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GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2024 DATES AND TEASES LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT

Attention heavy music lovers! It's that time of year again when festival-goers across the country mark their calendars for the annual Good Things Festival. They have just announced their 2024 dates, and the anticipation is already at a high with fans speculating as to who the headliner is going to be. Clear your schedules for early December because Australia's premier alternative music festival is gearing up to deliver another unforgettable experience.

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ALL DAY ANNOUNCES NATIONAL HEADLINE ALBUM TOUR - TOURING AUG/SEPT 2024 

With his fifth studio album The Necklace set to be released August 2nd via Dew Process, today, Australian rapper, singer and songwriter Allday announces his national album tour and his new single ‘Miss You Still’ featuring long-time friend and fellow artist Tim Nelson (Cub Sport).

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SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2024: WE CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF OUR HEAD 

We should be so lucky! Splendour in the Grass, returns to Ngarindjin / North Byron Parklands from Friday 19 July to Sunday 21 July for 3 days of camps, music, art and freedom.

It’s time to unveil the lineup. Lessgo!

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BLISS N ESO ANNOUNCE 7TH STUDIO ALBUM THE SUN OUT FRI 27 AUG+ NEW SINGLE 'OG'S (FEAT. CHILLINIT)' OUT NOW

Australian hip-hop titans Bliss n Eso are elated to announce their highly anticipated 7th studio album The Sun (out Friday 27 August). An album packed full of energy, swagger and some exciting collaborations, sees Bliss n Eso at their hungry best after a four year wait between albums.

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ADA/WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP DEAL WITH GOODNA BASED EMCEE LISI AND HIS LABEL CASTILLE RECORDS

ADA/Warner Music Australia announced today a new partnership with New Zealand-born and Goodna-based rapper Lisi and his Samoan-owned record label Castille Records. 

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BROTH RECORDS ANNOUNCES NEW GIG SERIES ‘SOUP KITCHEN,’ FIRST EDITION ON JUNE 9 AT THE GREAT CLUB

Following last month’s launch of Joji Malani’s new independent label venture, Broth Records today announces their upcoming live music event, Soup Kitchen, taking place on June 9 at The Great Club on Midjuburri/Marrickville. Tickets available HERE. 

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FLIGHT FACILITIES SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘LIGHTS UP’ FEAT. CHANNEL TRES, OUT NOW VIA FUTURE CLASSIC/GLASSNOTE

Today, ARIA-award winning artist duo Flight Facilities return to their beloved fanbase, delivering a new single immersed in a feeling of West-Coast Californian cool imparted by guest vocalist, Channel Tres. Released on Future Classic & Glassnote, “Lights Up” marks the band’s first release of 2021 following the launch of their app, Flight Deck late last year.

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BLISS N ESORELEASE NEW SINGLE'GOOD PEOPLE (FT. KASEY CHAMBERS)'+ ANNOUNCE NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN TOUR FOR JUNE/JULY 2021

Featuring Australian country music royalty Kasey Chambers – ARIA Hall of Fame inductee with 5 x ARIA #1 albums to her name – ‘Good People’ is an emotive slice of pop-driven rap that drives home the value in surrounding yourself with truly good people.

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CHURCH & AP SHARE NEW SINGLE 'ON!ON!ON!' + AT THY FEET SIDE TWO OUT MAY 7

Today, NZ hip hop game changers Church & AP share their brash new single ON!ON!ON!, taken from Side B of their album AT THY FEET, out May 7th. Made to be played on max volume, the haunted instrumental shows off off-the-wall flows from Church in the first verse, complimented by laid back punchlines from AP in the second. The combination exhibiting why the duo are 'built different'. 

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ASHWARYA REVEALS NEW SINGLE ‘TO THE NIGHT (FEAT. VIC MENSA)’ + ANNOUNCES DEBUT EP ‘NOCTURNAL HOURS’ OUT ON 10 JUNE

21 year old Indian-born, Melbourne-based pop juggernaut on the rise, ASHWARYA, has today revealed her exciting first offering for 2021 with new single ‘TO THE NIGHT’ featuring none other than Chicago rap heavyweight Vic Mensa. In tandem with the single, ASHWARYA is thrilled to announce details of her debut body of work - an EP titled Nocturnal Hours due for release on 10 June (via NOiZE Recordings).

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KEITH URBAN SHARES VIDEO FOR LATEST SINGLE “OUT THE CAGE” FEATURING BRELAND AND NILE RODGERS

“The freneticism of the rhythm makes me wanna take off and start running or……just break something,” says multi-platinum, five-time ARIA and Grammy award winning global superstar, Keith Urban of his song “Out The Cage,” which sees the debut of its music video today. “ 'Out the Cage' began with an idea I had to build upon a '90s English house breakbeat rhythm; I've always loved Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, those kinds of rhythmic energies” explains Urban.

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DUGONG JR SHARES NEW SINGLE 'CERAMIC (FEAT. IJALE)' + SIGNS TO MOVING CASTLE

Today, Melbourne-based multidisciplinary creative Dugong Jr shares his new song 'Ceramic' featuring rising hip-hop artist IJALE. Following the release of last year's acclaimed EP Pleasure Principle, 'Ceramic' is another deeply textured and atmospheric track, with IJALE’s melodic bars perfectly weighted against Dugong Jr’s finessed house production. The release coincides with the announcement that Dugong Jr has re-joined his friends at Moving Castle. 

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SLUM SOCIABLE RELEASE FINAL EP ‘THE STREET OF DIRE NEEDS’

Today marks the bittersweet end of Melbourne duo Slum Sociable. Their final release The Street Of Dire Needs EP is out now via Liberation Records.

The five-tracker features singles ‘Explain Myself’, ‘You’re In My Head (feat. KYE)’ and ‘Questions’ as well as title track ‘The Street Of Dire Needs’ and ‘Lookin’ Up’. These final two are greatly significant songs for Ed Quinn and Miller Upchurch, who penned ‘Lookin’ Up’ 10 years ago in their previous musical manifestation.

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