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Sydney’s biggest indie dance group made a standout appearance at Burning Man this year. Performing on top of the Robot Heart bus in the Black Rock desert, the trio proved why they are one of Australia’s best artists.
Ghanaian descendent rapper Kwame might have been born in Auckland, NZ, but he is fresh from the Hills District of Western Sydney, with his music standing as an example of the prominent Sydney hip/hop scene.
Polish Club have had a stellar 2019 and are capping it off with an exciting New Year’s Eve mix. From releasing their second album, Iguana, to national tours with bands like DZ Deathrays, Polish Club have a lot to be proud of this year.
International powerhouse and recent Festival X headliner Armin van Buuren has released another huge track as he tours the globe. As one of the world’s most highly praised DJs, Armin was an innovator and pioneer of the trance genre.
Over the 22nd – 24th November, all kinds of artists, dancers, gypsies, soul searchers, students and dreamers made their way to the Bohemian Beatfreaks festival in Queensland for a lineup of bass, trance, house and techno music.
One of the year’s most highly anticipated one day festivals swept across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria last weekend. With the Saturday November 30th show taking place at the Sydney Olympic Park, Backyard Opera witnessed the event first hand.
At the close of 2019, one Sydney group is doubling down on the work and ringing in the New Year with some serious momentum. Sneaky Sound System exploded onto the Sydney’s house scene back in 2006 and have been making music ever since.
Bo Jo Jones and the Great Lummox are back with a follow up to their debut single, Back in Time - Gods of the Gallows. The Lo-fi beats duo are once again employing sounds and production to create a cafe beats track seeks to find a shared space between laid back nineties hip hop and straight jazz.
Sydney Arts Collective Yeah Nah Yeah are no strangers to throwing a shindig or two. The group have been hosting events that bring together music and art in safe spaces throughout Sydney for the last three years now, each one seemingly more impressive than the last.
Last Saturday, Spilt Milk 2019 made its way to Commonwealth Park in Canberra and was a huge success. From the crazy outfits to festival food, with a whole lot of music in between, this year’s Spilt lived up to the expectations. Backyard Opera has full coverage of must-see acts and the places to be, just in time for the festival’s appearance in Ballarat this weekend.
We had the privilege of getting to know Canadian bedroom pop artists - Aunty Social a few months back when we caught up for one of our ‘A conversation with’ pieces.
This week’s release is a 6-minute epic from up and coming Sydney punk band 100. More than a year after the release of their debut EP, Cortisone, the band have found success in live shows and tours.
This week, electronic duo Yuma X, also known as Lucy Washington and Jake Smith, have blessed Backyard Opera with an exclusive mix.
German folk group Milky Chance is set to release their third album, Mind the Moon, this Friday. In our previous article, Backyard Opera sat down with bassist and percussionist Philipp Dausch to discuss the musical themes on the new album.
One of the best globetrotting artist of the decade is Milky Chance, a German folk group that blends reggae, indie rock and electronica to create an internationally unique sound. The group consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Clemens Rehbein, bassist and percussionist Philipp Dausch and guitarist Antonio Greger.
Neon Records are some of the biggest international artists’ management down under, promoting big names like Skrillex, Milky Chance and Rudimental to Australians. However, they also promote their own homegrown talent and this week’s release sees the debut single of Planet Vegeta.
Lil Berete had one of 2018’s strongest debuts, at just seventeen years old, with the Icebreaker mixtape. Now, the young Toronto based artist has released a highly anticipated follow up, 1 Way Out.
2019 was Ocean Alley’s year. Between winning triple J’s Hottest 100 with “Confidence”, playing at Splendour in the Grass and touring across Europe, it’s been a wild ride.
From the surface it seems that 2019 has been a quiet year for Sydney producer - Dives. The project of Josh Pearson, released three songs in the last few years, which found themselves under the attention of both the music industry and music listeners alike.
Between Nerve, Horrorshow and now Matt Corby, there’s no one on earth that Triple One can’t create gold with. Sydney’s fasted rising hip hop group have kept themselves busy since the release of their third EP, The Libertine 2, earlier this year.
