Last month was the first of The Hidden Playlist series where I highlight artists based in Australia who I had never heard of before I moved over here. Featured in the previous article was; The Rubens, Lime Cordiale, Mitch Santiago, The Last Martyr, Jacob Fitzgerald and Middle Kids. Here are November’s additions to the playlist.

Sick Visor

Sick Visor 

Genre: Garage Pop/Indie Skate Punk 

Established: Melbourne, Victoria in November 2022 

Spotify Monthly Listeners: 1,028 

Latest Release: ‘Boring as Batsomething‘ single on 2nd October 

Song Recommendations: ‘ Boring as Batsomething‘ and ‘Feeling Alright Forever‘ (feat. TOWNS) 

Towns

TOWNS 

Genre: Punk Rock 

Established: South Australia in 2018 

Spotify Monthly Listeners: 31,000 

Latest Release: ‘sentimental slowdown‘ Album on 15th November 

Song Recommendations: ‘TANTRUM‘ and ‘I Don’t Mind‘ 

Amyl And The Sniffers

Amyl and The Sniffers 

Genre: Pub-Rock 

Established: Melbourne, Victoria in 2016 

Spotify Monthly Listeners: 1.4 million 

Latest Release: ‘Cartoon Darkness‘ album released on 25th October 

Song Recommendations: ‘U Should Not Be Doing That‘ and ‘Jerkin’‘ 

Tiny Red Houses

Tiny Red Houses 

Genre: Alternative Rock 

Established: Melbourne, Victoria in 2024 

Spotify Monthly Listeners: 593 

Latest Release: ‘secrets’ single released on 17th October  

Song Recommendations: ‘Secrets’ and ‘more’ 

Pretty Bleak

PRETTY BLEAK 

Genre: New Wave Alt Pop 

Established: Melbourne, Victoria in 2024 

Spotify Monthly Listeners: 6,500 

Latest Release: ‘an introduction to a theme‘ album released on 18th September 

Song Recommendations: ‘wmt‘ and ‘she’ll come around‘ 

Telenova

Telenova 

Genre: Alt-Indie 

Established: Melbourne, Victoria in 2020 

Spotify Monthly Listeners: 143,000 

Latest Release: ‘Time Is A Flower (Deluxe)‘ album released on 21st November 

Song Recommendations: ‘January‘ and ‘Discotheque Inside My Head‘ 

Discover these and many, many more names across the Australian new music scene with Kayleigh’s specially curated ‘Hidden Playlist’ over on Spotify now!

What would you like to add to our Hidden Playlist?

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