Like the ball drop at Times Squares in New York City, the fireworks igniting from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and the annual rite of hundreds of million of people making resolutions they cannot keep, we once again share some of our favorite songs from the past 365 days. The Mega, Mega Playlist of 2018 is another doozy. Specifically, it features […]

As summer approaches in the Southern Hemisphere, the music is getting hotter and the Weekend Showcase 4.44 edition has plenty from Down Under. There are, of course, several other countries represented by the 47 songs that occupy this week’s mega playlist. They are overall: Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, the United States, and Wales. The […]

Like yesterday, The Matinee ’18 November 9th edition has a strong overseas presence with more than half the songs coming from Australian artists and bands. This is just evidence of how the music scene Down Under is flourishing. The mini-playlist also includes a duo of young teenagers, a super-duo, one of the UK’s best young bands, and one of the […]

It’s time for our weekly look back at the week that was. The Weekend Showcase 4.38 edition features 45 songs, featuring artists and bands representing 12 countries. They include: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, England, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, and the United States. The playlist and tracklisting, as usual, follows the list of articles from the past week. […]

The Matinee ’18 September 27th edition floats to the heavens with some lush dream-pop and obliterates ear drums with seismic rockers. There are some thing in-between, of course, including two art-rock masterpieces, a jack-of-all-trades band, and three of the finest singer-songwriters around today. We get things started with one of Australia’s greatest geniuses.   Methyl Ethel – “Scream Whole” (Perth, […]