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Welcome to Check Check - an Australian music page bringing you closer to the bands you love, bringing you new music you'll love, and taking you front row to the gigs and festivals that you love.

27/08/2024

Sets from Erika de Casier, Sleep D and Anthony Naples made the final Now or Never gig at the Royal Exhibition Building one to remember. Find our review in the comments.

26/08/2024

Now or Never teamed up with Untitled Group to for a seven-hour party at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building, featuring Estella Boersma, François X, Donato Dozzy and more. Link to our review in the comments.

23/08/2024

The opening night of Melbourne's Now or Never festival was an exposition of various strands of contemporary experimental electronic music, featuring Ben Frost, Eartheater and Gabber Modus Operandi. Read our review via the link in the comments.

26/07/2024

APRA AMCOS' The 1,000,000,000 List honours Australian and Kiwi songwriters whose songs have passed one billion streams. APRA keeps track of streams across Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube, and awards songwriters with a 1,000,000,000 List trophy. So who’s on the list? Find out via the link in the comments 💬

25/07/2024

For the frontperson of one of Australia’s most successful contemporary bands, Julian Hamilton has an ambivalent relationship with singing.

“We hadn’t really considered that I would be a singer in the band,” Hamilton tells Check Check, looking back on when he and Kim Moyes founded The Presets 21 years ago.

Hamilton and Moyes celebrated The Presets' 20th anniversary in 2023 with an extensive DJ tour. They’ve got a bunch of major live shows scheduled in the second half of 2024, including Brisbane’s Sweet Relief! festival, Melbourne’s Live at the Gardens and Manly’s Night at the Barracks.

Hamilton speaks to Check Check about DJing, playing live, his listening habits, and learning how to be a singer in a band.

25/07/2024

Spiderbait are marking the 20th anniversary of the release of their album, 'Tonight Alright', of which their hit cover "Black Betty" was the lead single, with an Australian tour this August to October.

Ahead of the tour, Check Check caught up with legendary drummer and singer of the band, Kram, about growing up Finley, playing footy, watching Countdown, and owning the success of “Black Betty.” Read the full interview via the link in the comments.

23/07/2024

On her new solo album, ‘Til My Song is Done’, reconnects with her first love: country music.

Til My Song is Done is nominated for Album of the Year at .nimas 2024. Donovan speaks to Check Check about her country music childhood and the path that led to ‘Til My Song is Done’.

22/07/2024

There’s no question that Jet can draw bigger crowds in 2024 than most of their denim-clad, guitar-slinging contemporaries, but that doesn’t mean the band’s throwback oeuvre epitomises 2000s Australian rock music. Here’s a look at five other Australian rock bands of the 2000s whose combined works demonstrate the stylistic breadth of the era.

19/07/2024

In the space of three years, Peach PRC has become one of the faces of contemporary Australian pop music.

Ahead of her performance at this year’s SPIN OFF Festival, Peach PRC tells Check Check about the sounds, eras, and lowbrow soundtracks that keep her inspired.

19/07/2024

This week's classic video: Magic Dirt – “Rabbit With Fangs” (Live On Recovery, 1998).

Learn more on our website via the link in the comments.

19/07/2024

J-MILLA will co-headline the first Darwin edition of Live Nation’s Ones to Watch showcase series this August. His brother and fellow MC Yung Milla is also on the lineup, and so is Māori soul singer and longtime NT resident Juran.

Ones to Watch comes to Darwin’s Bustard Town on Thursday 8 August. Ahead of the event, J-MILLA tells us about his five favourite places in Darwin.

17/07/2024

has been keeping busy, with a brand new single co-written with and produced by , plus the announcement of an upcoming national tour in September.

17/07/2024

Groove Terminator’s Simon Lewicki has spent over a quarter of a century spinning records and reading the room at packed clubs and festivals.

In a partnership with Ministry of Sound Classical, Groove Terminator is coming to Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth in November and December. Ahead of the tour, they tell us about ten songs that never fail to get the dancefloor moving.

16/07/2024

The ballot is now open for the 2024 Meredith Music Festival. The ballot is the primary means of ticket distribution for the festival, which typically sells out. Details in the comments.

16/07/2024

Beddy Rays will hit the road this August and September, taking the “Schooner or Later” tour to all states and territories except for the ACT, following the band’s latest single, “Hold On,” released in June.

Vocalist Jackson Van Issum and guitarist Lewis McKenna spoke to Check Check about their love of touring, their growth as songwriters, and their favourite regional rest area.

15/07/2024

Brothers and proud Mak Mak Marranunggu men J MILLA and Yung Milla will co-headline the first Darwin edition of Live Nation’s Ones to Watch this August. The pair will share headline duties with Māori singer-songwriter and longtime NT resident JURAN. The showcase is happening at Darwin’s Bustard Town on Thursday 8 August.
Find out more via the link in the comments.

14/07/2024

Sarah Blasko will release her seventh album, I Just Need To Conquer This Mountain, this November. The album’s lead single, “The Way,” comes with a Wilk and Spod-helmed music video. Watch it now on our website.

13/07/2024

Sounds of the Australian underground is Check Check’s fortnightly playlist celebrating the best sounds coming out of bedrooms, bandrooms, clubs and ad hoc studios around the country.

This week's playlist features Ella Thompson, a collab betweeen Emily Wurramara and Tasman Keith, and more.

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