PARTY IN THE PADDOCK: TRIPLE J UNEARTHED WINNER ANNOUNCED, FINAL TICKETS AND TIPS

With only a few sleeps to go until the 8th and final Party in the Paddock, the last few preparations are underway. Organisers are stoked to announce that triple j Unearthed competition winner The Tinderboxers will making their Paddock debut on this year’s final line up, taking the main stage alongside Matt CorbyHermitudeDune RatsBroods and many, many more!

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AUS HIPHOP LEGENDS BUTTERFINGERS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE 'DANCING (TO THE BEAT OF MY OWN DRUM)' + FIRST ALBUM IN 14 YRS 'BAD NEWS' + TOUR

Australias favourite musical misfits and auteurs of Aussie hip hop, Butterfingers are back, breaking hearts and bones (mostly their own) with a killer new single, Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum), out January 30.  Confident and with more ecstatic energy and sharp lyrical wit than ever before, Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum) is classic Butterfingers.

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SAGE SHARES DEBUT SINGLE + VIDEO FROM DUST AHEAD OF FORTHCOMING EP TETHERED OUT FEBRUARY 27

Ethereal cellist and singer-songwriter Sage has today announced her debut single From Dust, a gorgeous, introspective meander made especially for soulmates, out February 3.  

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STARVE STORM INTO 2020 WITH MANIC NEW SINGLE "SHIVER"

Melbourne's chaotic metalcore four-piece Starve have stormed onto the scene with their first offering of 2020, "Shiver". The band will unleash the brand new single live at AM//PM nights in Melbourne and Adelaide supporting Dealer early February!

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ELIZA AND THE DELUSIONALS SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘SWIMMING POOL’ + ANNOUNCE A STATE OF LIVING IN AN OBJECTIVE REALITY EP - OUT FRIDAY 20 MARCH

Eliza & The Delusionals are kicking off 2020 with a huge 28-date USA tour and new single Swimming Pool. The single follows their international hit, named Alt Nation’s Critical Cut, ‘Just Exist’ and recent single ‘Pull Apart Heart’. The band announce today that their forthcoming second EP, A STATE…

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THE KITE STRING TANGLE ANNOUNCES SECOND ALBUM C()D3X + RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO 'NORTH' + NATIONAL ALBUM TOUR SET FOR MAY/JUNE

2019 was a breakout year for The Kite String Tangle with a shift to a harder, darker, more electronic sound, a residency in Berlin, sold-out headline Australian shows and performances at some of Australia’s biggest regional Festivals. Now The Kite String Tangle jump-starts 2020 with new anthemic single ‘NORTH’ and the announcement of his forthcoming second studio album C()D3X dropping 20 March.

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DUNE RATS RELEASE NEW SONG & VIDEO FOR 'STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES (FEAT. K.FLAY)'

Today Brisbane trio Dune Rats share their new single 'Stupid Is As Stupid Does (feat. K.Flay)' and release their long-awaited third LP, Hurry Up And Wait, out now via Ratbag Records / BMG.

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THE FACTION ANNOUNCES HARDEST 100 OF 2019 COUNTDOWN & VOTING OPEN! VOTING OPEN NOW. LIVE COUNTDOWN ON AIR

2019 was a watershed year for heavy music in Australia and indeed, the world. A titanium-strength year for releases worldwide, multiple Australian heavy music festivals stormed the scene, successful tour after successful tour destroyed venues all over the country - and the scene galvanised more than ever!

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DIDIRRI RELEASES REFLECTIVE NEW SINGLE ‘RAW STUFF’ AND POIGNANT VIDEO SHOT IN RURAL VICTORIA

In the lead up to his much-anticipated appearance on Eurovision: Australia Decides on February 8th, Didirri has kicked off the new year with new single and video for "Raw Stuff", and announces a run of tour dates starting in April, and taking the Melbourne songwriter up and down the East Coast of Australia through to May.

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BOATS SHARE SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR ‘VAN DIEMENS LAND’ + ANNOUNCE TIME TO OPEN THE MACHINE EP - OUT MARCH 2

Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist Boats, aka Blake Paterson, follows up the recent KEXP supported single ‘Falling Off Rainbows' with a new single and video for ‘Van Diemens Land’. Detailing Blake’s experience of becoming lost in the Tasmanian wilderness, the single is the second track lifted from the impending Time To Open The Machine EP, due for release on Monday 2 March.

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CHILLINIT DROPS NEW SINGLE “LAYING LOW” AHEAD OF HUGELY ANTICIPATED SECOND ALBUM ‘THE OCTAGON’ (OUT JAN 31)

Following on from a milestone year with debut album ‘Women, Weed & Wordplay’ - the 13th highest selling album in Australia in 2019, home to two gold singles, and has racked up a staggering 60 million streams and counting – south-west Sydney's homegrown, self-made juggernaut Chillinit today gives us a second taste from his much anticipated second album ‘The Octagon’ (due January 31) with new single “Laying Low”.

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PARKER ANNOUNCES ARRESTING NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO ‘BECOME THE FOOL’

Visual artist, songwriter and musician PARKER has today announced her devastatingly beautiful new single Become The Fool, a heartbreakingly powerful song about an unbalanced relationship in which one person ends up sacrificing too much of themselves and their dreams for another, set for release today, January 24. 

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TORA'S CAN'T BUY THE MOOD DELUXE ALBUM OUT TODAY + NATIONAL TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK + TWO ANOTHER REMIX THE TITLE TRACK

Today sees the release of the deluxe album edition of Tora’s richly-textured second album Can't Buy The MoodThe deluxe version contains two added B-Sides as well as a raft of carefully-curated remixes from producers around the world including Sydney’s Two Another who have re-worked the album title track with lush house vibes. Full tracklist is below.

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FINAL PARTY IN THE PADDOCK: SPECIAL GUESTS, ADDITIONAL ACTS, BRAND NEW STAGE AND VIBESTOWN ENTERTAINMENT

If you weren’t already keen enough for the legendary Party In The Paddock lineup (sporting Matt CorbyHermitudeDune RatsBroodsCosmo’s MidnightJack RiverSneaky Sound System and many, many more), February 2020 is set to see even more teammates jumping aboard to help SEND IT at the Paddock for one final bow!

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SLUMBERJACK RELEASE CLUB FOCUSSED SINGLE 'HADES' WITH FOMO + PLAYING CASTAWAY FESTIVALS

Today SLUMBERJACK announce the release of ‘Hades’, a club-focused track which they made with San Diego producer duo FOMO, who have worked on remixes for Skrillex and The Chainsmokers. It’s a hard-hitting track in signature SLUMBERJACK style with world music influences mixed in with staccato drops and a booming bass which hits you hard in the chest.

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RACKETT’S ‘OXYTOXIC’ ADDED TO TRIPLE J UNEARTHED ROTATION

RACKETT’S ‘Oxytoxic’ has been added to Triple J Unearthed rotation, as well as set of single launch gigs in Sydney and Melbourne

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NICK BATTERHAM AND JOSH MEADOWS INTRODUCE THE BELL STREETS WITH DEBUT SINGLE ‘FRAGILE’ TAKEN FROM UPCOMING LP MONUMENT

Fledgling Melbourne and Castlemaine act The Bell Streets make their debut with the first of 10 songs to be released in 2020, the slick bedroom pop number, ‘Fragile’. Birthed from the somewhat inevitable partnership of Nick Batterham (The Earthmen, Blindside, Cordrazine) and Josh Meadows (The Sugargliders, The Steinbecks), The Bell Streets started writing songs toge…

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