Tag: Best new music
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Adelaide’s best new music
aleksiah – ‘Keep My Cool’ We’ve said this before and we’ll say it again, aleksiah is the Adelaide version of Olivia Rodrigo and we are here for it! ‘Keep My Cool’ – the angsty, playful track that discusses the struggles of balancing expectations – embodies Olivia completely. Like most songs of aleksiah’s, it has us…
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Adelaide’s best new music
Energy Angel – ‘Nalgene’ ‘Naglene’ is a mix of both slow and energetic moments, making it a perfect fit for Energy Angel’s debut EP, NRG, which was released on June 6. Describing itself as “hardcore adjacent”, the five-piece band blends genres ranging from pop-punk to heavy metal and hard rock. This song begins with a…
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Adelaide’s best new music
aleksiah – ‘The Hit’ It was only in March that Adelaide’s favourite pop princess exploded back onto our radar as her song ‘Clothes Off’ became an earworm no one wanted to get rid of. Known for masking heavy themes with familiar poppy ballads, her latest release, ‘The Hit’, is no exception. aleksiah likens the feeling of…
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Adelaide’s best new music
aleksiah – ‘Clothes Off’ Our queen! Killing it yet again! ‘Clothes Off’ – aleksiah’s first track of the year – has a fun, catchy melody with us singing along after the first listen. But in true aleksiah style, she’s able to touch on sensitive topics once you dive deeper into the meaning of her songs.…
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Adelaide’s best new music
Destinezia – ‘Easy On Me’ Destinezia’s ‘Easy On Me’ is the easy kind of hot-weather tune we plan on listening to on road trips to a secluded beach three hours away. It’s the fun boppy track we can have on in the background of any activity and oozes an Australian summer. This song is the…
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Adelaide’s best new music
aleksiah – ‘Batsh*t’ In the description of the ‘Batsh*t’ YouTube bio, aleksiah warns us of a “new era incoming” and we guess she’s right. This is, in fact, one of the more upbeat songs we’ve seen from aleksiah recently – as this is her first release since her debut EP Who Are You When You’re…
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Adelaide’s best new music
Coldwave – ‘The Ants’ Post-punk band Coldwave have released their first singles for 2024 – we’ve been on the edge of our seats at the CityMag office waiting for it to drop. The AA-release features ‘Italia ’06’ and ‘The Ants’, the latter being CityMag’s top pick. ‘The Ants’ music video, directed by Conor Mercury, has…
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Adelaide’s best new music
DEM MOB – ‘I’ll Get By’ The latest release by Indigenous hip-hop outfit DEM MOB is a slight shift in tone from what we’ve come to expect from the group, but it only proves their versatility. The band hails from the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, about 1257 kilometres from Adelaide. “I’ll Get By” is…
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Adelaide’s best new music
alt.— ‘Conversations That Hurt’ Listen to this playlist on Spotify. If you’re a South Australian band or musician, join our Artist Network, and let us know about your new release. This sounds like if our reporters lined up in front of the amp, the immediate attack of the beat would propel us across the room and we’d…
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Adelaide’s best new music
Alexander Flood — remix of Gratts’ ‘Sun Circles’ Over a year ago, we covered Belgian DJ/producer Gratt’s and his latest — at the time — single ‘Sun Circles’. The song was written for his two young sons, Leo and Ziggy. It featured Nathan Haines on the saxophone and flute, and Mr. Beale (Ellie Beale) on…