Despite the big bang theory that brought all of us at this single point-in-time! MTV Unplugged Spoken Word never featured Australian artists in its official lineup — but the spirit of the format found a uniquely local evolution here in Australia. [...]

There was a moment… Somewhere between the last crackle of vinyl and the first hiss of a dial-up modem, when Australia fell head-over-heels for music in ways that felt almost spiritual. It was the late 80s rolling into the early 90s, and the [...]

In this episode! The first of many, were we drill-down to a human level to discover what it’s really like to finally be switched-off to the sound of music in the lounge rooms of many ordinary TV goers. Placed between the Baby Boomers and the [...]

By sheer weight of hits, Air Supply had opened up the US market to a different sound coming out of Oz: something way less ballsy than AC/DC, more intimate than Midnight Oil. Crowed House, who raided the American charts with the heartfelt ballad [...]

Trailblazing Hard Rock band AC/DC step-out one more time for a fender stratocastor hell of a time at one of Melbourne’s most iconic venue…The MCG. Fifty years after the boys first step’t out onto the world stage, AC/DC’s 50th [...]

Hip hop has gained a wide audience among mostly younger people. Hip hop music in its infancy has been described as an outlet and a “voice” for the disenfranchised youth of low-income and marginalized economic areas, as the hip hop culture [...]

Daylesford-born Melbourne native Mia Dyson has been a darling of the alt-roots and blues scene in Australia and more recently the world, especially the US, since her debut album Cold Water in 2003, rocketing to the top of her genre in 2005, winning [...]

The song Play It Safe, itself is Bogus! But fun. Which fly’s high with cynicism and a deep look at juvenile whimsical at other peoples follie. Though this is not with standing the fact that we are also able to see this within ourselves, as adults. [...]

The Thundamentals, originating from the Blue Mountains region in NSW formed in 2008, released their raucous single “Sally” in 2017 and became a household name after it reached number 8 on the Triple J Hottest 100. Featuring MATAYA after [...]