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Check out the best new music from Aussie acts released between February 23rd-March 1st below!
My Cherie – “Box of Pencils”
The music video for My Cherie’s focus single “Box of Pencils”, off the 2025 EP Life is Short & Life is Long, has been released. Directed by Bryce Kraehenbuehl and brought to life by a talented Adelaide crew, the video is a cinematic meditation on identity, cultural pressure, and the journey toward living an authentic life.
Harry Hayes – “I Did You Wrong”
The first single off Harry Hayes’ forthcoming EP What Would I Do Without You? (due out in May), “I Did You Wrong” marks a new chapter. It is a club-ready anthem with a blissful melody, seamlessly ready to grace the world’s biggest dance floors.
Pamela – “Skin Contact”
A sultry, slow-burn single that leans into tension rather than release, Pamela’s “Skin Contact” captures the charged moment before anything happens – when eye contact lingers, closeness feels inevitable, and the wanting is already loud.
Bluey – “Sleepytime”
“Sleepytime” is the much-anticipated second single from the forthcoming orchestral album Bluey: Up Here (due out March 27th). The new single brings the emotional depth of the episode to full symphonic scale, created by the series’ award‑winning composer Joff Bush and The Bluey Music team, and recorded with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Seja Vogel, conducted by Joseph Twist.
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Vera Blue – “Go Lucky”
After the intimacy of her haunting single “Parallel Lines”, Vera Blue steps into brighter territory with her new single “Go Lucky”. A euphoric, dance charged anthem, the song surges with feel-good energy. It is the third single from her forthcoming album.
South Summit – “On the Dash”
The third single from the forthcoming album Run It Back (due out June 12th), South Summit’s “On the Dash” highlights a fresh sonic direction while staying rooted in the grooves the band grew up on. More broadly, the album signals a new chapter for the band.
The Gloom In the Corner – Royal Discordance
The Gloom In the Corner’s Royal Discordance is not your average metalcore album. Swarming with sonic haymakers, looming melodies, sharp narratives, and astonishing dexterity, it pushes them into a brand new era, treading new ground.
The Temper Trap – “Into the Wild”
“Into the Wild” encapsulates the duality of body and mind, and the existential yearning to transcend physical limits. Produced by Styalz Fuego (Troye Sivan, Charli XCX, Khalid) with Catherine Marks (Wolf Alice, boygenius, Manchester Orchestra) on mixing, it’s freeing, pulsing, soaring, showing the Temper Trap at their finest.
YNG Martyr – “Real Geek”
The focus single of YNG Martyr’s upcoming album Chalant (due out March 27th), “Real Geek” signals a shift away from manufactured mystique toward a more open, front-footed era. The record is threaded with gaming references – true to Martyr’s roots, having first freestyled in Call of Duty lobbies.
Swapmeet – “I Know!”
Revved up with gleaming, fuzzy guitars and energetic percussion, Swapmeet’s new single “I Know!” blurs jangle pop, shoegaze, and alt-rock with a tongue-in-cheek precision that belies the songs off-the-cuff origins. According to the band, it was written accidentally, arising from an in-between practice jam. The lyrics alike arose pretty spontaneously too, without much over-analysing or fluff.
Lasca Dry – “Behave”
Sharp, punchy and laced with rebellion, Lasca Dry’s “Behave” captures the moment a chronic people-pleaser decides she’s had enough. It’s the sound of expectation colliding with independence, an unapologetic, ‘I do what I want’ anthem that pulses with confidence and bite. It is the second release from her forthcoming debut EP, Time Keeps Drifting (due out April 9th).
Vassy (Ft. Mind Electric) – “On Me”
Teaming up with fellow Australian producer Mind Electric, Vassy’s “On Me” channels the energy of a modern disco revival, hooking listeners from the first beat. The upcoming EP release (due out March 13th) also features high-energy club remixes from Australian DJs Douglas York and Bust-R, each bringing fresh, floor-filling takes perfect for peak-time DJ sets.
Lottie McLeod – “Important to You”
“Important to You” dives into the complexity of “setting boundaries for your own preservation”, especially when both parties are struggling. Lottie McLeod’s initially soft but assured vocals carry grief, regret, and determination across low-slung guitar and a bed of plaintive, stare-out-over-the-sea indie/alt-folk instrumentation that builds with fuzzed-out guitar.
BRUX – Halcyon Phase
BRUX’s new seven-track record Halcyon Phase is like little vignettes heard through a radio broadcasting from the spirit world. First sketched in 2020 amid the dramatic climates of Australia’s Blue Mountains, it is a transcendent expansion of her sonic language while maintaining the emotional depth that has defined her work.
Cry Club – “Monster of the Week”
Following its equally ferocious December counterpart “Retaliate”, Cry Club’s “Monster Of The Week” serves up hard-hitting industrial pop, driven by the frustrations of constantly seeing misinformation and inflammatory alt-right commentary spread across social media. It is the latest taste of their forthcoming album, High Voltage Anxiety (due out March 27th).
Pacific Avenue – Lovesick Sentimental
The highly anticipated second studio album from Pacific Avenue, Lovesick Sentimental captures a band in full bloom and proves why they’ve become one of Australia’s most loved and dynamic acts. They surprised fans by releasing the album a week earlier than expected.
2charm – star scum city
Inspired by the EDM sleaze of deadmau5, SOPHIE, Skrillex and Zedd, and created alongside collaborators Ninajirachi, 1tbsp and Simon Lam (Kllo, Armlock), star scum city feels worlds away from growing pains and uncertainty. It captures a self-assured escape to the big city, a newfound selfhood that booms with glittering confidence.
Telenova – The Warning
Telenova have long thrived in the tension between beauty and unease, and The Warning sees that push-and-pull reach its most exposed and urgent form yet. Written during a period of personal upheaval and creative strain, the band – Angeline Armstrong, Joshua Moriarty and Edward Quinn – navigate the blurred lines between control and chaos, faith and doubt, and connection and collapse.
EXEK – Prove the Mountains Move
EXEK’s eight-track record Prove the Mountains Move is experimental in its craft, but not its sound. The project luxuriates in contradiction while maintaining a more expansive scale than previous recordings.
Jem Cassar-Daley – “Clichés”
“Clichés” finds Jem Cassar-Daley in her sweet spot, drenching the pains of her past with the sweetness of hindsight and new perspectives. Wrapping all the common sayings we hear during a break-up – ‘It’s not you, it’s me’ or ‘Love yourself before somebody else’ – into one song, it touches on how sometimes you just want the honest truth, as hard as it may be.
Molly Millington – Frank Morgan
Molly Millington’s debut album Frank Morgan has landed as a fully realised coming-of-age statement. Joyful, diaristic, vulnerable, and perfectly country-tinged, it embraces contradiction, often within the same song.
Hugo Basclain – “Hit the Wall”
The second single from his forthcoming debut album, Hugo Basclain’s “Hit the Wall” is a bright, high-voltage alt-pop record that captures the emotional whiplash of a generation that never stops moving.
Casey Barnes – “Made for This”
Built on grit, resilience, and unshakeable belief, Casey Barnes’ “Made for This” is a stadium-ready statement. A defiant anthem about coming back stronger, thriving under pressure, and proving yourself when the world says you can’t. The song has been selected as the theme song for Nine’s 2026 NRL season broadcast.
