Tash Sultana – TERRA FIRMA

It’s here – Tash Sultana’s long-awaited second record TERRA FIRMA firmly secures their intrinsic, holistic artistry. And like the ponderous smoke-tendril of burning incense, Sultana’s slow jam snakes around your earholes with an enchanting athleticism.

8.7

TASH SULTANA

TERRA FIRMA

Polish Club – Stop For A Minute

This is how you begin your Friday night: with a new, groovy, disco-inspired tune from Polish Club. So when can we dance again in pubs and nightclubs? Because I don’t know about you, but Polish Club are making it really hard to just dance around in office chairs. The Sydney duo have released the music video for Stop For A Minute making us dance into the weekend with their new funky track.

8.4

POLISH CLUB

STOP FOR A MINUTE

Hayley Mary – Would You Throw A Diamond?

Hayley Mary is the rock goddess we all wish we were. It’s the kind of song that makes you want to scream and shout, jumping on your bed, hairbrush in hand as a microphone kind of vibe. Performing the tune on Triple J’s Like A Version this morning along with her own spin on Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over The Country Club, it is the perfect Friday weekend vibe to get you in the mood.

8.1

HAYLEY MARY

WOULD YOU THROW A DIAMOND?

SG Lewis – times

With the evocative sounds of disco, house, and soul in his back pocket, SG Lewis distills the central experience of club music into 10 tracks on times.

SG Lewis is getting closer and closer to the feeling he’s been chasing since day dot: that sense of total euphoria that’s intensely familiar to anyone who’s ever lost themselves on a dance floor. His early work referenced the escapist nature of dance music in more obvious terms, literally naming records for fleeting moments in a night out (Dusk, Dark, Dawn), but on his debut album, SG Lewis completes the circle.

8.6

SG LEWIS

TIMES

Butter Bath – Spectator

Producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Butter Bath is one of the most consistent and sensational Sydney acts of recent. His debut EP, Spectator, is dripping in gorgeous production, sticky hooks, warm electrics, and perusal lyricism.

All six tracks address unique themes from alcohol, to disability, to getting older, each with a thoughtful, mature perspective. Butter Bath might be a spectator at heart, but the limelight has a place for him too.

8.8

BUTTER BATH

SPECTATOR

CLEWS – Want You That Way

From chaos comes beauty; unwavering and radiant. Nearly a year since their last release, CLEWS have cast this mantra into a rock odyssey. Continuing on from the synth-filled luminance of their last single, Feel, sisters Lily and Grace Richardson have returned with a track of magnetic proportions.

8.2

CLEWS

WANT YOU THAT WAY

Odette – Herald

Nearly three years since her Aria Award-winning debut album To A Stranger, Odette has kept us patiently waiting for something speculator. And spectacular it is.

Herald unsettles and moves the listener in a destructively beautiful way. Odette’s iconic voice bellows amongst a sea of strings and harmonies, she captures the complete and utter complexity of emotions, the yearning for more, and the shattering pain of regret.

8.6

ODETTE

HERALD

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have released their chaotic and existential fourth album. SHYGA! is wildly introspective, with lead singer Jack McEwen exercising his intrepid lyricism and the band punching out their quintessential mathematic riffs.

8.7

PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS

SHYGA! THE SUNLIGHT MOUND