Wollongong new/dark wave five piece DROVES started out a couple of years ago as GIVERNY – a solo project by singer-songwriter & multi instrumentalist Phillip Spiteri. Dark electronic beats and haunting guitar reverb were his stock in trade,  and after a few singles (and many shows later) they morphed into a full live band. At the recent Yours and Owls festival in Wollongong they officially debuted as DROVES and last Friday launched their new single ‘Time‘ at Lazybones in Sydney. Arriving at Lazybones on a balmy Friday night I navigated the labyrinthian staircases and corridors to find the main band room. The first level opened up onto a smaller stage with alcoves of people huddled around tables awaiting the evening’s entertainment whilst jazz piped softly in the background. After ordering a drink from the bar, I surveyed the room for familiar faces and thought I had the wrong venue. Delving back into another set of corridors (and another staircase) I opened the door to a larger...

On Friday Mikaela Straus aka King Princess, played her first Melbourne show, of her first EVER headline tour, and at the Forum Theatre no less! Playing to a room of approximately 1,500 people on a first trip to a country is a nothing short of amazing! King Princess who is signed to Mark Ronson’s label Zelig Records. The 19 year old has become an icon in the LGBQT community, with her anthemic same sex love tracks. Opening the show with the art house track ‘Make My Bed‘. The song sets up the rest of the show. While its not the type of track you can sing along to, it opens her EP so its fitting the singer too opens her live show with the same track. The singer then sang two songs unknown to me, whether they were new or extremely old was unclear. If they are unreleased tracks for a future album I will say we’re in for a treat when that full-length album finally drops! Speaking of albums, there were a few crowd members attempting to ‘heckle’ King Princess at one point during the show. Askin...

New Zealand’s latest music export Nouri is set to attract a whole lot of attention with her debut release Where Do We Go From Here. And not only is Nouri’s husky vocal tones and Middle Eastern-inspired jams set to be a talking point but Nouri’s story-and quite a story it is—is also going to be of massive interest. Kurdish born and having survived a Syrian refugee camp her transition to pop star can only be described as miraculous. However, her first foray into releasing music reflects not on those big scale social themes but instead focuses on the personal, the communication divide between a struggling couple and their story. No doubt Nouri will have plenty of time and opportunity to delve deeper into her own backstory when the time comes, as Nouri is not only a gifted vocalist but an exceptional songwriter also. For now, this pop gem is the perfect introduction. It’s driven by a clean electric guitar and a subtle house beat, with Nouri’s expressive vocal floating over the top. The son...

Amy Shark sounds like you would anticipate that her will on hotly anticipated presentation Following quite a while of endeavoring to compel a break in the music business, Amy Shark at long last discovered achievement in 2016. The single 'Venerate' ended up one of the greatest tracks of the year in her nation of origin Australia and her presentation EP Night Thinker proceeded with the publicity around the outside the box pop artist musician. She left on a global visit, did some TV appearances in the US and came back to the studio to put completing addresses her hotly anticipated introduction LP Love Monster, which at long last observes the light of day now! In spite of the fact that 'Revere' obviously couldn't be left confidentially, she legitimately commenced the battle in April this year with the lead single 'I Said Hi', an infectious center finger to every one of the men in the business that did not give her a shot before she at long last discovered achiev...

Years and Years greater, bolder and more certain on sophomore collection Years and Years shot to acclaim toward the finish of 2014 when they were declared as one of the following enormous things in the pop world. They satisfied the guarantee with number 1 hit 'Lord' and introduction collection Communion which beat the diagrams. The British three piece vanished for some time to take a shot at new material and returned not long ago with single 'Bless', a beating pop tune in which front man Olly Alexander opens up around an issue with a straight man, while diverting Britney Spears in 'I'm A Slave 4 U'. The business execution was marginally disillusioning, however don't compose Years and Years off at this time. Second single 'In case You're Over Me' ended up being all the more radiofriendly is as yet climbing the UK graphs, being near best 5 at the season of composing. Olly, Emre and Mikey currently discharged the full collection, titled Palo San...

Beyoncé and Jay-Z astonished the world once more a week ago when they dropped the collection Everything Is Love, a joined exertion under the name The Carters. Visitor proofreader author and board part Tim van Erp drenched himself in the 9 new tracks and discloses to us how he feels about this new Bey and Jay venture! "For those of you who weren't persuaded yet: Beyoncé truly is a splendid representative. Two years in the wake of dropping a performance collection about the disloyalty of her better half Jay-Z (Lemonade) and multi year after his mea culpa (as collection 4:44), the couple amaze discharge a collection together, under the monicker The Carters. Kid, is that astute. From the primary track on, it is certain that the two are cheerfully enamored yet at the same time taking a shot at their marriage, and generally: more grounded than any time in recent memory as an intense business couple. Opening track 'Summer' is a blustery tune about having intercourse in the la...

Florence + the Machine considers more quelled fourth collection Nine long years into her profession (better believe it, her introduction Lungs was discharged in 2009), Florence Welch from Florence + the Machine acknowledges the time has come to make a stride back and reflect. The British sensation began as an alt artist lyricist, however inside years became out to be a field offering, celebration featuring pop star. On her fourth collection High As Hope she strips things down like never before and reveals to us her story in more fair, straightfoward verses than any time in recent memory. Florence first rose to distinction with a dynamic blend of shake, soul and pop, described by her mark powerhouse vocals. Second collection Ceremonials flaunted her most styled, grandiloquent phenomenal minutes with huge mass of sound creations, while third record How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful precisely tried different things with some more acoustic sounds, while for the most part being ruled by full...

Christina Aguilera sounds freed on hotly anticipated 6th collection Aficionados of Christina Aguilera needed to sit tight six years for it and might have questioned if the day could ever come, however her 6th collection is at last out. Aguilera first rose to distinction toward the finish of the 90s and stayed one of the greatest female pop stars on the planet with the fruitful times of her second collection Stripped (2002) and third record Back To Basics (2006). Subsequent meet-ups Bionic (2010) and Lotus (2012) couldn't coordinate her past victories and Christina vanished from the scene for some time, however she is prepared to hit back with the collection that demonstrates her arrival to shape, Liberation! Aguilera settled on the surprising choice to begin the battle for Liberation with 'Quicken', a track with two highlights. While A Bit of Pop Music's survey reprimanded the track for being a poor single decision, I need to concede now that the melody bodes well in se...

Lily Allen dives deep and individual on No Shame It is around four years prior that Lily Allen made a rebound with the collection Sheezus, something she doesn't appear to be extremely pleased with now (according to this meeting with Junkee). After two widely praised and economically fruitful records (Alright, Still (2006) and It's Not Me, It's You (2009)), Allen encountered a less radiant period in her vocation. She took the four years that took after to return to making the music she really needs to make. The outcome is the spic and span collection No Shame, on which she dives deep and educates us regarding everything that went down in her own life throughout the years. Lily Allen as of late experienced a separation from Sam Cooper, the dad of her two girls, lived in dread of a stalker for a considerable length of time and is a steady focus of online life despise due to her candor. Allen began the crusade for No Shame toward the finish of a year ago when she dropped 'T...

Lykke Li experiments with new things on fourth collection Ten years after the arrival of her presentation record Youth Novels, Lykke Li is currently back with her fourth collection, so dismal so hot. The Swedish pop star dropped two different collections meanwhile (Wounded Rhymes (2011), I Never Learn (2014)), with every one of them having a particularly extraordinary sound. Lykke Li first rose to distinction with marvelous electro pop, while the subsequent meet-ups investigated a darker sonic world. On her fresh out of the box new collection Lykke worked with a considerable rundown of hit makers (counting Malay, Skrillex and Ali Payami) and examinations with trap and hiphop while as yet conveying her mark emotive, yet moment melodies. In the wake of visiting to advance 2014's I Never Learn, Lykke Li avoided music for some time, until the point when she discharged some people tunes as a major aspect of her own one of a kind supergroup Liv. She may have raised a couple of eyebrows w...

James Bay switches things up on sophomore collection James Bay ended up one of the greatest leap forward vibes of the music business toward the finish of 2014. Singles 'Keep Down The River' and 'Let It Go' transformed into enormous universal hits and the artist musician dropped his fruitful and widely praised make a big appearance collection Chaos and the Calm mid 2015. In spite of the fact that he had a multi year break from discharging, he doesn't consider his second collection Electric Light a rebound. In a meeting with Metro he clarifies that he visited widely with his last record and when that completed, he began recording new material quickly, together with makers Paul Epworth and Jon Green. We presently get the opportunity to hear the outcomes and it sounds totally not the same as what we are utilized to from him! Up until this point, Electric Light has gotten blended responses from the two fans and commentators. Give me a chance to begin with some merited ac...

Tove Styrke drops short however sweet pop melody masterclass Tove Styrke has progressed significantly making the music she needs to make. The Swedish pop star initially had her achievement in the Swedish adaptation of pop icon and discharged a self titled electro pop collection with an unmistakable sound before long. In 2015 she lined it up with the extraordinary collection Kiddo, that demonstrated an alternate side to her craft and a major jump as far as aesthetic development. Since the spring of 2017 she has been spoon nourishing us new melodies which are currently packaged on her third collection Sway. Tove chose to call it a collection, however it could likewise be viewed as an EP as it just has 7 melodies and a Lorde cover. Considering she as of now discharged the singles 'Say My Name', 'Slip-ups', 'Altered My Opinion' and 'On The Low', that abandons us with just three new tracks. The seven tracks together notwithstanding, frame a strong and snare d...

Janelle Monáe frank and proud on new collection A ton has changed since Janelle Monáe last discharged a collection. After she dropped The Electric Lady in 2013, the craftsman vanished from our radar for some time, just to return as a praised performing artist in Oscar designated films Moonlight and Hidden Figures. With her hotly anticipated come back to music, Monáe aced the craft of standing out as truly newsworthy. She made a radical new enthusiasm for the importance of being pansexual while examining her sexual introduction in a meeting with Rolling Stone, her charged association with performing artist Tessa Thompson was prodded in her music video and the exceedingly giffable 'pussy power' video for 'Pynk' circulated around the web. Presently Monáe at last dropped her as of now exceedingly commended new collection Dirty Computer. Monáe commenced the battle with lead single 'Influence Me To feel', a Prince propelled crazy tune with an amazingly appealing snare...

Ariana Grande influences you to trust 'God Is A Woman' on new single 2018 is the time of Ariana Grande. The pop star returned more grounded than at any other time prior this year with the completely faultless single 'No Tears Left To Cry'. Obviously it ought to have achieved number 1 in each and every nation on the planet, yet top 3 in both the US and UK is truly conventional as well. In the previous many months Ariana has graced us with coordinated efforts with Australian pop star Troye Sivan ('Dance To This') and Nicki Minaj ('Bed'). Truly, promotion track 'The Light Is Coming', taken from up and coming new collection Sweetener was somewhat of a slip, so we are prepared to proceed onward with 'God Is A Woman', the official second single! Ariana Grande declared 'God Is A Woman' as her main tune of her up and coming collection. In spite of the fact that I won't not concur with that announcement (but rather 'No Tears Left T...

Zayn plays with funk on new single 'Sharp Diesel' With all due regard, the present 'battle' in Zayn's vocation (which should pave the way to his sophomore collection, however who knows truly at this stage) appears somewhat of a wreck that needs center. After fruitful introduction collection Mind of Mine, he showed up on the Fifty Shades soundtrack with Taylor Swift and began a long series of singles ('Still Got Time' – 'Sunset Till Dawn' – 'Let Me' – 'Performer'), to which we can include the track 'Sharp Diesel' today. The singles get dropped with a sorry develop or publicity and there is certifiably not a mess of advancement going on. Regarding sound, there does not appear to be clear bearing or some sort of attachment. After an appropriate pop banger with Sia, some light pop and R&B hybrids and playing with hiphop, he currently experiments with some funk. It is the most uptempo thing he has done in a long time, which is ...

Mary J. Blige brings disco back on new single It has been a while since we saw R&B legend Mary J. Blige at the highest point of the graphs. She initially guaranteed achievement in the mid nineties in the US, yet had overall beast hits with tracks like 'Family Affair', 'No More Drama' and 'Be Without You' in the early noughties. That anyway does not imply that she doesn't keep herself occupied with recording new music nowadays. Her latest collection, Strength Of A Woman, turned out in April a year ago while she likewise showed up as a performer in a bunch of films and arrangement. Presently she is prepared to carry disco back with her fresh out of the plastic new single 'Just Love'. Mary J. Blige acquainted her new track with her fans via web-based networking media, composing the accompanying: " I had a time of such huge numbers of good and bad times and have turned out the opposite favor a restored soul and a new point of view. I'm enter...

Alessia Cara goes acoustic on second track of up and coming collection After a great keep running with her presentation collection, Alessia Cara is back for additional. The Canadian artist musician and pop star returned a month ago with the individual new single 'Developing Pains'. She presently proceeds with the advancement for her up and coming sophomore collection, out in the not so distant future, with the totally acoustic track 'A Little More'. With the correct levels of sentimentality in the charming verses, Alessia hits us right in the feels. Her sweet and profound vocals have an additional warm and delicate quality on this melody that promptly gives me campfire vibes. It appears like Alessia Cara goes for a stripped down and insinuate sound on her second collection and I am here for it!

Iggy Azalea drops twofold single as first taste of up and coming EP Australian rapper and pop star Iggy Azalea commenced her profession astonishingly in 2014 with enormous hiphop and pop half and halves 'Extravagant' (accomplishment. Charli XCX) and 'Dark Widow' (accomplishment. Rita Ora), however couldn't keep the energy. She went from Queen of the Billboard Hot 100 to ruler of postponed and dropped discharges similarly as quick as she came up. Albeit gigantic business achievement appears to be far away for Azalea now, she continues taking a shot at fresh out of the box new tunes. In multi month from now (on the third of August) she will drop her new EP Survive The Summer and the initial two tracks, 'Kream' (accomplishment. Tyga) and 'Tokyo Snow Trip', are out at this point! 'Kream' is by all accounts getting the correct single push. The collab with Tyga opens with a reference to the popular 'Cash, Power, Hoes' statement from the mot...

Justin Timberlake dispatches blustery potential summer hit Justin Timberlake had a bustling 2018 up until now. The artist discharged his most recent collection Man of the Woods, accepting a blended sack of audits. He performed at the Super Bowl Half Time Show once more, having the entire world discussing him yet again. The collection crusade be that as it may, won't not have been as effective as he and his group sought after, so they appear to be prepared to proceed onward as of now. Out of the blue, he dropped the summery new single 'Perfect partner' prior this week! Where Man of the Woods was a blend of types with a free spotlight on nation, Timberlake goes into a more contemporary sounding course with 'Perfect partner'. He worked with Drake's hit maker Nineteen85 ('One Dance' and 'Hotline Bling') and the outcome is a deep, blustery pop track with a laidback musicality and smooth creation. The ensemble would work similarly also at a shoreline p...

Demi Lovato opens up about fixation on new single Does Demi Lovato ever rest!? After she dropped Tell Me You Love Me, her latest collection (and her best as indicated by A Bit of Pop Music) in the fall of a year ago, she completed a long series of coordinated efforts from that point forward. She had one of the greatest hits of her vocation with Luis Fonsi, showed up on tracks by Jax Jones and Cheat Codes, and all the more as of late worked with Clean Bandit on the addictive 'Solo' and with Christina Aguilera on the engaging 'Fall In Line'. Presently she is as of now commencing the following time in her vocation with a fresh out of the plastic new track; 'Calm'. Tuning in to 'Calm' you reach the somewhat agitating conclusion that behind the achievement and outside of the spotlights, Lovato is battling with habit once more. Individuals who have taken after her profession, realize that she ended up well known at a youthful age and has encountered some dim p...

Anne-Marie at last drops make a big appearance collection Speak Your Mind It is right around two years prior that British hit sensation Anne-Marie raged the diagrams out of the blue. The pop craftsman propelled her single 'Alert' which turned into an accomplishment in her nation of origin, yet it wasn't until the point that she did some significant joint efforts, that she really figured out how to get her name on the 'following enormous thing' radar globally. She had an overall number 1 as the voice on Clean Bandit's 'Rockabye' and propelled 'Ciao Adios' on the back of this achievement. She appeared to sruggle somewhat to keep the hits coming until Marshmello cooperation 'Companions' arrived. She is back over the outlines so her group concluded this was a decent time to at long last dispatch Speak Your Mind, Anne-Marie's introduction collection! With specialists like Anne-Marie, who had their greatest hits with joint efforts, the inqu...

Saara Aalto takes us to a Wild Wonderland on new collection 2018 is turning out to be the greatest year in Saara Aalto's profession up until this point. The Finnish diva began to get universal acknowledgment because of completing as sprinter up in X Factor UK in the wake of doing endless singing rivalries in her local nation. Aalto was inside chosen to speak to Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest this year (she partook in the national last twice previously) and in a show where she exhibited three spic and span tracks, the Finnish individuals and a jury chose 'Beasts'. Saara presently discharges a collection with the three tracks and all the more new material titled Wild Wonderland. Saara Aalto wowed the British open week by giving them a swinging disco or move execution multi week and lining it up with a vocally challening number the following. On Wild Wonderland Saara positively went in a more uptempo course, which isn't astounding after she gave us the irresistible...

My Indigo drops smooth synth pop record with identity For a considerable length of time, Sharon Den Adel was the front lady of the prevalent symphonic metal band Within Temptation. The band had a long series of hits in their local the Netherlands and visited all finished Europe. When dealing with new material for the band, Sharon hit a stopping point. She couldn't make the enormous and great melodies she typically would and chose to go down an alternate street with more unobtrusive and intelligent tunes near her heart. As these tracks did not really fit the style of the band, she chose to discharge them as a performance venture under the name My Indigo. What a change! I need to concede I was not sold on the possibility of Sharon Den Adel doing synth pop when I initially found out about this task, yet I was demonstrated wrong, totally off-base! The primary single, which was really titled 'My Indigo' as well, quickly demonstrated that her particular vocals fit the class like ...

Waylon does what he specializes in on The World Can Wait Energizing circumstances for Waylon! The Dutch performer will speak to the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time. In the wake of completing as a sprinter up as a feature of the band The Common Linnets with the tune 'Quiet After The Storm' in 2014, he is going solo this year. A month ago, Waylon chose the cheery blend of nation, blues and shake 'Prohibit In Them' as the melody that ought to bring home the triumph. With all the press consideration that accompanies doing Eurovision, it would be a waste not to have a collection prepared to advance, right!? Waylon's planning is on point, dropping his fifth LP The World Can Wait multi month before his defining moment in Lisbon! Waylon has been utilizing his investment without bounds to advance his new music. Presenting another tune every day for five days in a row in a Dutch TV appear, just to declare which one he decided for Eurovision after,...

Kylie Minogue goes nation on Golden Kylie Minogue won't not be the diagram ruling power she used to be, yet that beyond any doubt does not prevent her from doing what she specializes in. The Australian pop symbol discharged her latest full-length collection, Kiss Me Once, in 2014. About time she graces us with another! Minogue returned January with the single 'Moving', which flaunted another heading that sets the tone for Golden, the collection she just discharged. With a savvy blend of pop and hit the dance floor with nation impacts, she figures out how to rethink herself without moving too a long way from her image sound. Kylie Minogue went to Nashville to make Golden. As she co-composed each and every track and co-delivered the collection, it is the record she had the most innovative control over since 1997's Impossible Princess. When you hear Nashville and nation, don't anticipate that Kylie will go all Joanne or Rainbow on herself. On the off chance that anythi...

The Weeknd drops unannounced EP My Dear Melancholy, The Weeknd is back! Not that he was ever away for long however. The R&B star discharged his last LP Starboy toward the finish of 2016, yet continued discharging new material from that point forward. He showed up on Lana Del Rey's 'Desire For Life' a year ago and worked with Kendrick Lamar on Black Panther soundtrack 'Petition God For Me'. Gossipy tidbits began not long ago that the Canadian star was going to discharge another single or collection. Presently it ends up being the six track EP My Dear Melancholy,. That is an exceptionally welcome shock! For the EP, The Weeknd cooperated with makers Frank Dukes, Skrillex, Mike-Will-Made-It and Gesaffelstein. What we get subsequently is a smooth, very much delivered EP that feels less hit pursuing than the Starboy record, yet packs some potential world crushes! The EP opens with 'Get Out My Name' which sounds like the adoration infant of his own one of a kin...