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Check out the best new music from Aussie acts released between December 1st-7th below!
Brazen Barbie – Too Brazen
A collection that glows to even greater new heights, the Kenyan-Australian artist’s brand new mixtape Too Brazen builds on her debut, released earlier this year. As she puts it herself, Too Brazen has the “same essence but with way more reflective writing and growth.”
Alison Wonderland – Ghost World
Her highly anticipated fourth studio album, Ghost World comprises 14 tracks showing Wonderland at her most varied, confident and ambitious. Written during a time of major change, the album speaks to the power and energy of creating your own reality, your own world to seek refuge, and ultimately finding connection and community with like minds.
Confidence Man – Active Scenes Vol One
Confidence Man’s new club-focused EP ushers in a new era for the four-piece. Inspired by their own cult club night series of the same name, the EP features two brand new originals, two remixes, and a Chris Lake remix of hit single “Gossip” with JADE, as well as “In a Band”, a reunion with French producer Sweely, reworking their debut-era anthem “Don’t You Know I’m in a Band” after their beloved 2024 collab “All My People”.
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The Slingers – “Heavyweight”
Sharing more of their forthcoming second album, “Heavyweight” channels a quieter side to the Slingers, led by a gentle acoustic patter and the echoes of a lonely slide guitar. Locking into slow burning and self-reflection, the track sees the band at their most vulnerable — lingering on thoughts often pushed into darkness.
Divers – “Cruisy Confusion / Blue Paint”
Individually, each track brings its own flair to the table, gliding through murky psychedelia and wobbly dream pop with ease, but together, the double A-side continues to build a sonic world of mystique and intrigue that’s set to become the band’s debut album in 2026. “Cruisy Confusion” is a gritty slice of indie swagger that oozes cool, while “Blue Paint” pulls their sound into more restless waters, where their signature haze clashes with a tense, baritone chorus.
Chet Faker – “Can You Swim?”
Another taste of his upcoming album, due out February 13th, “Can You Swim?” is a deeply vulnerable look into Chet Faker’s (aka Nick Murphy) perspective on love, exploring a relationship through the concept of facing tidal waves and trying to stay afloat.
Skin on Skin – Home is True
Home is True is a personal mixtape tracing the emotional geography of an artist in perpetual motion. Centred around human experience, togetherness and meaningful connection, it finds Skin On Skin recalibrating and reconnecting with his true artistic values. The project blends bass-heavy club burners like “Let Me Say This” with more introspective downtempo cuts such as “Love is Ever”.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Live God
Live God captures the wildly transcendent nature of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ unforgettable Wild God tour shows, which were, in Cave’s own words, “an antidote to despair.” The expansive tracklist includes performances of the acclaimed 2024 studio album Wild God, as well as mind-blowing versions of catalogue favourites, such as “From Her to Eternity”, “Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry” and “Into My Arms”.
Kita Alexander – “Bluray”
Hot off her ARIA performance of “Press Pause”, Kita Alexander is back with “Bluray”. What started with the idea of being infatuated with someone, she explains, turned into something “more meaningful for me… I left with a song about my middle school movie crush — Edward Cullen from Twilight.” The song captures the timeless feeling of being young and picturing your life with your favourite movie character. “It’s cute, harmless and makes you feel so many things,” she adds.
Karnivool – “Opal”
Their most ambitious track yet, “Opal” provides another look into Karnivool’s forthcoming album, In Verses, due out February 6th. It features a collage of ideas stretching back to guitarist Drew Goddard’s earliest creative chapters with the band.
Telenova – “Vapor // Slow Dance”
A moody, jazz-tinged slow burn drifting between longing and release, “Vapor // Slow Dance” underscores the trio’s command of atmosphere and emotional tension. From their upcoming album The Warning, due out February 27th, the track is accompanied by a beautifully shot live performance taken from their intimate show at Melbourne’s The Nightcat this past August, capturing the band at their most magnetic.
Teenage Dads – “Alone Again for Christmas”
Teenage Dads are staking their claim for the Christmas season. Misty and upbeat, “Alone Again for Christmas” is sentimental with an analogue sheen, no doubt set to trigger a double-take of recent Christmas renditions by Laufey to She and Him amongst classics by The Beach Boys.
