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Australian Music Is Bloody Great: Caiti Baker

Jun 3, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Where do you hear great new Australian music these days? Community radio is one crucial outlet and Amrap – the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project - offers Australian musicians a pathway to airplay from the hundreds of community stations to a weekly listenership of nearly 6,000,000 people. Go to amrap.org.au to get your music to thousands of presenters using the site each month to find new Australian music. If you haven’t got your music on Amrap, what are you waiting for?
The 10 Best Tunes of the Week | 2024 Week 22

May 30, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Image: Left - Nick Cave; Right - Magdalena BayWith so much new music coming out each and every day, it can be hard to listen to everything, but we'll be damned if we don't try.
The 10 Best Music Videos of the Week | 2024 Week 22

May 30, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Image: Still from Body Meat's 'North Side' videoMusic videos are artistic extensions of the songs themselves, with many visual accompaniments becoming just as, if not more iconic than the songs they were created for.
Zombeaches & The Belair Lip Bombs Interview Each Other

May 29, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Image: Top - The Belair Lip Bombs; Bottom - ZombeachesFollowing some awesome singles, including title track A Taste of Oxygen that we premiered the awesome music video for, Naarm post-punks Zombeaches have unveiled their second full-length album. A dark and introspective collection of eleven tracks, A Taste of Oxygen touches on themes isolation, connection and hope, set to some pretty epic sounds.
Track x Track: CLYPSO - 'LIGHTS OUT' EP

May 29, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Image credit: Michelle Pitiris/@sheisaphroditeWe’ve been huge fans of CLYPSO here at Pilerats for a minute now, first getting to know her back in 2017. Fast forward seven years and CLYPSO has been busy in the lab developing her skills as a producer, musician and vocalist, releasing her debut EP Cameo in 2019, followed by a steady stream of singles ever since.
She's Bossy! Kelis announced as BIGSOUND 2024 Keynote Speaker

May 28, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Image credit: SuppliedIt’s been a quarter of a century since Kelis released her debut album Kaleidoscope (completely produced by legendary production duo The Neptunes). Since then, she’s gone from strength to strength and released some beyond iconic cuts including Milkshake, Trick Me, Millionaire (feat. Andre 3000), Bossy (feat. Too Short) and more.
Listen: King Stingray - 'Best Bits'

May 28, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Image credit: Maclay HeriotThe unstoppable King Stingray are back and better than ever on new single and music video combo, Best Bits. A mellow cut of uplifting indie rock, Best Bits showcases King Stingray’s instantly recognisable sound and skills at crafting ear worms that stay stuck in your head all day after a single listen. Meanwhile, the fun and nostalgic music video depicts a fictitious 80s Australian variety TV show also called Best Bits.
Listen: Pond - 'So Lo'

May 28, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Image credit: Michael Tartaglia With their new album Stung! and national tour just a few weeks away, today Pond have blessed us with the latest taste of the record, the funky art-rock sounds of So Lo. Sounding a bit like if late 80s/ early 90s era Prince jumped in a time machine to visit Bowie during his Berlin trilogy, So Lo pairs a fat, funky bassline with disco-style guitar stabs and a headnod-inducing backbeat, while frontman Nick Allbrook’s distinctive vocals sing about keeping...
Keli Holiday is the Jesterman

May 28, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

We caught up with Aussie musical chameleon and all around legend, Adam Hyde of Peking Duk, to chat his genre-blurring new solo EP Image credit: XingerXangerIt’s been two years since Adam Hyde stepped out from Peking Duk and introduced us to Keli Holiday with his debut solo album, KELI.
Track x Track: Girl and Girl - ‘Call A Doctor’

May 27, 2024 | pilerats.com | Will Backler

Image credit: Zac BaylyIt’s been an absolutely whirlwind couple of years for Brisbane four-piece Girl and Girl. Releasing their independent EP Divorce back in September 2022 to critical acclaim, the band would undergo a lineup change before signing to legendary label Sub Pop for the rest of the world distribution, and Virgin Music Australia domestically.