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NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER RELEASE ‘DEAD ENDS’ VIDEO & SINGLE OUT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27

NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER are back, and much like a mash-up of the marvellously over-the-top actor's antics and a brutal, no-holds-barred steel cage match, you never know what to expect from the band from Ballarat, Victoria. Today they announce the release of their new single 'Dead Ends', which is from a forthcoming EP 'Cast You Out', which will be released in the first quarter of 2021.

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FIGURES DROP NEW SINGLE ‘SOMEONE UNINVITED’ FROM NEW ALBUM ‘OPERATING IN UNSAFE MODE’

Following the success of their first album single 'Underpaid Machinery', Melbourne-based metal powerhouse FIGURES have dropped 'Someone Uninvited', the second video/single drawn from their forthcoming debut album 'Operating In Unsafe Mode' - which is available for pre-order now at http://figuresband.com/.

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SYDNEY HIP-HOP UP AND COMER LANSTAN ANNOUNCES UPCOMING SINGLE TO BE RELEASED JULY 3RD

Following the success of Blueprint, which has 40k streams across platforms since it’s March release and an Instagram repost from legendary fashion photographer/artist Steven Klein, Lanstan returns with Icarus, the second single from his upcoming project “2020 Vision”.​

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AMONG THE RUINED DROP SECOND SINGLE "ALONE IN THIS TOMB (WE ARE BROKEN)" AHEAD OF DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE

Brisbane's Among The Ruined are back with one last trick up their sleeves before the drop of their debut album 'Despite All Odds' - available Friday June 26. Today Among The Ruined are releasing "Alone In This Tomb (We Are Broken)", the second and final single to be teased ahead of the full length. Pre-orders are live now at https://ffm.to/atr_despiteallodds?.

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FIGURES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘OPERATING IN UNSAFE MODE’ & DROP FIRST SINGLE ‘UNDERPAID MACHINERY’

After six years, two EPs, one single and a commanding presence in the Melbourne live music scene, 2020 sees the debut album release from Alt-Metal 5-piece, Figures!

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PIERCE BROTHERS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE & VIDEO KANKO

After an extended hiatus where they spent their time away from the touring circuit, travelling, writing and recording new music, Pierce Brothers have today announced the release of their new single Kanko.

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SUZI RELEASES DEBUT SINGLE ‘HARRY STREET’ AND ANNOUNCES ISOLATION-FUELLED DEBUT EP ‘I LIKE IT BETTER INDOORS’ - GET READY TO CRY

Suzi has released her debut single ‘Harry Street’, the first song from her upcoming EP ‘I Like It Better Indoors’. Written and produced by Suzi herself, 'Harry Street’ is a song about struggling with mental health issues as an overly emotional teenager.

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DEBUT SINGLE: SHERRY ENCOURAGES YOU TO ‘WORK ON YOURSELF’ WHILE STUCK IN SELF ISOLATION

Melbourne singer/songwriter Sherry is set to drop her debut single ‘Work on Yourself’ on May 1st, a rhythmic dance tune with sass, swag and ‘tude, inspired by a lonely clubgoer she met during her six-month long French exchange and her travels to Berlin.

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INTRODUCING HEARTEYES: ‘EVEN HEADBANGERS GET THE BLUES’

Introducing hearteyes, the latest project from Sydney producer and multi-hyphenate artist Maurice Santiago, who today shares the second mixtape under this moniker, even headbangers get the blues.

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NEW 'OXYTOXIC' MUSIC VIDEO BY RACKETT 

Rackett is excited to emerge from the editing desk to present you with her new 'Oxytoxic' music video. Rackett made the video herself, featuring a cast of queens she has met and shared stages with throughout Australia. Filmed in Melbourne at Pride of Our Footscray, on the last day of her 'Oxytoxic' tour, Rackett was so inspired by the creativity and talent existing within the LGBTQIA performance space she had to make a video with them.

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BOBBY MAGUIRE SHARES NEW SINGLE & VIDEO MOVING TO THE CITY AHEAD OF DEBUT SELF-TITLED ALBUM – OUT NOVEMBER 29

Queensland-based singer songwriter Bobby Maguire has today announced his new single Moving to the City, a sweet song written to inspire self-confidence in the young artist before a big life change, out today, November 5.

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CLIO RETURNS AS ETHEREAL AS EVER WITH NEW SYNTH-FUELLED POP BALLAD ‘SLOW BURN’ + SINGLE LAUNCH SHOW

Accomplished musician Clio Renner is back with new solo material on the gorgeous track ‘Slow Burn’. Following from her previous single ‘Silly Girls’ released earlier in the year, ‘Slow Burn’ captures the essence of Clio’s exquisite songwriting with a few added expansions along the way.

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GEORGE ALICE UNIVEILS NEW VIDEO FOR ‘CIRCLES’

George Alice released the stunning video for her debut single ‘Circles’ on Wednesday, and we’ve gotta say, it is GORGEOUS. Directed by Daniel Bolt and choreographed by Zoee Marsh, the concept behind the video is how George imagined the lyrics – the pushing and pulling of a relationship or friendship or going around in circles in life. The dancers Melissa Pham and Bailey Glen represent what’s going on in George’s mind.

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