Music in Exile is proud to announce that GORDON KOANG is returning to venues around Australia to celebrate his acclaimed album, UNITY. With previous tour plans cancelled due to Covid restrictions, Gordon and his band are incredibly excited to have the opportunity to perform this album for you, our audience! 

merci, mercy will bring her disarming pop anthems to Melbourne and Brisbane for the first time ever on her upcoming East Coast Tour. She will also return to her hometown of Sydney.

I OH YOU are thrilled to share the title track from Melbourne alt-rocker Hayley Mary’s sophomore EP The Drip, which will be released on Friday 18 June.

Following an explosive set at Yours and Owls, today Children Collide announces their highly anticipated fourth studio album Time Itself will be released Friday 27 August via Spinning Top Records.   To celebrate, the Australian three-piece catapults their seismic new single Uh Oh and monochrome visual accompaniment, alongside headline shows this May and June in the Gold Coast, Maroochydore, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Sydney, Wollongong and Canberra. 

Gareth Liddiard, Jim White and Chris Abrahams are Springtime. We introduced you to this formidable trio ahead of their sold-out Melbourne warm-up shows earlier this month.

Today Redfern Surf Club announce a new live music series Surf Club Sundays, with the first five week instalment presented by FBi Radio and in partnership with Create NSW. Running across five consecutive Sundays kicking off May 16, the FREE series dips across a wide range of sounds and aims to provide a regular space for emerging artists to showcase their work to an engaged community, ready to discover new music. Tickets to the event are via Eventbrite and will be first in best dressed on the day. See dates and details below.

Hot off their breakout collaboration ‘Sunday Roast’, two of Australia’s fastest-rising artists, Nerve & JK-47 connect once more on ‘One In A Million’. Listen HERE.

Following the announcement of their biggest ever Australian tour this October, today Lime Cordiale unveils the official video for No Plans To Make Plans via Chugg Music. Catch a ride with the Leimbach brothers and Summer Kane as they vanquish the evil Oscar and Leroy Slimebach in a 60’s inspired visual accompaniment, directed by Tim Swallow.

Set to release his debut album Necessary Evil on Friday 21 May, today Tyne-James Organ shares the hypnotic new album track London’s Calling via Dew Process. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter will also tour the nation this June and July.

More up front and cheeky than ever, Lucy Sugerman is back with her new track “goldenboy,” the third offering from her upcoming debut EP out late this year. Written and produced with young guns and friends Charlie Hole (Thomas Porter) and HannahBrewer (Brewer), “golden boy” sees Lucy unapologetically tell it like it is with her staple punchy pop hooks and bold lyrical imagery.

Hatchie — aka — Harriette Pilbeam — returns to stage after a year spent working on her highly anticipated sophomore album.

Today, The Sunday Estate share their brand new powerhouse of a single ‘Fight Me’ (out now via Mirror Records) alongside an edgy, one-shot monochromatic visual directed by Dane Wang. ‘Fight Me’ encapsulates the band's post punk influence with emotionally charged lyricism and driving guitar hooks. The Sydney five-piece have also announced they will be hitting the road to perform a handful of shows across New South Wales in August, heading to Wollongong, Newcastle and Sydney.

Funnelling pure emotional energy into its 3:10 minutes, Canberra’s Sputnik Sweetheart present their new single, ‘Jealousy’. For their first release of the year, the four piece alt-rock outfit dig deep and explore the discomfort and chaos that can often affect a person when overcome by envy.

Following two very special shows at Phoenix Central Park last month, Gordi unveils the stunning short film ‘Refracted’.

This July, Sydney guitar-wizard PLINI is set to return to the stage to celebrate the release of his latest album, Impulse Voices. After a year of show postponements and cancellations, PLINI and his band of musical superheroes (Chris Allison, Jake Howsam Lowe and Simon Grove) are thrilled to reunite on stage, performing new songs, old songs and all the notes in between.

Perth indie rock outfit Sly Withers take the next big leap of their career today with the release of another sing-like-hell-to-the-heavens single, Clarkson, as well as announcing details of their new album, Gardens. The new record is scheduled for release June 11 via Dew Process records and Universal Music Australia.

Adelaide pop-punk, self-professed “two-piece puzzle”, TOWNS have shared their riotous new single ‘Swimming’, alongside a larger than life video jam packed with colour and energy. The duo have also announced they’ll be hitting the road later this year for their Swimming Tour, over five dates nationally from Friday 28 May taking in Brisbane, Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne and finishing with their hometown Adelaide on Saturday 6 June. Tickets are on sale Tuesday 6 April @ 10am AEST.

Gold Coast band Greatest Hits are excited to release their brand new single ‘Palm Springs’ alongside an uber cool visual directed by Benjamin Robinson and mixed by Shags Chamberlain, whose previous credits include the likes of Mac Demarco, Weyes Blood and Drugdealer. Hot off the back of touring with the illustrious Donny Benét, the three-piece are also psyched to announce live headline dates for later this month taking in three shows across New South Wales and a Melbourne performance at The Retreat Hotel.

Today, Tame Impala has announced InnerSpeaker Live From Wave House, a streaming concert event taking place on Wednesday 21 April via the premium digital live platform Moment House. The band will perform their seminal debut album from start to finish. Tickets go on sale today and can be purchased via www.momenthouse.com. Global timings below. Located four hours from their home-town of Perth and perched on the Indian Ocean, Wave House is the legendary studio where Kevin Parker recorded the album 10 years ago, and where the band will bring the album to life on April 21.

Three-piece THE RIOT returns today with their strongest statement yet, a song that speaks to the trio’s vision and ability to find unity in a time of chaos.

Opening with an almost Moses Sumney-like choral part before ducking and weaving through rap and hardcore, ‘See it Believe it’ is an anthem for those who have never had one written for them, a siren call to those unseen by a failing system.