The Jukebox: the best new local tunes to add to your playlist this month
This July, we noticed our local artists mastering the art of genre blending. We listened to soul-pop funk, post-punk rock and desert-rock doom – it was difficult narrowing down the offering to just five of the best tracks, but we did it. Take a look at our favourites …
‘Alibi’ by Jamie Lamont
Jamie Lamont has been carving her own lane since earning a spot in the Top 21 finalists on Australian Idol this year, where her powerhouse vocals were praised by Jessica Mauboy, Amy Shark, Marcia Hines and Amii Stewart.
Her newest song ‘Alibi’ pulls inspiration from the works of artists like RAYE, Olivia Dean and Chaka Khan, creating a track that is electrifying and enticing from the first note. Pairing irresistible grooves with the artist’s in-your-face confidence, listeners can’t help but feel a bit of Jamie’s daring rubbing off on them after just the first listen.
The soul-pop funk artist will be celebrating the release of ‘Alibi’ after the turn of the season with a free show at QPAC on Friday September 4, and will be releasing her debut album one track at a time. If first single ‘Alibi’ is anything to go by, it’s going to be major.
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‘Alice’ by Blind Corners
Tamborine Mountain crew Blind Corners are gearing up to release its highly anticipated debut album Sink or Swim in August – but after listening to the album’s second single release, I couldn’t wait another month to give the group a shout out on The Jukebox.
‘Alice’ sounds like it’s been ripped right from the heyday of Australia’s old rock era. Deliciously infectious guitar riffs, a uniquely Australian post-punk rock sound and lyrics about a hard done by woman sung in a perfectly gritty Australian accent – that’s a perfect storm right there.
About to hit the road for the Sink or Swim Tour, Blind Corners will be hitting Sydney and Melbourne before finishing up at the Cauldron Distillery in Tamborine Mountain on Saturday August 29, with Ethanol Blend and The Inadequates as support.
‘Wednesdays at the Waterloo’ by Lottie McLeod
Have you ever had an absolutely awful, pathetic, unrequited crush that inevitably ended in heartbreak? Lottie McLeod has.
Subscribe for updatesThat’s what her newest song ‘Wednesdays at the Waterloo’ is all about – specifically her old trivia teammate she fancied. And no, I’m spilling hot gossip – all the details are right there in the music video, complete with a sweet little cameo from Brisbane actor Jarrod Gildea, who plays Lottie’s crush.
The track – and the video – are both a playful interpretation of the heart-wrenching experience that is falling for someone who just isn’t interested. Ironically, ‘Wednesdays at the Waterloo’ is also the perfect tonic for these little heartbreaks.
‘Sleepwalker’ by HOLYSTONE
One of the country’s leading heavy bands, HOLYSTONE just upped the ante with the release of its newest concept album Accepting Omega and with the introduction of newest member Madi Morris. Through a complementary contrast of intertwining male and female vocals, the band explores the album’s central character, the world-ending figure known as ‘Omega’ while grappling with themes of existentialism and resistance.
With each track centred around a different vignette of the approaching apocalypse, ‘Sleepwalker’ stands out as a song of resistance in a story of surrender. The band describes the song’s story as the call of an angel urging a lone hero to awaken and lead the resistance against Omega before time runs out.
Recorded across two distinct environments – rainy Seattle and the high desert of Joshua Tree (and recorded through Kurt Cobain’s amp from the Bleach era) – Accepting Omega sees HOLYSTONE dig deep with a darker and heavier sound.
‘Tough Love’ by Bugs
Major news! Bugs is officially back. We knew something crazy was about to happen after the band reset their Instagram page – the universal sign that something world-rocking is on its way – followed by news of new album Head Noise dropping on Friday August 28, with the album’s first single ‘Tough Love’ dropping out of the blue just last week.
As the first music release in four difficult years for the three-piece, ‘Tough Love’ is the exact kind of cathartic and effortless song Bugs is known for and the kind that fans have eagerly waiting for.
Building on the band’s repertoire of melodies laced with lethal doses of hope, nostalgia and joy in the face of bad luck, ‘Tough Love’ feels like a balm for bad times – just what the doctor ordered.
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