If good things take time then ‘Elementary’, the debut album from Byron Bay’s The Black Stars, should be brilliant. After a two-year gestation, the three-piece unleash ten tracks in less than 35 minutes, taking listeners through four-on-the-floor dance beats to relentless chain-sawing guitars.

Jack Colwell, The “classically-trained / pop-brained” Sydney-sider is due to release the sing-and-whistle-and-slap-along single, “Hopechest”, this October.

Just in time for Summer, Sydney’s finest indie-electro-popettes, Convaire return with their highly anticipated EP, The New You.

In time for Spring, Pedro Collective plant the seed and lead the way for a new generation of young, eco-aware theatre makers with the forthcoming production, Sprout.

Sydney’s Reggae, Afrobeat and hip hop extraordinaires, The Strides have taken giant steps forward in the past twelve months. Taking strides to reclaim Australia this November, the eight-piece will embark on ‘The Strides National Reclamation Tour’ bringing their signature melting pot of sounds to a venue near you.