Hipland Blog

Bethany, whose stage name is James the Seventh, is a 20-year-old musician based in the US. Music wasn’t her original goal for her life, but due to an accident that stopped her dancing career in 2020 it was the only thing that kept her going. 

In the heart of the hinterland on the Sunshine Coast, Isabelle Campbell and her mother are hand crafting soft, feminine garments.

Alfie Templeman has just released his newest mini-album ‘Forever Isn’t Long Enough’ and has made a playlist of his fave songs that he could listen to for the rest of his life.

Karl Bee is a podcaster with a big smile and a huge vision based on the Sunny Coast in Queensland.  After spending a few minutes in with him it's clear his passion and vision will take him really far.  Like all of us, covid flipped his life and his new podcast "Inside The Mind Of" was born.

When Tiani Seeto moved to Nepal as a teenager, he struggled to fit in. That is until he was given a skateboard. ‘As far as struggling with physical or mental health, I’m yet to find a more effective method than throwing myself at cement," he said.

“It has a lot of the hallmarks of what we do,” Tim says. “At the core of it, it’s a classic Holy Holy song in the sense that there’s real storytelling. A character based, lyrical theme plays out,” says frontman Tim Carroll. “Then there’s Oscar’s emotive chord progressions that subtly influence the way you feel. They feed into the lyrics. You don’t realise why, but you’re listening to the song and certain emotions come up," he adds.

Adelaide pop-punk, self-professed “two-piece puzzle”, TOWNS recently dropped their new track ‘Swimming’, alongside a larger than life video jam packed with colour and energy.

The duo have also announced they’ll be hitting the road later this year for their ‘Swimming’ Tour taking in five dates nationally from Friday 28 May in Brisbane taking in Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne and finishing with their hometown Adelaide.

Gold Coast band Greatest Hits have just dropped their brand new single ‘Palm Springs’ alongside an uber cool visual directed by Benjamin Robinson.
Hot off the back of touring with the Donny Benét, the three-piece also announced live headline dates for later this month taking in three shows across New South Wales and a Melbourne performance at The Retreat Hotel.

What’s up everybody, It's Friday so that means a new weekly wrap with a bunch of new music for you to sink your teeth into!

First up i’m talking about 19 yr old Aussie Singer/Songwriter TUL-LIAH and she has just dropped her debut EP Fre$h Hugs.  

It’s the morning of January 21st when I sit down to interview Claud. Just another day for us Australians. For the U.S.-based artist however, that means it’s still the afternoon of the 20th, Biden’s inauguration day. It’s a day heavy with significance, and an auspicious one to be interviewing the 21-year-old, an artist who seems tailor made for this new hopeful-present, a gently radical young voice who’s debut album Super Monster (out today on Saddest Factory Records) cuts across age and gender barriers to deliver ear-wormy bedroom-pop about love and coming-of-age with a distinctly 2021 approach.

The festive season is finally upon us, and like some Lovecraftian monster, Mariah Carey —the official Queen of Christmas — has awoken from the depths of her slumber to reign supreme once again. She doesn’t want a lot for Christmas: only complete and utter world domination. 

To celebrate Carey’s return to world dominance we’re taking a quick track-by-track look at her oft-neglected second Christmas album, 2010’s Merry Christmas II You, to see how it stands up against her (now iconic) first holiday release, Merry Christmas.

'Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.' Well, not only can I not think of a more apt way to describe 2020, but the lyric also calls to mind a philosophy that artists of all disciplines must grapple with from time to time: that sometimes the best ideas come to you when you least expect them. 

After all, that's exactly what happened when Sydney-based non-binary musician Nikhil Murthy (aka THE VIOLET WHISPERS) sat down to pen their latest release 'FLOATING', a catchy, guitar-driven piece of alt-pop that will have your dopamine receptors firing on all cylinders.

Finding strength and resolve in the most unlikely of places, has been the driving force for many a queer artist since the beginning of time; a resolution born of necessity, and a tradition that has been continued and expanded upon in Sydney-based alt-pop troubadour Ravxn's latest single and video release, ‘A Fragile Thing’.

You know the drill guys. It’s Friday night, you’ve just finished a long week of work, you’re feeling burnt out, drained…all you want is a few beers, a good feed, and a good time. Well friends, Joe Publick has got you sorted! To celebrate the release of his TGIF-banger ‘Chicken Tikka Masala’, Joe Publick is giving curry-loving Aussies the chance to win a years' worth of this beloved dish, all thanks to online delivery company Deliveroo.