To is our regular new mu Songs To Brush Your Teeth To is our regular new music update where we bring you five songs to listen to each week – our suggestion is to do that while brushing your teeth so you make new music a good daily habit, but honestly, you can listen whenever you like. We won’t judge. You can check out the playlist on Tidal, Spotify or You Tube. I Hope You Like Crazy Girls is the latest release from Gypsy Lee (and possibly the last before upcoming EP On A Mission From God and Gucci). It embraces being proudly unapologetic, as it tells the story of two friends embracing chaos and refusing to shrink themselves to fit anyone else’s expectations. It’s both heart-on-your-sleeve emotional at times and powerful self-confident at others, reflecting the depth Gypsy Lee packs into her pop music. Speaking on the track she shares: “Women are often made to feel ashamed of being emotional or feeling things too deeply, I wanted to reclaim that label and celebrate the fun, freedom and joy in embracing every side of yourself.” Sometimes it’s just one lyric of a song that really draws me in and before I know it I can’t look away. That’s exactly what made Avery Cochrane’s Toy Gun stand out this week in a week of very strong pop releases. “I booked a ticket to your guilt trip once every month” sung atop this glossy, campy pop track was the line that had me hooked. It perfectly nails the theme of this track, the feigned bravery of having to put on a strong face for a romantic partner who is insecure whilst secretly also struggling with the relationship. The synth layers that give this song a little bubbly texture also further emphasise that contrast and it’s a great tune from this rapidly rising singer. Punk-with-a-purpose rockers AmyJo Doh and The Spangles release their higher energy track It’s A Girl! this week. The song begins by centring on a gender reveal party but spins into all of the times women have been written out of history. Driven by strong guitars and its rapid pace the track is passionate and angry without tipping into aggression, making its point around femininity perfectly. “It’s not about gender,” says Doherty. “It’s about reconnecting with the feminine energy in all
I absolutely loved their debut EP Teethe so it was I absolutely loved their debut EP Teethe so it was such a pleasure to get to ask Laura of Laura and the Hell Cutz a few questions about the band’s journey so far, supporting Getdown Services and the inspos behind the EP.
Next week’s gig guide is here with all of Melbourn Next week’s gig guide is here with all of Melbourne’s best live music. I often get asked “why isn’t our gig included in your guide?” And I might do a whole post on this at some point, but the easiest way to get your show included is head to the gig guide on our website and click the link at the top to add it to our list! Also sorry for all the typos in this, I’ve corrected like 100 already but there’s definitely more - but at least you know it was created by a human 🤷🏼‍♀️
Another huge week of tour announcements! Swipe to Another huge week of tour announcements! Swipe to check out who’s coming to Aus soon and head to our website for all the details about tickets.
Songs To Brush Your Teeth To is our new music play Songs To Brush Your Teeth To is our new music playlist. We recommend five new songs each week, mainly by Aussie artists and these get added to the rotating playlist, along with tracks from previous weeks. You can find the playlist on Tidal, Spotify and now You Tube. Swipe for this week’s picks. Club Halifax are one of my favourite discoveries of this year. Bee Sting is a slightly more gentle release than their previous record Blah Blah Blah. At its heart are the gently paced drums, and the song builds with heavier guitars battling the powerful vocals as the track heads to its climax. It’s another track on this week’s list that is bringing pain and emotion to the forefront as it moves through a post breakup journey and the need to go through the hurt in order to heal. “‘Bee Sting’ is about the aftermath of a breakup and feeling destined to absorb pain to maintain normalcy and keep the peace,” explains Bri. “Making the song felt like showing the cracks instead of hiding them and sitting in the anger and rawness instead of resolving it neatly. Ultimately, the process meant learning that the pain means it mattered, but it isn’t a reason to stay somewhere wrong.” The latest single from Melbourne four-piece Excuse For An Exit sees them deliver this dark track on self-loathing. You can feel the raw energy of self-doubt and frustration seeping through hate me like i do, as it tells the story of projecting low self-esteem onto others and trying to recover from a sense of perceived rejection. I love how the song switches up between aggressive alt-rock elements to more sultry, yet sweet pop-rock sections as the track unwinds, highlighting the dichotomy of being in that headspace beautifully, the negative self doubt creeping in from one side, and the gentler self preservation from the other. This powerful cinematic country track by The Smith and Western Jury was written in response to a horrific incident of femicide in Australia. Originally written over a year ago, Hell Must Be Empty remains as deeply relevant at the time of its release. The vocals centre around the repeated mantra “Hell must be empty, the devils are all here.” as the song tells the story of the ever
This week’s Melbourne gig guide is here with a gre This week’s Melbourne gig guide is here with a great selection of live music across the city’s venues! Swipe to decide who you’re checking out! Also, how is it September already? Whaaattt??
This weeks tour announcements felt never ending!! This weeks tour announcements felt never ending!! Swipe to see some of the great international and local acts playing Melbourne soon. More details including how to get tickets over on our website.
Next up in our BIGSOUND series is Jimi The Kween, Next up in our BIGSOUND series is Jimi The Kween, known for her high energy performances we were keen to hear about the inspo’s behind Jimi The Kween, what to expect from her performance and exactly what she thinks creates a safe queer space!
In the second of our pre BIGSOUND interviews we ca In the second of our pre BIGSOUND interviews we caught up with Geelong artist Wild Gloriosa to find out a bit more about her journey, talk about being kinder to yourself in the industry and to find out what to expect from her set!
Interpol return with This Mirror Weighs A Ton, a b Interpol return with This Mirror Weighs A Ton, a beautiful and experimental meditation on identity, self reflection, and society’s struggle to find a place is an increasingly disconnected world. Swipe for review highlights and read the full article on our website. ✍️ @leecrawford19
Finally decided to stop gatekeeping the rest of my Finally decided to stop gatekeeping the rest of my Chappell Roan content 😆 Honestly, I think I’m having FOMO about Daisy Chain Fields and sadness they’ll be no Adelaide Laneway next year so I’m revisiting this!
Pre BIGSOUND we caught up with a few artists for a Pre BIGSOUND we caught up with a few artists for a quick Q and A to get to know them a little better and find out what we should expect from their sets at the festival. First up is Milly Strange. Swipe for highlights and read the whole piece on our website.
This was one of my most fun interviews to date! I This was one of my most fun interviews to date! I got to chat to @birdgirlau as she walked across Australia raising money from @slamtidote and @growthemusic She’s on the home stretch now, walking the last few hundred kms and is playing a welcome home gig on September 6th at Northcote Social Club. Swipe for the interview highlights and read the full chat over on the website.
This week’s gig guide. All of Melbourne’s best liv This week’s gig guide. All of Melbourne’s best live music! Swipe to see what’s on across Melbourne’s live music venues this week.
So many great tour announcements this week, we’ve So many great tour announcements this week, we’ve rounded up a few of the highlights for you. Swipe to see who we think you should check out!
Did I mention yet that I LOVED this album? Swipe Did I mention yet that I LOVED this album? Swipe to read why I enjoyed it so much and read the full review of Pleasance over on our website.
It’s a list full of big feelings this weeks from b It’s a list full of big feelings this weeks from break-ups, to past traumas to sibling rivalry to violence. Swipe to see which new tracks we thing you should check out this week.
This week’s tour news with announcements of intern This week’s tour news with announcements of international and local acts coming to Melbourne as well as an awesome festival with an all female line up!
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