Buku’s vocals - though smooth as honey - pack attitude, soaring over breakbeat drums and slick instrumentation that throws back to early ’00s pop.

A soulful, funky, brass-driven introduction transports the listener to the 1970s before a mesmerising chant begins to hypnotise.

Jessica has fashioned an elegant, charming concoction of 1960s Americana and country-flavoured dream pop with a miraculous message to remain fierce and determined

Minimalist ‘Doomsday’ knows how to hold back and does so to stunning effect.

MARLON X RULLA keep showing us why they’re the ones to watch in the Australian music scene.

Sounds like: Alanis Morissette’s ‘Ironic’ re-imagined by Nelly Furtado in a jazz lounge setting.

Sounds like: The sun hitting empty bleachers on a Saturday afternoon.

Sounds like: FOALS raising awareness in collaboration with Beach House.

Ahead of the release of his new EP ‘Greenlights’, released September 8, The Note was lucky enough to have a first listen of the lead single ‘Chasing Stars’ and a quick chat with the artist, Leni.

Expect groovy vibrations only from Dojo Rise’s new single, ‘Moving Forward’.

Some songs are simply made for driving on long stretches of bitumen and Workhorse’s latest single, ‘Desert’, fits snugly into that category.

The rawness of social anxiety is balanced by resilience and strength in Mane’s latest uplifting single, ‘Flowers’.

The track sounds similar to Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Paradise City’. But, instead of soaring vocals split with Slash’s manic guitar solos, it’s elevator music cut with a loud pub rock noise.

The pacey three- minute indie-pop track is for the chronic overthinkers who’ve caught a case of the late-night feels.

‘Grabovac’ is a funky four-minute song that sounds like it’s straight from a jazz bar in New York’s Upper West Side.