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Music and Live Reviews 2025

Live reviews  - Brisbane and South East Queensland  (Click to view or download)

Keeping Music Live.  See my published work for Livewire under:  Livewire Cecilia , NO BARRIERS and Girls To The Front.

 

​​Upcoming Gigs for 2025

January:

 

February:

 

March:

 

April:

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May

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June

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July

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August

  • Felony with TBC - Midnight Money Tour - Black Bear Lodge - 2 August 2025

  • Bella Amor with TBC - Mo's Desert Clubhouse - Gold Coast - 8 August 2025

  • Voxxon - The Triffid - 15 August 2025

  • Darcie Haven with TBC - The Outpost - Brisbane - 31 August 2025

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September

  • Big Sound - Fortitude Valley - 1 to 5 September 2025

  • Amy Shark with Chloe Parche - Roma Street - 11 September 2025

  • Playlunch with JUNO - The SexEd Tour - The Triffid - 12 September 2025

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October

  • Big Country - The Greatest Hits Tour. - The Triffid - 9 October 2025

  • Midge Ure - The Catalogue Hits Tour - The Tivoli - 12 October 2025

  • Freak Slug - The Crowbar - 15 October 2025

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November

  • Trousdale with TBC - The Growing Pains Tour - The Crowbar - 6 November 2025

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2025 Music reviews    (Click to view or download)

Well, here we go - a new year - let's see what it brings. What I know so far:

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Album Reviews:

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BEST SONGS ON REPEAT 2025:

  • Rush - Dirt Blonde

  • Hooked - Franz Ferdinand

  • Run Rabbit - ALT BLK ERA

  • Starlight - Sumner

  • Caught In A Web - Super Massive

  • No Way Out - Halflives

  • What The Hell Happened? - Remember Monday

  • Sex & Drugs & Existential Dread - Chloe Qisha

  • Born Again - LISA, Doja Cat, RAYE

  • ​Watch That Girl - Caity Baser

  • Abracadabra - Lady Gaga

  • Cupid's Girl - Marina

  • Red Flag - Kesha

  • Death Do Us Part - Royal And The Serpent

  • If Jesus Saw What We Did Last Night - Cloudy June

  • My Serotonin - Bishop Briggs

  • Lost Your Faith - Ava Max

  • Hot And Stupid - Beth McCarthy

  • Fucking You To Death - Laurel

  • I've Seen Your Ex - Flowerovlove

  • Cheap Motel - Bailey Spinn

  • Army - LEW

  • Shy Girl - Haute and Freddy

  • ​Expiration Dating - Madelline

  • Guilt Trip - Destiny Petrel

  • She's Pretty - Sedona

  • 14/02 (Wasted Dreams) - Chloe Rae

  • I Like U - Diva Bleach

  • Nervous System - Taylor Acorn and LØLØ

  • Cigarettes In The Dark - Merci, Mercy

  • What's A Girl Going To Do? - Marianne Leigh

  • Training Wheels - Madelline

  • Otherside - Chloe Parché

  • Rocks In My Pocket - Bella Amor

  • The Hit - Aleksiah

  • Can't Fake It - Freya Skye

  • Over And Over - Trousdale

  • Butterknife - Total Tommy

  • Sorry In Advance - Yorke

  • Miami - Gabi Sklar

  • 2001 - Finneas

  • King Of Possibilities - Goldie Boutillier

  • Upward - Ela Minus

  • Messy - Lola Young (I know it came out last year but it has followed me around all summer)

  • Down To Be Wrong - HAIM

  • Red Lines - PARCS

  • Heaven - Liza

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BEST LOCAL SONGS ON REPEAT 2025:

  • Bad Habits - Reckless Coast

  • Bad 4 Me - Tahnee Rose

  • Another One - MONSTERA

  • Caught In A Web - Super Massive

  • Dejavu - Stahr

  • Hold On (Psycho) - ALBII

  • Press Pause - Kita Alexander

  • Pavement - Mallrat

  • Heartbeat - Genes

  • My Idol - JaZZella

  • Divine - Saik

  • Butter - Beks 

  • Would It Kill You? - JUNO

  • Rocks In My Pocket - Bella Amor

  • 14/02 (Wasted Dreams) - Chloe Rae

  • Catastrophe - Natasha Rose

  • Sorry In Advance - Yorke

  • Tell Me - Ava Jayde

  • Framework - Ari Isabella

  • For What?- Dublin Rose

  • The Line - Lottie McLeod

  • If It Makes You Happy - Asha Jefferies

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EP Reviews:

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BEST OFF BEAT SONGS ON REPEAT 2025:

  • Tamagotchi To Pokémon - Me & The Robots

  • Bodycount - Dirt Flirt

  • Dream Surfing - Me & The Robots

  • Slugger - Sasami

  • I'm Taking The Cat - Crystal

  • Chaser - Wishy

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Soundtrack Reviews:

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Hidden Gems and Emerging Musicians:

Musicians to watch and rediscover featuring:

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Local musicians:

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Have You Missed: 

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Australian Women Musicians: 

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​Best Albums, EPs, Singles and Gigs of the Year 2025 (so far)  (Click to view or download)

These lists are always so hard to keep down. But it's time to start filling in the blanks.

After two incredibly strong years for music 2023 and 2024 (they rival 1983 for quality of music made), the contenders for 2025 honours will be:

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2025 Debut Albums of the Year:

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2025 Pop Albums of the Year:

 

2025 EPs of the Year:

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2025 Singles of the Year:

  • Run Rabbit - ALT BLK ERA

  • Dejavu - Stahr

  • The Hit - Aleksiah

  • Bad - Dylan

  • Hold On (Pyscho) - ALBII

  • Bad 4 Me - Tahnee Rose

  • Down To Be Wrong - HAIM

  • 14/02 (Wasted Dreams) - Chloe Rae

  • If Jesus Saw What We Did Last Night - Cloudy June

  • Death Do Us Part - Royal And The Serpent

  • ​Hooked - Franz Ferdinand

  • Caught In A Web - Super Massive

  • Expiration Dating - Madelline

  • King Of Possibilities - Goldie Boutillier

  • Over And Over - Trousdale

  • Sugar Baby - Elio

  • Red Line - PARCS

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2025 Gigs of the Year:

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark with Underground Lovers

  • Hoodoo Gurus and Magic Dirt

  • Amyl And The Sniffers with Bob Vylan

  • Cloud Control with Platonic Sex

  • The Offspring and Simple Plan

  • Jinjer and Kittie

  • Nervosa and Asylum

  • Sugababes and Blusher

  • ​Finneas and Fazerdaze

  • Orianthi and Lily Grace

  • Aurora with Hannah Brewer and Odd Luke

 

2025 Gen X New Releases of the Year:

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2025 Gen X Gigs of the Year:

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2025 Gen X Re-issue of the Year:

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2025 Rock Album of the Year

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2025 Heavy Metal Album of the Year:

  • Blood Dynasty - Arch Enemy

  • A Thousand Little Deaths - BlackBriar

  • Duel - Jinjer

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2025 Soundtrack of the Year

  • K-Pop Demon Hunters

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Generation X - Bands, Live Music and Album Reviews  
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Generation X (Gen X) is sometimes called the 'Forgotten Generation'. We are the smallest generation by population, sandwiched between 'The Boomers' and 'The Millennials', with about 65 million people, but what we lacked in numbers we made up for in music and taste.

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As Kim Wilde said so eloquently at The Tivoli at her gig: 'These young musicians today are mining 80s music. And, we had great music in the 80s. They look for inspiration from our music. We should celebrate it".

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Those bands still touring and have been or are coming to Brisbane are:

  • They Might Be Giants

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

  • Underground Lovers

  • Beth Gibbons

  • Big Country

  • Midge Ure

  • Cyndi Lauper

  • Kylie Minogue

  • Pseudo Echo

  • The Corrs

  • Jet

  • Spiderbait

  • Grinspoon

  • Killing Heidi

  • Bachelor Girl

  • Icehouse

  • Kylie Minogue

  • Kim Wilde

  • Belinda Carlisle

  • The Stranglers

  • The The

  • James Reyne

  • Models

  • Boom Crash Opera

  • Cold Chisel

  • The Angels

  • Mi-Sex

  • Rose Tattoo

  • Kittie

  • Pennywise

  • Millencolin

  • Simple Minds

  • Violent Femmes

  • DEVO

  • New Order

  • Hoodoo Gurus

  • Blondie

  • Psychedelic Furs

  • Shonen Knife

  • Baby Animals

  • George Thorogood

  • The Cult

  • Kate Ceberano

  • Tina Arena

  • The Primitives

  • Gabriella Cilmi

  • Richard Marx

  • 1927

  • Screamfeeder

  • The Fauves

  • Custard

  • Southern Sons

  • Rogue Traders

  • The Church

  • Daryl Braithwaite

  • Magic Dirt

  • SoftCell

  • Rogue Traders

  • Alison Moyet

  • Crash Test Dummies

  • ZZ Top

  • Toto

  • Death From Above 1979

  • Chocolate Starfish

  • Matt Finish

  • The Eurogliders

  • You Am I

  • The Living End

  • Glen Shorrock

  • Taxi Ride

  • Dragon

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Album Reviews:

 

See reviews above as well in music reviews 2025

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SONGS ON REPEAT:

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Let's Dance - David Bowie

Jet Set - Alphaville

Dancing Until Midnight - Pseudo Echo

Fade To Grey - Visage

We Came To Dance - Ultravox

I Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Trojan Blue - Icehouse

Souvenir - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs

Almost With You - The Church

Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange

Glittering Prize - Simple Minds

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

Beautiful World - DEVO

Planet Earth - Duran Duran

Computer Games - Mi-Sex

I Hear Motion - The Models

Dreaming - Blondie

Chequered Love - Kim Wilde

Crash - The Primitives

Spellbound - Siouxsie And The Banshees

Sat In My Lap - Kate Bush

Broken Diamonds - Toyah

Tojo - The Hoodoo Gurus

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Brisbane and South East Queensland Musicians and Bands    
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This is not a definitive list of all the musicians, bands and artists in this area - as there are so many great musicians here in South East Queensland, Brisbane and surrounding coastal regions.​ I can recommend catching these artists and musicians live - you will not be disappointed. 

 

Congratulations to all the finalists in the 14th annual Queensland Music Awards and those musicians I am following or have seen live especially Sahara Beck, JUNO, Jem Cassar-Daley, Sycco, Thelma Plum, Hope D, Ayla, Asha Jefferies, Sunny Luwe, Lottie McLeod, Lily Grace and Full Flower Moon Band. Hopefully I will get out and about to see the other bands and musicians. The winners will be announced at  The Fortitude Music Hall on Tuesday 25 March 2025.

 

Queensland Music Award Winners for 2025 are: Highest selling album was Amy Shark with 'Sunday Sadness', Full Flower Moon Band, Denvah, Lottie McLeod, Asha Jefferies, JUNO, Mallrat, Sycco and Jem Cassar-Daley.

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Reviews - Singles - Queensland Musicians 

 

 

  • ​​Jungle Giants

  • JUNO

  • Felony

  • Dizzy Days

  • Lyric

  • Eliza and the Delusionals

  • Full Flower Moon Band

  • HANNI

  • JP Collective

  • Selfish Sons

  • Bella Amor

  • Sycco

  • Mallrat

  • Kurilpa Reach

  • Space&Ages

  • Friends of Friends

  • Maira

  • JOY

  • Sahara Beck

  • Ayla

  • Hannah

  • Winona

  • Salty Season

  • Sheppard

  • The Veronicas

  • Serendipiti

  • Lara D

  • Amy Shark

  • Cheap Date

  • Custard

  • Jem Cassar-Daley

  • Sunbleached

  • Girl and Girl

  • Worm Girlz

  • Lottie McLeod

  • Sailing In Space

  • Betty Taylor

  • Charley

  • Amira

  • Hutch

  • Anna & Jordon

  • Cry Baby

  • Grace Alexandra

  • Stahr

  • Mid-Drift

  • KARLOU

  • Platonic Sex

  • Daste

  • Hope D

  • Oliver Cronin

  • Yorke

  • Mia Wray

  • Maarjn

  • Karl S Williams

  • Buttered

  • Thelma Plum

  • Allegra Neve

  • Greta Stanley

  • Hollow Coves

  • Jude York

  • Wildheart

  • Annabel

  • Sarah Blasko

  • Haatchi

  • Lecia Louise

  • DIAL

  • Wilma LA

  • Rum Jungle

  • The Comfort

  • Rocket Science

  • Phoebe Rose

  • ALBII

  • Tahnee Rose

  • Beckah Amani

  • The Phosphenes

  • Porcelain

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  • Stahr

  • The Stress Of Leisure

  • Clea

  • Platonic Sex

  • Saik

  • Neish

  • Chelsea Costar 

  • Medhanit

  • Dublin Rose

  • Bean Magazine

  • Karma Police

  • Dusty

  • Pink Matter

  • Shag Rock

  • Disgraceland

  • Miss Elm

  • Amela

  • Ruby Jones

  • Red Hill

  • Ixaras

  • Andy Martin

  • Darcey Kate

  • Emily Rink

  • Cosmica

  • Bad Neighbour

  • The Urban Sea

  • Alana Jagt

  • Asha Jefferies

  • Andrew Butt Trio

  • Confidence Man

  • Ghost Mutt

  • Charley BT

  • Big Blue Eyes

  • JaZZella

  • Screamfeeder

  • Not Gonna Lie

  • Bad Neighbour

  • Diana Anaid

  • Girl And Girl

  • The Dreggs

  • Jollee

  • Lily Grace

  • Chloe Rae

  • Ari Isabella

  • Natasha Rose

  • MONSTERA

  • Jamie Lamont

  • Ava Jayde

  • Eves Karydas

  • Asleep At The Wheel

  • Dune Rats

  • High Tropics

  • 3%

  • Radium Dolls

  • Fake News

  • Karen Law

  • Cignay Weaver

  • Karen Jacobson

  • Beckah Amani

  • Chase Atlantic

  • VERUM

  • ​Jerome Lee

  • CityPiss

  • The Wivs

  • Kate Miller- Heidke

  • Special Features

  • DICE

  • Fern Fairway

  • Modern Ivy

  • tuesday.

  • Ryelle

  • Christian Patey

  • Selve

  • Pricey

  • Kim Draper

  • Loose Goose

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LOCALS ON REPEAT:

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​Synaesthesia - Jollee

Devil - Full Flower Moon Band

Oh Modernity - Felony

Mean - Ixaras

Caught In A Web - Super Massive

Press Pause - Kita Alexander

Hold On 9Psycho) - ALBII

14/02 (Wasted Dreams) - Chloe Rae

Catastrophe - Natasha Rose

My Idol - JaZZella

Heartbeat - Genes

Would It Kill You? - JUNO

Rocks In My Pocket - Bella Amor

Dejavu - Stahr

Fuck You - Betty Taylor

Butter - Beks

Holding On - Dizzy Days

Divine- Saik

Ripple - Sycco

Winestain - Lyric

The Line - Lottie McLeod

Hello Goodbye - Oliver Cronin

Exactly Where I'm Supposed to Be - Andy Martin

​Never Getting Better - Sailing In Space

Northern Stars - Cosmica

The Border - HANNI

Bury Me - Neish

Special - Sahara Beck

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Interviews (Click to view or download)

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New Interviews​

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Older Interviews

  • Nirvana (TBC)

  • Taylor Swift (TBC)

  • Tori Amos (TBC)

I have decided to post up interviews with musicians coming into the country. I am starting with interviews completed in the last month. I am building this page with older interviews from my personal archive that I have done since 1992.

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2024 Music reviews    (Click to view or download)

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BEST SONGS ON REPEAT 2024:

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OMG - Tiffany Stringer

She's Pretty - Beth McCarthy

Dangerous Game - Blu DeTiger

Time Of My Life - Peach PRC

Scatterbrain - Emei

Safety Net - Bea And Her Business

Batshit - Aleksiah

Upside Down - Chloe Parche

Hideous - Lew

Are U Serious ? - Flowerovlov

Taste - Sabrina Carpenter

Diet Pepsi - Addison Rae

Limelight - Blusher

Leash - Sky Ferreira

Ick - Anya Alchemy

Disease - Lady Gaga

Cut U Off - Salty

The Great Pretender - FLØRE

Corpse Bride - Eileen Alister

Something In The Air - Lauren Mayberry

Ghost Of Us - Siobhan Cotchin

The Effect - Precious Papala

Burn It All Down - AViVA

Serpentine - Vana

Spite - Charlotte Sands

U Turn Me On, But You Give Me Depression - LØLØ

Applause - Taylor Acorn

London - Jess Day

Check Mate - The Buoys

Hollow - Betty Taylor

Winestain - Lyric

My Kink Is Karma - Chappell Roan

Messy - Lola Young

Hugsi Bert Um Teg - Eivør

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Album Reviews:

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​​​Classic Album Reviews:

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New Releases:

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Round Up:

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Hidden Gems and Emerging Musicians:

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Local musicians:

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Have You Missed: 

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Top Ten Albums of 2024 for Livewire:

  • Lustre - The Buoys

  • A Garden of Small Disappointments - Jess Day

  • Bruises - Total Tommy

  • Chapter 1 Singles Collection - Peach PRC

  • Hit Me Hard And Soft - Billie Eilish

  • Found Heaven - Conan Gray

  • Matriarchy - Girli

  • Gothic Summer - The Veronicas

  • Can We Start Over? - Charlotte Sands

  • Falling For Robots And Wishing I Was One - LØLØ

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Top Ten EPs of 2024:

  • Young Dumb Immature - Betty Taylor

  • IDK How To Talk To Girls - Beth McCarthy

  • Scatterbrain - Emei

  • Overglow - Blusher

  • Who Are You When Your Not Performing? - Aleksiah

  • Can't Stop - Dizzy Days

  • Elle - Dagny

  • Head.Lights.Jump.Start - Felony

  • ​Nostalgia - Lyric

  • We Don't talk About It - Diva Bleach​

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Top 12 Songs of 2024:

  • Time Of My Life - Peach PRC

  • Disease - Lady Gaga

  • OMG - Tiffany Stringer

  • She's Pretty - Beth McCarthy

  • Taste - Sabrina Carpenter

  • Scatterbrain - Emei

  • Safety Net - Bea And Her Business

  • Batshit - Aleksiah

  • U Turn Me On - LOLO

  • Spite - Charlotte Sands

  • London - Jess Day

  • ​Messy - Lola Young​

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Music and Live Reviews 2024

Live reviews  - Brisbane and South East Queensland  (Click to view or download)

 

Gigs of 2024

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Past Years - Best Music  (Click to view or download)

2024 Best Albums, EPs, Singles and Gigs 

2023 Best Albums, EPs, Singles and Gigs 

2024 Albums of the Year (my pick)

  • Lustre - The Buoys

  • A Garden of Small Disappointments - Jess Day

  • Bruises - Total Tommy

  • Chapter 1 Singles Collection - Peach PRC

  • Hayley Mary - Roman XS

  • Shiny New Thing - Cxloe

  • Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino

  • Falling For Robots And Wishing I Was One - LØLØ

  • Can We Start Over? - Charlotte Sands​

  • Keep Me Fed - The Warning

  • Survival In Motion - Taylor Acorn

  • Found Heaven - Conan Gray

  • ​Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend 

  • Matriarchy - Girli

  • Brat - Charli CXC 

  • Gothic Summer - The Veronicas

  • In Search Of The Antidote - Fletcher

  • Prelude To Ecstasy - The Last Dinner Party

  • ​This is How Tomorrow Moves - Beabadoobee

  • Hopeless Romantic - AViVA

  • Burning Castles - Lucia And the Best Boys

  • Scarytale - FLØRE

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2024 EPs of the Year

  • Young, Dumb, Immature - Betty Taylor

  • IDK How To Talk To Girls - Beth McCarthy

  • Scatterbrain - Emei

  • Elle - Dagny

  • Head.Lights.Jump.Start - Felony

  • Who Are You When Your Not Performing? - Aleksiah

  • Can't Stop - Dizzy Days

  • Sike - Jenna Davies

  • Nostalgia - Lyric

  • The Process of Elimination - Alexa Cappelli

  • Can't Think Straight - Bitters

  • Ache In My Tooth - Flowerovlov

 

2024 Gigs of the Year

  • Hoodoo Gurus - Eaton's Hills

  • Jessie Reyez - The Princess Theatre

  • Beth McCarthy - The Brightside

  • Emei - The Brightside

  • Girli - The Brightside

  • Dylan - The Brightside

  • Pseudo Echo - The Triffid and Norton Music Factory

  • The Snuts - The Triffid

  • Blu De Tiger - Valley Loft

  • Wherever G-Flip is playing

2024 Singles of the Year (my pick)

  • Spite - Charlotte Sands (International)

  • Secret - Peach PRC (Australian)

 

Then singles:​

  • OMG - Tiffany Stringer

  • Spite - Charlotte Sands

  • The Alibi - Dylan

  • You Turn Me On, But You Give Me Depression - LØLØ

  • Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan 

  • Taste - Sabrina Carpenter

  • The Arsonist and the Supermodel - LIZA

  • Falling For You - Eliza and the Delusionals

  • Check Mate - The Buoys 

  • Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter

  • Eras of Us - Fletcher

  • Secret - Peach PRC 

  • Scatterbrain or That Girl - Emei

  • Florida - Taylor Swift​

  • Tremors - Celleste

  • Disease - Lady Gaga

  • London - Jess Day

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2023 Albums of the Year (my pick)

  • The Rise and Fall of the Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan

  • Desire, I Want To Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek

  • Guts - Olivia Rodrigo

  • All Attention On Your Emotions - Sahara Beck

  • 1989 (Taylor's Version - Taylor Swift

  • The Greatest Thing I'll Never Learn - Dylan

  • ​The Good Witch - Maisie Peters

  • Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd - Lana Del Ray

  • If I Could Make It Go Quiet - Girl In Red

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2023 EP of the Year

  • Analysis Paralysis - MAY-A

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2023 Gigs of the Year

  • G-Flip - The Tivoli

  • MAY-A - The Triffid

  • Chappell Roan - The Powerhouse

  • All Time Low - Fortitude Valley Music Hall​

 

2023 Singles of the Year (my pick)

  • Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan (International)

  • Worst Person Alive - G-Flip (Australian)

 

Then singles:​

  • Sweat You Out My System - MAY-A

  • Bad Idea Right? - Olivia Rodrigo

  • ​Convenience Store - Heleina Zara

  • Upgraded - Gretta Ray

  • Girlfriend - Cate Canning

  • Think Twice - Sahara Beck

  • ​Lost The Break Up - Maisie Peters

  • Girl Of Your Dreams - Dylan

  • Padam Padam - Kylie Minogue

  • Honda Civic - Lauran Hibberd

Notable albums and artists: Albums and singles that I have loved during the year that no one else has rated.

  • Palpitations - Laurel

  • Where Am I? - Natalie Jane

  • Hunting - Heleina Zara

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2024: The Year of All Killer, No Filler EPs

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Everything that was old, is new again. That goes for EPs (or Extended LongPlays). Who will take the crown?:

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  • Flowerovlov, Emei, Bitters, Alexa Cappelli, Beth McCarthy, Dizzy Days, Jenna Davies, Felony. Aleksiah, Dagny, Ixaras, Betty Taylor

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Music and Live Reviews 2023

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Live reviews  - Sydney, Brisbane and South East Queensland  (Click to view or download)

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Frock Off - Radio Music Playlists  (Click to view or download)

 Women Who Rock

  • Six Feet Deep - The Warning 

  • Miss Murder - Charlotte Sands

  • Burn Alive - The Last Dinner Party 

  • Gaslight - The Haunt

  • You're Not The One - Sky Ferreira

  • So Sweet I Could Die - Lucia and the Best Boys

  • Honda Civic - Lauran Hibberd

  • Hypocrite - Daisy Grenade

  • Perfect - The Veronicas

  • Imposter - RedHook and Yours Truly

  • Nose Bleed - Stand Atlantic

  • Your Funeral - MAY-A

  • Check Mate - The Buoys

  • Young Dumb Immature - Betty Taylor

  • Glasgow - The Pale Waves

  • Falling For You - Eliza and the Delusionals

  • Die 4 U - Kami Kehoe

  • Jocelyn - The Beaches

  • American Spirit - Royal & the Serpent

  • Psycho - Taylor Acorn

  • Oh Modernity - Felony

  • Faceplant - LØLØ

  • Get Over It - Charlotte Sands

  • Sugarcoated - Nieve Ella

  • 24 Hours in Paris - Blusher

  • Don't You Want Me - Bitters

  • Sateillite - Ariel Bellvalaire

  • Florida - Taylor Swift/ Florence and the Machine

  • YouYou - EGOISM

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Venus Envy

  • Every Little Thing - Senses

  • OMG - Tiffany Stringer

  • All American Bitch - Olivia Rodrigo

  • Scatterbrain - Emie

  • Perfect Revenge - Dylan

  • Homewrecking Era - Xana

  • All Girls Go To Heaven - Zolita

  • She's Pretty - Beth McCartney

  • Younger Guys - Brooke Alexx

  • ​Army - LEW

  • X&Y - Caity Basser

  • Bleach - JUNO

  • Just a Gimmick - Ula

  • ChemTrials - tiffi

  • London - Jess Day

  • Wine Stain - Lyric​

  • Passenger Princess - Nessa Barrett

  • Good Luck Babe - Chappell Roan

Girls & Guitars ​

  • Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

  • It's Too late - Carol King

  • You're So Vain - Carly Simon

  • The Wild One - Suzi Quatro

  • Hard To Make A Stand - Sheryl Crow

  • Where Did Your Heart Go? - Orianthi

  • You're Not the One - Sky Ferriera

  • All I Really Want - Alanis Morrisette

  • ​Nobody's Wife - Anouk

  • Revolution - Tracy Chapman

  • What I Am - Eddi Brickell

  • One Of Us - Joan Osborne

  • Fall of the World's Own Optimist - Aimee Mann

  • Stay - Lisa Loeb

  • Blood Makes Noise - Suzanne Vega

  • Shadowboxer - Fiona Apple

  • Complicated - Avril Lavigne

  • Time I Love To Waste - MAY-A

  • Lunch - Billie Eilish

  • Blonde - Maisie Peters

  • The Scientist - Jess Day

  • Amsterdam - Total Tommy

  • 45 Degrees - Laurel

  • Some Kind Of Control - Ruby Gill

  • Tank Top - Asha Jefferies

  • Time Comes In Roses - Bess Atwell

  • Video Killed The Radio Star - Thea Gilmore

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Princess Pop That 2024

  • Lights, Camera, Action - Kylie Minogue

  • Spot A Fake - Ava Max

  • Secret - Peach PRC

  • ​​Shapeshifter - Cxloe

  • Disease - Lady Gaga

  • Better On Mute - Sophie Powers

  • Your Bad - Emei

  • Shut Up and Dance - Sophie and the Giants

  • She's Pretty - Beth McCarthy

  • Flower And A Smoothie - Bailey Baum

  • Batshit - Aleksiah

  • Pinch Myself - Ava Maybe

  • Oh No - Gabi Sklar

  • Are You Serious? - Flowerovlove

  • Love On The Run - Yorke

  • Taste - Sabrina Carpenter

  • Diet Pepsi - Addison Rae

  • 45 Degrees - Laurel

  • Tip Of My Tongue - SAPPHIRE

  • Poison - tiffi

  • Army - Lew

  • Tattoos - Natalie Jane

  • No Room For Love - Dotter

  • ​Bodyguard - Beyonce

  • Holding On - Dizzy Days

  • Hollow - Betty Taylor

  • Good Girl - Diana Ankudinova 

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​​​​​​Exercise Mix (Bodypump)

  • Five More Hours (Warm Up)

  • Black Rose (S)

  • Love Shack or Summer Rain (C)

  • Winterburn (B)

  • Two Minds (T)

  • Walk on Water or Miss Jackson (B)

  • How Deep Is Your Love or Raindrops (L)

  • Tic Tic Tic (S)

  • Young & Stupid (C)

  • Chandelier (Cool Down)

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Exercise Mix 

  • Better When I'm Dancing - Meghan Trainer

  • Blinded By the Lights - The Weeknd

  • Lonely Dancers - Cohen Gray

  • Titanium - Sia 

  • Out Out - Charlie XCX

  • Unholy - Sam Smith and Kim Petras

  • Black Magic - Little Mix

  • Padam Padam - Kylie

  • Dance The Night - Dua Lupa

  • Faith - George Michael

  • How Will I Know - Whitney Houston

  • Control - Janet Jackson

  • Born This Way - Lady Gaga

  • Boney M - Megamix - Boney M

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Women Go Pop

  • Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl - Chappell Roan

  • ​Time of My Life - Peach PRC

  • That Girl - Emie

  • Internet Baby - Gayle

  • American Girl - Bonnie McKee

  • Taste - Sabrina Carpenter

  • Strawberry Dream - Dagny

  • Velvet Connection - Moody Joody

  • Crush Me Up - Girli

  • Tremors - Celleste

  • Kamikaze - Carly Rae Jepsen

  • Diet Pepsi - Addison Rae

  • Make You Mine - Madison Beer

  • Under My Breath - Riley Beiderer

  • Words - SIIGHTS

  • Hole In My Pocket - Griff

  • Wildfire - Lyric

  • Oh No - Jem Cassar - Daley

  • Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish

  • Where Do We Go Now - Gracie Abrams

 

 

The New Guard 

  • IDK How To talk To Girls - Beth McCarthy

  • Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan

  • Get Him Back - Olivia Rodrigo

  • The Arsonist and the Supermodel - LIZA

  • BSC - Maisie Peters

  • Pls Cheat On Me - Precious Pepala

  • Spite - Charlotte Sands

  • You Turn Me On, But You Give Me Depression - LØLØ

  • I Really Fucked It Up - Girli

  • Secret - Peach PRC

  • My Oh My - Ava Max

  • Greedy - Tate McRae

  • Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter

  • The Alibi - Dylan

  • Eras of Us - Fletcher

  • Upgraded - Gretta Ray

  • Convenience Store - Heleina Zara

  • One Hit Wonder - Cate Canning

  • Training Season - Dua Lupa

  • Better Habits - Mikalyn

  • Hopeless Valentine - Dazeychain

  • You Need Me Now? - Girl in Red feat Sabrina

  • Crumble - Genes

  • On The Fly - Caroline Dare

  • Zodiac - Kita Alexander​

  • I'm Yours - Isabel LaRosa

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Women In Front ​

  • Me And The Girls - Amyl And The Sniffers

  • I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

  • Crystal Roses - Spiritbox

  • These Dreams - Heart

  • The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

  • Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie And The Banshees

  • Union City Blues - Blondie

  • Message Of Love - The Pretenders

  • I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses

  • Only The Lonely - The Motels

  • Words - Missing Persons

  • Sex (I'm A) - Berlin

  • Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins

  • Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves

  • Lover Is A Stranger - Eurythmics

  • Leuchtturm - Nena

  • Dog Days Are Over - Florence And The Machine

  • Bring Me To Life - Evanescence 

  • For The Plot - As December Falls

  • Still Into You - Paramore

  • I'm Not An Addict - K's Choice

  • Heavy Is The Crown - Linkin Park

  • Nose Bleed - Stand Atlantic

  • Imposter - Redhook

Modern Girls 2025

  • Watch That Girl - Caity Baser

  • Rush - Dirt Blonde

  • No Way Out - Halflives

  • Sex & Drugs & Existential Dread - Chloe Qisha

  • What The Hell Happened? - Remember Monday

  • Run Rabbit - ALT BLK ERA

  • Starlight - Sumner

  • Abracadabra - Lady Gaga

  • Lost Your Faith - Ava Max

  • Hot And Stupid - Beth McCarthy

  • I've Seen Your Ex - Flowerovlove

  • Cheap Motel - Bailey Spinn

  • Guilt Trip - Destiny Petrel

  • 14/02 (Wasted Dreams) - Chloe Rae

  • I Like U - Diva Bleach

  • Nervous System - Taylor Acorn and LØLØ

  • Cigarettes In The Dark - Merci, Mercy

  • Training Wheels - Madelline

  • Otherside - Chloe Parché

  • Rocks In My Pocket - Bella Amor

  • I Wanna Hate You - Yorke

  • Miami - Gabi Sklar

  • King Of Possibilities - Goldie Boutillier

  • Messy - Lola Young

  • Heaven - Liza

Girls Like Us 

  • Early Warning - Baby Animals

  • Subject A - The Buoys

  • Fuck You - Betty Taylor

  • I Used To Be Fun - Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers

  • Are You Scared Of Me Yet? - Daisy Grenade

  • Burn Alive - The Last Dinner Party

  • Athena - Plush

  • S!ck - The Warning

  • Hex - Venus Grrrls

  • Hexenhammer - Burning Witches

  • Fall Behind Me - The Donnas

  • Seether - Veruca Salt

  • Tom Boy - Bettie Serveert

  • Not Happy - Jale

  • Malibu - Hole​

  • Pretend That We're Dead - L7

  • Cannonball - The Breeders

  • Jocelyn - The Beaches

  • Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

  • Something About It - Dizzy Days

  • We Got The Beat - The Gogo's

  • Going Down To Liverpool - The Bangles

  • Diamonds - The Superjesus

Girl Power 2025 

  • What's A Girl Gonna Do? - Marianne Leigh

  • What The Hell Happened? - Remember Monday

  • Airhead - Honey Revenge

  • 14/02 (Wasted Dreams) - Chloe Rae

  • Sex, Drugs and Existential Dread - Chloe Qisha

  • Dejavu - Stahr

  • Hot Glue - Rageflower

  • Rich - Bea And Her Business

  • Ugh - Kat Penkin

  • That's So True - Gracie Abrams

  • Hurting My Own Feelings - Beth McCarthy

  • Would It Kill You - JUNO

  • Can't Fake It - Freya Skye

  • If Jesus Saw What We Did Last Night - Cloudy June

  • The Effect - Precious Pepala

  • Death Do Us Part - Royal And The Serpent

  • Anxiety - Doechii

  • Heaphones On - Addison Rae

  • What Was That - Lorde

  • Hope It Hurts - Isabel LaRosa

  • Disco Cowgirl - G-Flip

  • ​​Texas Primadonna - Tiffany Stringer

  • The Giver - Chappell Roan

  • Over And Over - Trousdale

  • Fire - Alessia Cara

  • Citrus - Mia Lord

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 Radio Dayz - Music Playlists   (Click to view or download)

These playlists were made for community radio in Canberra many years ago. They have been passed around to many people on CD and have been quite popular. Its important to remember that the radio show only had 80 minutes of music and the lists had to fit and be balanced.

1980 - 1981

  • Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles

  • Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie

  • Only For Sheep - The Bureau        (Break)

  • London Calling - The Clash  

  • Generals and Majors - XTC           (Break)

  • Kids in America - Kim Wilde

  • Dreaming - Blondie

  • Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders  (Break)

  • Pop Musik - M

  • Cool For Cats - Squeeze

  • Whip It - Devo       

  • Cars - Gary Numan                       (Break)

  • Fade To Grey - Visage

  • Tainted Love - Soft Cell

  • Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode

  • Planet Earth - Duran Duran           (Break) 

  • To Cut A Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet

  • The Unguarded Moment - The Church

  • I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls            (Break)

  • I Got You - Split Enz

  • When I Am With You - The Sparks

  • Total Control - The Motels​

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Early 2000s Pure Pop Girls

  • Bad Girl - Alexandra Slate

  • Girl On The Verge - Sarah Hudson

  • Tangled Up in Me - Sky Sweetnam

  • Punch Rocker - Emma Roberts

  • Complicated - Avril Lavigne

  • Drama Queen (That Girl) - Lindsay Lohan

  • Overdrive - Katy Rose

  • Pieces Of Me - Ashlee Simpson

  • Just Like A Pill - P!nk

  • All The Things She Said - T.a.T.u

  • Sweet Dreams My LA Ex - Rachel Stevens

  • Freak Like Me - Sugababes

  • Toxic - Britney Spears

  • Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera

  • In My Pocket - Mandy Moore

  • Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

  • Spinning Around - Kylie Minogue

  • So Yesterday - Hilary Duff

  • Shoebox - Brie Larson

  • Everywhere - Michelle Branch

  • A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

  • Lovesong - Amiel

  • Falling - Candice Alley

  • Invisible Girl - Minnie Driver

2010s Pop Delights

  • You're Not The One - Sky Ferreira

  • Born This Way - Lady Gaga

  • Stronger - Kelly Clarkson

  • I Love It - Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX

  • Tik Tok - Kesha

  • Telephone - Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé

  • Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

  • Cut To The Feeling - Carly Rae Jepsen

  • Same Old Love - Selena Gomez

  • 7 Rings - Ariana Grande

  • Fancy - Iggy Azalea feat Charli XCX

  • Havana - Camilla Cabello

  • Blank Space - Taylor Swift

  • Like You Want To - Kita Alexander

  • Bad Guy - Billie Eilish

  • Love You Like I Do - Ellie Goulding

  • New Rules - Dua Lupa

  • ​Titanium - David Guetta feat. Sia

  • Diamonds - Rihanna

  • Video Games - Lana Del Ray

  • Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

  • Delicate - Taylor Swift

  • Royals - Lorde

  • Rolling In The Deep - Adele

Songs of Lillith ​

  • Stromata - Charlotte Martin

  • Private Radio - Vanessa Carlton

  • No Man's Woman - Sinead O'Connor

  • Sugar - Thea Gilmore

  • Hozanna - Astrid Williamson

  • I Should've Known - Aimee Mann

  • Mother Mother - Tracy Bonham

  • Bitch - Meredith Brooks

  • Crucify - Tori Amos

  • Headlock - Imogen Heap

  • Volcano - Charlotte Martin

  • Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan

  • Open My Eyes - Tiffany

  • Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morissette

  • Gotta Get Over You - Aslyn

  • Why Can't I? - Liz Phair

  • Kiss Me Til It Bleeds - Nina Gordon

  • Better After All - Jonatha Brooke

  • Stolen Car - Beth Orton

  • Left of Centre - Suzanne Vega

  • London Rain - Heather Nova

  • Hunter - Dido

  • Bee In The Bottle - Sinead Lohan

  • Criminal - Fiona Apple

  • Orion - Cory Sipper

1983

  • Burning Down The House - Talking Heads

  • Show Me Some Discipline - The Sunnyboys

  • Rock The Casbah - The Clash

  • New Year's Day - U2

  • Waterfront - Simple Minds

  • Science Fiction - The Divinyls

  • I Hear Motion - The Models

  • Let's Dance - David Bowie

  • 1999 - Prince

  • Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

  • Blue Monday - New Order

  • Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics 

  • We Came To Dance - Ultravox

  • Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran

  • Listening - Pseudo Echo

  • Send Me An Angel - Real Life

  • Fascination - The Human League

  • Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

  • They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman

  • Burning up - Madonna

  • Suddenly, Last Summer - The Motels​

  • Reckless - Australian Crawl

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1990s

  • Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nivarna

  • Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

  • Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

  • Wonderwall - Oasis

  • Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

  • Creep - Radiohead

  • Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

  • You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette

  • Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio

  • ​No Diggity - Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre and Queen Pen

  • Your Woman - White Town

  • Losing My Religion - REM

  • The Way - Fastball

  • Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus

  • I'm Just A Girl - No Doubt

  • Vogue - Madonna

  • Baby Hit Me One More Time - Britney Spears

  • Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega

  • Linger - The Cranberries

  • Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor​​​

1982

  • Our Lips Are Sealed - The GoGos

  • Real World - The Bangles

  • Words - Missing Persons

  • I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

  • Don't You Want Me - Human League

  • Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode

  • The Model - Kraftwerk

  • Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics

  • Sense Working Overtime - XTC

  • Town Called Malice - The Jam

  • Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel

  • Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds

  • Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange

  • Golden Brown - The Stranglers

  • I Ran - Flock Of Seagulls

  • The Look Of Love - ABC

  • View From A Bridge - Kim Wilde

  • Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears

  • Ghosts - Japan

  • ​Don't Go - Yazoo

  • More Than This - Roxy Music

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​Christmas Playlist (If you are into this sort of thing?)

  • Greatest Time of Year - Aly & AJ

  • I Wish - Ava Max

  • Snowglobe - Salem Ilese

  • We Three Kings - Aly & AJ

  • Joy To The Word - Aly & AJ

  • The First Noel - Aly & AJ

  • Deck The Halls - Aly & AJ

  • Little Drummer Boy - Aly & AJ

  • Christmas Tree Farm - Taylor Swift

  • Hark The Herald - Carrie Underwood

  • Star Of Wonder - Tori Amos

  • O Little Town of Bethlehem - Sarah McLachlan

  • Only When It Snows - Nova Miller

  • Jingle Bells - Hillary Duff

  • Frosty The Snowman - Fiona Apple

  • Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande

  • Rockin' Round The Christmas Tree - Miley Cyrus

  • Christmas Day - Dido

  • Fairytale In New York - Kristy MacColl and The Pogues

 Classic Albums, EPs and Singles   (Click to view or download)

Albums 1970s:

  • Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell (1970)

  • Tapestry - Carol King (1971)

  • Arrival - ABBA (1976)

  • Eat To The Beat - Blondie (1979)

  • Motels - The Motels (1979)

  • The Roches - The Roches (1979)

  • Pretenders - The Pretenders (1979)

 

Albums 1980s:

  • Beauty And The Beat - The Gogo's (1981)

  • Once Upon A Time - Siouxsie and the Banshees (1981)

  • Anthem - Toyah (1981)

  • Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde (1981)

  • Pirates - Ricki Lee Jones (1981)

  • Pleasure Victim - Berlin (1982)

  • Spring Session M - Missing Persons (1982)

  • The Dreaming - Kate Bush (1982)

  • She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper (1984)

  • All Over The Place - The Bangles (1984)

  • ​Control - Janet Jackson (1986)

  • Poolside - Nu Shooz 91986)

  • Lion And The Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)

  • Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988)

  • Like A Prayer - Madonna (1989)​

 

EPs

  • ​Nina Hagen - In Ekstacy (1986)

  • Young, Dumb, Immature - Betty Taylor

  • IDK How To Talk To Girls - Beth McCarthy

  • Scatterbrain - Emei

  • Elle - Dagny

  • Head.Lights.Jump.Start - Felony

  • Who Are You When Your Not Performing? - Aleksiah

  • Can't Stop - Dizzy Days

  • Sike - Jenna Davies

  • Nostalgia - Lyric

  • The Process of Elimination - Alexa Cappelli

  • Can't Think Straight - Bitters

  • Ache In My Tooth - Flowerovlov

  • Naked & Famous - Reckless Coast

  • Split Ends - Chloe Parché

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Albums 1990s:

  • Honey Lingers - Voice Of The Beehive (1991)

  • Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos (1992)

  • 99.9F - Suzanne Vega (1992)

  • Whatever - Aimee Mann (1993)

  • Wild Seed - Dionne Farris (1994)

  • Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)

  • Tidal - Fiona Apple (1996)

  • Paradise In Me - K's Choice (1996)

  • Impossible Princess - Kylie Minogue (1997)

  • Plastic Little Castles - Ani Di Franco (1998)

  • Burning Dorothy - Thea Gilmore (1998)

  • Free Love - Peppercorn (1999)

  • No Angel - Dido (1999)

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Albums 2000s:

  • Bachelor No 2 - Aimee Mann (2000)

  • Tonight And The Rest Of My Life - Nina Gordon (2000)

  • Delicious - Thunderbugs (2000)

  • The Spirit Room - Michelle Branch (2001)​

  • Speak For Yourself - Imogen Heap (2005)

  • The Fame - Lady Gaga (2007)

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Albums 2010s:

  • Ladyhawke - LadyHawke (2009)

  • Reputation - Taylor Swift (2017)

  • Emotion - Carly Rae Jepson (2015)

  • 1989 - Taylor Swift (2014)

  • The Arch Android - Janelle Monae (2010)

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Albums - Women Songwriters In Bands

  • The Carpenters 

  • ABBA

  • Martha And The Muffins

  • Eurythmics

  • Paramore

  • The Reckless

  • ​Nena

  • Katrina And The Waves

  • Fleetwood Mac

  • Nu Shooz

  • Linkin Park - Emily Armstrong

  • Stand Atlantic

  • RedHook

  • Heart

  • Berlin

  • Blondie

  • Joan Jett And The Blackhearts​​

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Albums  2024

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​​Albums 2025​

Albums 2020 - 2023s:

  • To Hell With It - Pinkpantheress (2021)

  • Crash - Charli CXC (2022)

  • Midnights - Taylor Swift (2022)

  • The Rise and Fall of the Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan (2023)

  • Guts - Olivia Rodrigo (2023)

  • Desire, I Want To Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek (2023)

  • 1989 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (2023)

  • The Greatest Thing I'll Never Learn - Dylan (2023)

  • ​The Good Witch - Maisie Peters (2023)

  • Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd - Lana Del Ray (2023)

  • If I Could Make It Go Quiet - Girl In Red (2023)

Albums 2026

​Albums - Women Songwriters In Bands Continued

  • Missing Persons

  • No Doubt

  • Catatonia

  • Garbage

  • Divinyls

  • Texas

  • Letters To Cleo

  • The Primitives

  • The Cranberries

  • The Corrs

  • Transvision Vamp

  • Concrete Blonde

  • The Runaways

  • Fleetwood Mac

  • Siouxsie And The Banshees

  • The Pretenders

  • The Motels

  • Florence And The Machine

  • The Warning

  • Pale Waves

  • Eliza And The Delusionals

  • ​Veruca Salt

  • As December Falls

  • Yours Truly

  • Lucia And The Best Boys

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