Songs You Should Know - Playlists

What up Yo its Av! I just dropped my second album Sweet American Boy - im proud as hell of this project man. t The album feels like the bridge between who yall met me as when “I’d Rather Overdose” dropped and and who I'm becoming after seeing the country and parts of the world on tour. I feel like I picked up so much from the amazing fans and musicians / artists Ive been able to meet. . Some moments it's just my feelings and a guitar, others it’s a big ass fusion of the band

Suburban Cowgirl is my new album. This is my 8th studio album and is a celebration of my 21 years in the business - going from ordinary suburban girl from Mascot Sydney to an established country artist. The album is 15 tracks, written and co-written by me with some of my favourite collaborators including Melanie Dyer, Phil Barton and Kyle Sackley. It’s an album of friendship, family, and chasing dreams at whatever stage of life you’re in. Alongside the album, I released a chi

Hi! We’re about to drop a new EP called ‘chosen family’, which is a collection of songs that explore what it’s like to navigate the world as a trans and queer person right now. It’s no secret that trans and queer folks are facing a rising tide of violence and exclusion around the world, and this EP is an attempt to show that the joy, safety and comfort of finding your chosen family can provide us with meaningful resistance to all of that. A few of the songs are collaborations

I’m really excited to share 'Hotel Room.' It was recorded in London with producer James Knight (The Kooks, Ellie Goulding), and honestly, the whole thing came together in this intense, electric rush. We only had half a day together, and I arrived with just the bare bones of the song. James works so instinctively - every idea felt immediate, alive, and emotionally charged - which perfectly matched what the song was trying to say. Lyrically, ‘Hotel Room’ captures a moment of un

On June 19, Breaking Outta Heaven, our follow up EP to Breaking Into Heaven is out in the world!!! This EP is like the expansion pack to the previous album. With 5 x new songs that we are super proud of and excited for everyone to hear. To celebrate we are hitting the road for an east coast Australian tour fresh off the back of our 17-show EU tour in May/June! So give the EP a spin and come check us out live. Underworld - Underneath The Radar Absolute banger that my dad used

Anything in life worth having comes with challenges, whether that’s relationships, a dream, anything. My new single ‘Don’t You Want It’ begs the question: how much are you willing to sacrifice for the thing you want? You might get your heart broken, you might fall or face difficult moments, but is it worth it? I believe so. Fletcher Kent - Don’t You Want It Thought I’d kick the playlist off with this new single. Originally it had a lot more intense production, but my co-write

Our own Song You Should Know: Monthly Mix captures what’s been soundtracking my month: recent discoveries, long-standing favourites, and songs I keep telling myself I’ll move on from. Some months it’s focused, others it’s a complete mix bag, but it’s always guided by the same idea: these are songs worth your time, at least right now. Full disclosure: We did a mix in January, and then got a little lazy. Here are all the songs I loved from Feb through to April. Tiny Habits - Ri

Orbits & Echoes is a seven-track EP that marks a turning point in my songwriting practice, and the vinyl feels like the most complete expression of that world. It’s a record shaped by instinct, collaboration and movement — something intimate and cinematic that I wanted to exist physically, as an object you can return to, hold onto, and hear unfold in full. These are some of my most regular go-to songs at the moment, the ones always hitting the emotional centre for me. They al

The Aquarium, Dappled Cities' 6th studio album, has hit the world and in support they are about to embark on a short Australian tour. Written in the wake of the birth of their many daughters, and in light of a world seemingly descending to new lows, the album is a departure for the band; while the maximalist tendencies of their early work remain, space has opened up to highlight the lyrical intensity and melodic quality of Rennick and Derricourt's songwriting. Hitting the roa

Today, Australian alt-country favourite Bud Rokesky releases his highly anticipated sophomore album Dusk via Rainbow Valley Records / Warner Music Australia. The 14 track record is a world-building body of work co-produced by Bud and serves as an impressive follow up to the acclaimed 2023 debut album Outsider. “The album is called Dusk because it’s about endings,” says Bud Rokesky. “There are so many endings that happen throughout it”. The endings in question refer to both re

West Australian folk duo Whiskey Jack and Kiera Jas unite on their joyous and whimsy new single ‘Remain Strange’. An ode to the spark of new friendships and the courage to stay authentic, the track celebrates the beauty of embracing what makes each of us unique. ‘Remain Strange’ follows the duo’s 2025 collaborative single ‘Old Expressions’. WHISKEY JACK's TOP 5 Lou Hazel - Riot of the Red - The whole album is great, it was my top rotation in 2025. no skips, settle in and let

A lot has happened since we finished writing our debut album "Everything Every Single Day". Relationships that inspired songs that made it onto that album naturally evolved, more songs were written, and eventually we had more to say. The deluxe is a continuation of some of those songs, the second part of the narrative, which as a band, is important to us to tell. We wanted to write about the experience of finally letting love in, and how it feels to shed the fear of loss. We

We just put out ‘In Our Times’, the second song from our upcoming record due in May. It follows first single, ‘Good Sleeps’ which came out at the end of last year. We’re proud of it. It’s heavy. Depressing lyrically, but interesting to us musically. Dissonant, I guess. We got in the studio the same week our last record ‘Force’ came out, I think it was Feb last year. ‘Force’ came 5 years after ‘Weekend Away’ and following a period of unknowns, so it felt good to start working

Following festival slots at BIGSOUND, Harvest Rock and St. Kilda Festival, plus landing at #23 in triple J Unearthed’s Most Played Artists of 2025, Kaurna Land / Adelaide indie rock outfit Sunsick Daisy today return with soaring new single ‘Waiting For’. Blending the band’s hazy, reverb-drenched style of songwriting with a tinge of country-infused heartache, ‘Waiting For’ captures the emotional tension of trying to define a relationship. Led by the dreamy vocal combination of

Australian garage-punk quartet Crocodylus announce their forthcoming album Limbo, please be good to me, set for release April 24 via ORiGiN Recordings. Today, the band also share their new track ‘Attention’. Coming together during a period of change, Limbo, please be good to me is a byproduct of maturing as a group of songwriters. Working with producer Wade Keighran, Crocodylus turn away from conventional song structures, limiting bar chords and run through a kaleidoscope of

I firstly wanted to say a big thank you to Simon/TSIY for having me write for this - nothing gives me more joy than listening to music and really sitting with it, and this is a fantastic opportunity to do so. I’ve just put out a new collection of songs called the ‘old patterns’ EP. The TL;DR is that I think it’s pretty good, and I do recommend you listen to it if you like Maisie Peters, Annika Bennett, quinnie etc., I’m also touring it in Sydney and Melbourne next month! We’

"Important to You" is a song I'm genuinely excited to finally get out. I wrote it around 18 months ago. The song has themes around boundary setting in relationships. It was written following a time when I was seeing someone who was really struggling emotionally and sending messages that I didn't feel I was equipped to effectively support him through. I made a decision to reach out to someone I knew he respected, who I knew would have the capacity to help him get the support h

Belgium-born, Naarm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Romanie has released her new LP It’s Not That Funny via Community Music, alongside the official music video for focus track 'Falling', directed by Romanie and Young Ha Kim Romanie's 2023 debut Are We There Yet? offered a candid depiction of displacement, muddled up with the feeling that you're running out of time, establishing Romanie as a compelling new voice in the alternative/indie space. It’s Not That Funny builds on h

Felsmann + Tiley return with Protomensch (out via ORiGiN Music) - a bold and thought-provoking new album that reflects on the contradictions of modern humanity. The record explores the paradox of our “idiotic genius” - our ability to create extraordinary technological and scientific breakthroughs while simultaneously accelerating our own destruction. As we outsource our thinking to AI, surrender to endless media cycles, and chase progress at all costs, Protomensch becomes a s

Our own Song You Should Know: Monthly Mix captures what’s been soundtracking my month: recent discoveries, long-standing favourites, and songs I keep telling myself I’ll move on from. Some months it’s focused, others it’s a complete mix bag, but it’s always guided by the same idea: these are songs worth your time, at least right now. Hudson Freeman - If You Know Me Folk music and Americana have had small resurgences over the last 10 years, and while some acts feel like bands