February can sometimes be a peculiar month in music. The dust has settled on the histrionics and sheer melodrama of January’s ‘New Act to Watch’, while artists much more familiar to the millions ha

In my opinion, there’s nothing better than music being played acoustically, beautifully and delicately. When I came across Emily Baker, a master in all of these aspects, I instantly fell in lo

On a daily basis, we're constantly inundated with news. News about political affairs, news about what's happening in the sporting world, entertainment news that's now more like gossip as opposed

Exit 384 Media and Paper + Plastick Records would like to take a moment this Monday afternoon to congratulate Automatic Loveletter’s Juliet Simms, who was chosen as a participant on NBC

So it's been three years since your last album, 2009's 'Evans Blue' was released. Was that time spent letting the dust settle on a few whirlwind line-up changes, or was it a more case of 'noses

Making his Gatecrasher debut recently was Dutch whizzkid Nicky Romero. At just 22-years-old, Nicky Romero is the latest Dutchman to break through onto the international stage. In 2011 he made h

The AltSounds File-O-Facts feature on: That Brum Kid. Want to know more about one of this incredible up and coming artist? Here you can find out loads of snappy facts about this superb n

Howdy Weirdos! Is that a bandwagon? Once upon a time, man noted the existence of music. Around the same time, I’m assuming man discerned a difference in tastes from man to man. A short while lat

Over the past couple of weeks, the music stopped to pay tribute to a revolutionary woman who finally got to rest from the turmoil that life proved to be, the one and only Etta James. Jameset

In this, the February episode of Perfect 4/4, four experts from 4 different areas of the music industry have come together to discuss gigs; what makes them good, what makes them bad, and who mak

The AltSounds File-O-Facts feature on: Slater. Want to know more about one of this incredible up and coming artist? Here you can find out loads of snappy facts about this superb n

After a plethora of adoring feedback relating to his debut single, ‘Shoot Me Down’, Johan Reinhold is back with a fantastic off-shoot Remix EP. Johan’s influences span the likes of Danger Mous

Following road-blocked events in 2011 by Holland homeboys Afrojack, Laidback Luke and DJ Chuckie, Gatecrasher presents a double-whammy of Dutch brilliance as ground-breaking superstars Hardwell &am

Summadayze has well and truly become an iconic feature on Melbourne’s summer social calendar, especially in dance music circles. And the New Years’ Day scheduling is clever in that it appeals

When Stooshe’s mixtape, The Stoosh Tape, which was produced by Futurecut (Lily Allen, Wretch32, Plan B), landed in my inbox a few months ago, I was instantly caught in the whirlwind that’s swirl

The last decent female fronted pure rock and roll, alternative band that had substance to them were The Pretty Reckless. Ever since my sk8r days back when I was a wee teenager, where my dai