1300 are the boys from outer space. Hailing from Sydney, the Korean-Australian rap crew transcends genre and illuminates the voice of Asian artists whilst reshaping the Aussie hip- hop landscape. Composed of rappers rako, goyo, DALI HART, producer-singer Nerdie and producer pokari.sweat, the group subsume the sounds of abrasive Soundcloud rap, sweat-doused electronic music and the feverish pace of 90’s breakbeat.

Following the success of their first few singles, ‘Brr’, ‘No Caller ID’, ‘Smashmouth’, ‘Oldboy’ and ‘Rocksta’, full-length mixtape ‘Foreign Language’, and their most recent singles ‘CARDIO (prod. SOLLYY)’, ‘Steve Jobs (feat. Kwame)’ and spontaneous Valentine’s Day EP ‘<3’ (pron. less than three) whilst accompanied by captivating music videos, 1300 have amassed local and international recognition from local to international outlets – securing accolades including #23 NME Best Australian Albums of 2022, Australian Music Prize Shortlist, triple j and Rage Australian Music Video of the Year, FBi Radio SMAC Award Nominations for Album of the Year and Best Video for ‘Oldboy’, nominated album of the week on FBI Radio, internationally selected as as HiphopLE’s Group of the Year and Hiphopplaya’s Upcoming Artists for 2022 and recipient of the Australian Council for the Arts ‘Contemporary Music Touring Program’ grant; features on Instyle Magazine, NME, i-D Korea, Dazed Korea, Hypebeast Korea, HiphopLE, Hiphopplaya, Mic Swagger, COLORXSTUDIOS, triple j’s Like A Version, Rolling Stone Australia, i-D Korea, Acclaim Magazine, Sound Doctrine, Apple Music’s Rap Life Radio with Ebro Darden, NME, HipHopDX, Paper Magazine, FBI Radio, VICE; syncs on Netflix’s viral Heartbreak High reboot and soundtrack to Samsung’s Galaxy Flip4 launch campaign. As their sound has the ability to bridge the gap between Australia and the world, 1300 has also landed cosigns from renowned Korean artists such as APRO, Kid Milli, Ugly Duck, Sumin and Lil Boi, including Incredible Australian artists that the boys have worked with include the likes of Ninajirachi, Ashwarya, Kian, Kwame, Taka Perry, Mung Mung, SOLLYY and Ta-Ku.

As an Australian rap crew encompassing a blend of Australian and Korean culture, their potential has been greatly recognised in both nations. WIthin South Korea, 1300 have been offered and delivered electrifying shows as headliners, support acts and media appearances for leading Korean music industry companies such as Henz Club, Value Club, Seoul Community Radio’s Hajodaze YangYang party as well as Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN).

Additionally, their success has seen them secure their first national headline tour in May 23’, first US showcase ‘The AUSSIE BBQ SummerStage 2023’ supported by Sounds Australia, major festival plays such as Splendour in the Grass, OzAsia Festival, Spilt Milk, Falls Festival, Lost Paradise, Party in the Paddock, Dream Machine Festival (Bali), headline show at Vivid LIVE, and Phoenix Central park, alongside notching up a slew of notable support slots for Genesis Owusu, PNAU and Confidence Man.

With one foot in Korea and the other in Western Sydney, 1300’s music embodies the abundant possibilities that emerge when you have to find your own way, existing between and across cultures.

After honing her craft and self-producing her music for years, Amy Shark became a household name in 2016 with the release of her breakout hit, the 6 x platinum single Adore, which put her on the map as one of Australia’s most formidable songwriters.

This was followed by APRA Song of the Year-winning, 7 x platinum, #1 Australian Airplay Chart hit, I Said Hi, and 2019’s 3 x platinum single Mess Her Up. Amy’s debut #1 ARIA album and platinum-certified Love Monster, released July 2018, was recognised with four ARIA Awards for Album of the Year, Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Producer [Dann Hume] and was nominated for another five. Love Monster became the highest-selling album by an Australian artist in 2018.

Following this success, the international music community came knocking, leading her to work with global superstar Ed Sheeran, Grammy® award-winning artist Keith Urban, Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus, and pop heavyweight producers Jack Antonoff and Joel Little.

In 2020 Amy released her ARIA Award-winning, platinum-accredited single, Everybody Rise, from her 2021 sophomore album, Cry Forever – her second #1 ARIA debut.

Amy’s latest single, Only Wanna Be With You, is out now.

Budjerah’s new single ‘Therapy’ is taking his music to the next level. The ARIA award-winning, Coodjinburra artist is pushing boundaries vocally and sonically with the R&B/pop crossover, an ambitious emotional sucker-punch. Co-written by Sarah Aarons and Stint, ‘Therapy’ showcases Budjerah’s fearless vocal range and marks a new direction for his career.

The sound is fresh and familiar, a reflection of his ambition and timeless artistry. 2023 brings exciting opportunities for Budjerah, from exploring new sounds to performing in his biggest venues to date as support on Ed Sheeran’s Australian stadium tour. He starts the year with confidence, ready to showcase the full extent of his abilities. ‘Therapy’ sets the tone for a huge year.

“It just uses every part of my vocal,” Budjerah says.

“I get to belt and I get to do little runs and long notes. It’s such a vocally wide song and I connect to the emotion of it too.”

Budjerah instantly fell in love with Aarons and Stint’s “magic” demo, connecting to the emotional lyrics. His voice winds around a raw guitar before escalating into an explosive chorus that electrifies with stabbing horns and gutsy percussion.

“Maybe you’ve lost your mind, you’ve lost your sanity,” Budjerah sings in full voice. In the video, he matches that vocal with an equally impassioned performance, showcasing his ability to connect instantly with audiences. He also acts in the video, giving a raw snapshot into a turbulent relationship.

Budjerah says that this fresh sense of confidence comes from performing live and craving “punchy music,” as he puts it. Armed with a brand-new band featuring family he’s grown up jamming with, he completed his first headline tour last year and impressed at a wide array of festivals including Splendour In The Grass and This That. He also supported Vance Joy on his Australian, North American, and UK tours, introducing him to a whole new audience.

He continues to build his live show this year, first as Sheeran’s support act. It’s the second chapter in a story with Sheeran that started last year with his appearance on the British megastar’s track ‘2Step’ which has seen close to 10 million streams. With these new shows, Budjerah wants to leave people blown away by his abilities.

“I consider myself a gospel singer first and foremost,” he says.

“I want people to think ‘wow, what a great singer’. I want people to really know how hard I’ve been working at this.”

Budjerah presents with a sense of ambition not found often in young homegrown artists. It’s a juxtaposition to his cool and collected demeanour but it’s a refreshing balance. Inspired by the likes of Usher and Beyoncé, he wants to get to a place where he can put on arena shows with all the trimmings, from huge vocal displays to tight choreography.

“I try to bridge between being myself on stage but also getting into this character,” he says, explaining how he overcomes his timidity.

Since his debut single ‘Missing You’ just over two years ago, he’s transformed as an artist. Throughout, he’s been guided by Matt Corby who took him under his wing after being blown away by his abilities. Matt Corby has produced the majority of tracks by Budjerah and watched him go from a shy teenager to a celebrated artist in his own right.

He now has two EPs to his name, 2021’s debut self-titled release, and 2022’s ‘Conversations’. He’s collaborated with everyone from PNAU on ‘Stranger Love’ to MAY-A on ‘Talk’, finding success with the latter on the luscious, soulful track which proved to be a triumph for both artists. Over the course of his short but plentiful career, he’s grown with each release. He’s always presented as a voice far beyond his years but in 2022 he found a sense of self-assurance that spilled over into his lyrics.

On the timeless, soul-tinged ‘Ready For The Sky’, he sings, “You won’t ever clip these wings, not gonna walk over me,” signalling his quiet ambition that continues to come to fruition.

The accomplishments have been fast and plentiful in the last two years. He’s now a two-time ARIA Award-winning artist after taking home Breakthrough artist in 2021 and Best Soul/R&B Release in 2022. He also triumphed with an APRA Award for Most Performed R&B / Soul Work for the Corby co-written ‘Higher’. He was recently nominated for “Best Single” and “Best New Artist” at the 2023 Rolling Stone Australia Awards, and “Aussie / Kiwi Legend Of The Year” at the 2023 Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards.

Last year, he was also named GQ’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year while also featuring in Vogue Australia as part of Baz Luhrmann’s guest edition. He also took to the stage as part of the AFL Grand Final with The Temper Trap, Gretta Ray, and Ngaiire. At the tail-end of last year, he was featured in Amazon Music’s global ‘Holiday Originals’ campaign covering Whitney Houston’s ‘Who Would Imagine A King’.

2023 is set to be a landmark year for Budjerah, as he’s ready to seize every opportunity and showcase his full range of abilities. ‘Therapy’ and the new music to come will exceed expectations and cement his status as one of the most versatile performers in the country. If you’re already a fan, get ready to be blown away.

South West Sydney rapper L-FRESH The LION has emerged from the pandemic years like a phoenix rising from the ashes: refreshed, reinvigorated and ravenous to take his powerful music and inspiring message to the wider world.

In this second coming his already incendiary live shows have proved even more epic and passionate courtesy a spectacular new audiovisual production and a renewed self-belief, his connection with his audiences now more personal and visceral, his new music more raw, honest and compelling.

Recent forays such as his spellbinding WOMADelaide set have found L-FRESH The LION cutting through complacency and dragging people out of their comfort zones on an individual basis. Non-religious people have cited spiritual experiences. Non-hip hop fans speak of musical epiphanies.

Already one of Australia’s most respected rappers, the career of L-FRESH The LION – born and raised in South West Sydney of Sikh and Punjabi heritage – had been tracking just fine prior to this artistic rebirth.

He’d released three acclaimed albums – the most recent being SOUTH WEST (2020) – a trilogy which saw him gradually find and hone his own voice and identity, his authentic narratives conveying perfect diasporas of multiculturalism, the hustle-and-grind mentality and the often abrasive reality of modern-day existence.

It’s his story. His South West Sydney. His cultural journey and awakening. But the message is entirely universal.

Indeed this message has already allowed L-FRESH The LION access to a mind-blowing array of opportunities and experiences, including:
*speaking and performing at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the International Day For Tolerance in 2018 *performing in front of 35 million viewers on MTV India’s flagship hip hop program MTV Hustle
*being selected as an ambassador for the YouTube Creator’s For Change global initiative, with the resulting video ‘RACI$T / OUR WORLD’ premiering at the Tribeca TV Festival in New York
*touring with Nas and sharing stages with artists the calibre of Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Hilltop Hoods and even Sir Elton John, as well as playing festivals ranging from WOMADelaide to Woodford Folk Festival and everything in between
*having his second album Become (2016) nominated for an ARIA for Best Urban Album
*being invited to write the theme song ‘WE THE KINGS’ for NBL franchise Sydney Kings and performing it for the first time in 2019 at Qudos Bank Arena in front of a record-breaking NBL crowd, as well as performing pre- and mid-game at numerous NBL, NRL and AFL events
*being invited to write the theme song ‘WE THE KINGS’ for NBL franchise Sydney Kings and performing it for the first time in 2019 at Qudos Bank Arena in front of a record-breaking NBL crowd, as well as performing pre- and mid-game at numerous NBL, NRL and AFL events
* being on the Australian jury for the Eurovision Song Contest
*being invited by respected Australian comedian Nazeem Hussain to act in his forthcoming TV series Summer Love *contributing a chapter to recent cultural anthology Another Australia (2022, Affirm Press)

But despite this incredible rise from humble bedroom origins to possessing a resumé that would satisfy most artists over their entire career, for L-FRESH The LION that’s all in the past and he’s focused firmly on the future. The pandemic which prompted an existential crisis for many instead allowed him to recalibrate and rediscover the real reason he chose this life path in the first place – the music.

“It all started for me making music for myself in my bedroom as a teenager, and that’s what I was forced to do during COVID,” he reflects. “But what that actually did for me was rekindle a love and passion of just making music for me, not from a place of selfishness but like, ‘This is how I breathe! How did I forget this? This is why I do this!’

“So the new music is just really honest and really introspective about my journey and my family’s journey to migrate to Australia and the insecurities I felt growing up – and still feel – and how I address them now, and where I found and draw inspiration from”.

And while L-FRESH The LION has always practiced what he preaches in his day-to-day life, he’s now found an even higher calling. He dreams of becoming a unifying force, somebody who draws people together from all walks of life, simply by harnessing music’s potential to act as the ultimate equaliser.

“I want to make music that people have’t heard before,” he stresses. “That’s from top to bottom, so lyrically it’s telling stories that people have’t necessarily heard before, and my story’s quite unique in that regard. I have no intention of trying to sound like anybody else or to try and sound like my influences, or trying to sound like what’s trending right now in hip hop or where thing’s are moving.

“I’ve created my own lane and I just want to keep innovating in that space, and do something that no-one else can really replicate, to forge my own style. I’m in a unique position to instill both positivity and change and I want to just keep running with that for as long as I can”.

Peach PRC takes the things you only say on text to close friends (or exes) and turns them into pop that shimmers as much as it singes. The rising pop star packs an often-unbelievable journey from writing and recording in her bedroom to social media phenomenon into smart, slick, and sweet songs with a bold bite. Equally funny and sensitive, she holds nothing back when it comes to life’s ups and downs, mental health, and everything in between. She has already built an audience of 2 million-plus TikTok followers, generated over 120 million combined artist streams, and attracted acclaim from Billboard, Vogue Australia, BuzzFeed, Consequence, NME, Paper, Refinery29 and more.

Launching her TikTok page in 2019, she organically attracted an audience by posting everything from funny moments to self-care advice and, of course, music. A snippet of her first single “Blondes” played over the background of a video where she discussed the track’s meaning, and it went viral. The full version eventually amassed over 12 million Spotify streams as she maintained this momentum with the follow-up “Colourblind”, racking up another 4 million Spotify streams. Along the way, she carefully cultivated an undeniable style with a twist. That twist defines her debut single “Josh,” the ultimate kiss-off to the worst ex ever and has already received over 27 million streams and counting. Peach PRC followed up the success of “Josh” with her self-proclaimed girly camp pop single “Symptomatic”, receiving over 10 million plus combined streams to date, and ending 2021 with “Heavy”, which has tallied 18 million plus combined streams. Kicking off 2022, releasing the liberating single “God Is A Freak” and had everyone talking including pop music titans Billie Eilish, Finneas, and Justin Tranter.

On its heels, she teamed up with GRAMMY Award-nominated powerhouse songwriter Bonnie McKee for the 2022 banger “Forever Drunk,” reeling in millions of streams and acclaim from Rolling Stone, NME, and more. However, she ignites her biggest, boldest, and brightest chapter yet with the Manic Dream Pixie EP in 2023. The first single “Perfect For You” pays tribute to the Paris Hilton smash “Stars Are Blind” and sees her entangled in a wild all-female love triangle regardless of the costs. The follow up to ‘Perfect For You’ is a point-blank lyrical slap-down, dressed up as a throbbing electro-dance-anthem called ‘F U Goodbye. F U Goodbye is written by Peach and produced by Dance Monkey (Tones & I) producer Konstantin Kersting. As always, there’s no shortage of passion, power, and pink. It is Peach PRC after all…

The story of Spiderbait is an unlikely but heartwarming one – three friends from a small Australian country town taking on the music scene, and emerging triumphantly 30 years later, friendship intact, and now one of the biggest and best rock bands on the national landscape. Taking inspiration from far-reaching influences from all sides of the musical spectrum (everything from Slayer to The Bangles), Spiderbait took their fervent thrash-pop from their tiny hometown of Finley in NSW down to Melbourne and immersed themselves in the rich, fertile creative scene. From there they quickly consolidated their status as national treasures, with their popularity spanning three decades with no signs of abating. Spiderbait have released seven acclaimed albums, which have all racked up gold, platinum or double platinum status and have combined Australian sales of over one million units and over 500 million global streams.

They have also secured pretty much every accolade there is to achieve on the Australian scene, having taken home numerous ARIA Awards, chalked up a number one single with their cover of Leadbelly’s Black Betty in 2004, and were the first Australian act to top the prestigious triple j Hottest 100 with Buy Me A Pony in 1996.

Spiderbait is Janet English on bass, Kram on drums and lead vocals, and Whitt on guitar.