Song of the Day: A powerful, surging stirring, experimental postpunk but also melodic track by the Sydney-based duo of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet, about the tumultuous political landscape of Queensland during the reign of 60s-80s Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Read moreSong of the Day: Jen Cloher - Being Human
Song of the Day: Taken from the Takatāpui Australian singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album, I Am the River, the River Is Me, an impassioned, powerful track inspired by her country’s Kulin Aboriginal Nations, oppression, identity and culture
Read moreSong of the Day: Dameeeela - The Shake Up (feat. Tjaka)
Song of the Day: A wonderful, infectiously catchy new dance track by the Brisbane First Nation artist with Yuggera language ancestry, here channelling Detroit techno and a moment of self-escape, featuring Tjaka’s electronic didgeridoo
Read moreSong of the Day: Skeleton - Live In Another World
Song of the Day: Music that sounds like an invitation - intelligent, catchy, engaging, mesmeric and escapist electro-pop dance music by the Australian DJ, producer and singer-songwriter from Sydney – Russell Fitzgibbon
Read moreSongs of the Day: Hiatus Kaiyote - Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai) / Red Room
Songs of the Day: From the forthcoming album Mood Valiant, a superlative fusion of soaring, sensual, soulful vocals, complex jazz rhythms, piano, bird twitterings and orchestration by the Melbourne band with two outstanding songs
Read moreSongs of the Day: Genesis Owusu - The Other Black Dog / Gold Chains
Songs of the Day: With a vibrant, mischievous, refreshing delivery, a couple of fabulously catchy, clever hip hop/funk songs by the Ghanaian-Australian singer and rapper from Canberra, in advance of his debut album Smiling With No Teeth, out in March
Read moreSongs of the Day: Divide and Dissolve – Oblique / Denial / Mental Gymnastics / We Are Really Worried About You
Songs of the Day: Dynamic volume changes and explosive sounds traverse from classical to dark metal in these extraordinary genre-defying instrumental pieces inspired by the history of colonisation by the Melbourne-based duo from their album Gas Lit
Read moreRobert Forster – Inferno (Brisbane In Summer)
Song of the Day: As summer simmers on, a hot weather cracker from the new album by the Australian singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Go-Betweens, about his native Brisbane, but one that also hints heavily at global warming
Read moreTall Poppies – Now
Song of the Day: Continuing our ongoing standing theme, a different take by these pop indie Australian identical twin sisters about being stood up by a date – on a weekday evening – and not wanting to wait until Friday …
Read moreThe Bamboos – You Ain’t No Good
Song of the Day: A supremely, catchy, if cynical song from the Melbourne eight-piece funk and soul outfit bringing a new sound to their genre
Read moreThe Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
Song of the Day: It's Saturday and I've got the fever. Is there a better song than this? Vocal harmonies by three lads from Chorlton, disco beat that's the perfect pace to strut to and revive hearts. Let's get on down
Read moreNick Cave and Kylie Minogue – Where The Wild Roses Grow
Song of the Day: Wildness in song takes a dark and twisted turn today with what seemed like a strange pairing in 1996, but turned into a beautiful tale of murder with the pop princess excelling herself
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