Q + A With Emily Victoria Q+A by Hear2Zen Magazine - December 18, 2022December 18, 20220 Enter into the lush and mysterious realm of Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Emily Victoria, with her brand new track Humming Heart making its way into the world today. Also accompanied by an immersive and intriguing music video, Humming Heart murmurs with rich instrumentals and effortless charm like a hazy twilight spell. Inspired by the likes of Hatchie, Kate Bush, Caroline Polachek and The Sundays, Humming Heart is a layered, bold and dreamlike affair, equally warm and beguiling with a retro undertone amidst Emily’s textured vocals. Recorded to tape at Soundpark Studios with producer Nao Anzai, who has previously worked with Mildlife and The Teskey Brothers, Humming Heart hums along with synthesisers and production by Lewis Moody, additional vocal production provided by Hamish Patrick,
Q + A With Black Summer Q+A by Hear2Zen Magazine - December 18, 2022December 18, 20220 Dark, lavish and impossibly hypnotic, Australian EDM maverick Black Summer, aka Rhys Toms, unveils an exciting new artistic chapter today via his latest single Cernunnos. A dazzling new track, entirely written, performed and produced by Black Summer, Cernunnos also paves the way for the young artist’s impending new album Channel Horror, with the deliciously macabre-inspired full-length which came out Monday December 12. We caught up with Rhys for a quick Q + A Hi, thanks for taking the time to chat with Hear 2 Zen, what have you been up to today? Of course! Today’s been a super busy day preparing and finalizing everything for my album to finally release! Tell us about yourself, how long have you been performing/creating music for? I've been
Live Review: Offspring And Sum 41 – Brisbane Live Review by Hear2Zen Magazine - December 18, 2022December 18, 20220 Artists: Offspring And Sum 41Date: December 15th 2022Venue: Riverstage, BrisbaneReviewer: Dayna GilmorePhotographer: Dayna Gilmore As the gates of Riverstage opened and thousands of fans started filling in, I could tell this was going to be a huge final AU show. The faces lighting up the barrier for sum 41 radiated with joy, as ‘AC/DC’s ‘TNT’ started blaring, perpetuating the buzz of energy that surrounded us. Bursting on stage with an OG ‘Motivation’, it was 2001 again and it felt good! Sum 41 kept the setlist full of the early glory hits and skipped out on tracks from their 2019 release ‘Order In Decline’. This set very much felt like solid fan service, constructed carefully for the ultimate throwback fun – and
Hear 2 Zen Hangs With: The Superjesus Hear2Zen Hangs With by Hear2Zen Magazine - December 8, 2022December 8, 20220 In this episode we are hanging with Sarah McLeod and Stuart Rudd of The Superjesus Fresh from a special guest slot with Kiss in recent weeks, one of Australia’s most revered rock bands, The Superjesus have announced a national tour with extra special guests, Dallas Crane. https://youtu.be/vK0HDCVqRX8 The band has also welcomed drummer Murray Sheridan and guitarist Cam Blokland into the fold. As always, the nucleus of The Superjesus sits with Sarah McLeod (lead vocals) and bassist Stuart Rudd. McLeod "We’ve been very lucky in finding Cam Blokland and Murray Sheridan. We knew the minute we started working together that there was magic in the room." Rudd agrees, "Some incredibly difficult decisions were made. After our years of experience, we knew
Live Review: Good Things Festival 2022 – Brisbane Live Review by Hear2Zen Magazine - December 6, 2022December 6, 20220 ARTISTS: VARIOUS - GOOD THINGS FESTIVALDATE:DECEMBER 4TH 2022VENUE: RNA SHOWGROUNDS BRISBANEREVIEWER: DAYNA GILMOREPHOTOGRAPHER: DAYNA GILMORE ( IG pickleprincessphoto) APATE: Winning their spot-on today’s line up, APATE took the Brisbane Good Things crown as they welcomed the eager sea of black shirt wearing punters into festival grounds on stage 5. Like a well-oiled machine, APATE tore up stage 5 with immaculate precision and delighted those who were there, and ready to mosh. There’s nothing like a bit of bris deathcore to get the festival started! KISSCHASY: The ‘elder emo’ pop crowd were loving the first album throwback Kisschasey provided early Sunday afternoon, with some hardcore fans singing at the top of their lungs as the band did what they do so naturally. Gracing us with fun,
