Adelaide’s best new music
We’ve rounded up Adelaide’s best new music released in March, including a welcome return from TUSHAR and Gere.
aleksiah – ‘Bullshit Baby’
These days, it feels like there is rarely a month where Adelaide pop princess aleksiah doesn’t make it into our Best New Music column – but for good reason.
Alongside the release, the star on the rise who recently opened for UK singer-songwriter Maisie Peters, announced her Australian tour, which will see her play The Gov on May 29.
Like its single artwork suggests, ‘Bullshit Baby’ leans into the rodeo-chic style reminiscent of Chappell Roan with an upbeat, rocker lean, the simmering percussion and tight bass.
She says goodbye to the romanticism in her earlier songs in the punchy song she says is about “making you wanna call out someone’s bullshit”.
Any Young Mechanic – ‘My House Divides’
‘My House Divides’ by Any Young Mechanic had this CityMag reporter tapping his feet the whole way through.
The five-piece art-folk group features Allan McBean on upright, Jachin Mee on drums and backing vocals, Luka Kilgariff-Johnson on electric guitar and banjo, Sam Wilson on vocals and guitar, plus Thea Martin on violin.
The upbeat bluegrass tune is accompanied by an equally fun music video and lyrics.
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“I would cook more food than I could ever eat/I would see the salt on every beach retreat,” sings lead vocalist Sam Wilson.
Anya Anastasia – ‘Burrow’
Anya Anastasia returns to CityMag’s best new music column this month with her off-beat single, ‘Burrow’, featuring an off-kilter time signature and world music influences.
The single’s cover art of Anya running through a field matches the song’s energy, which is described as “pan-African powered alt-pop”.
“Burrow/Burrow where you never need to leave your burrow/Burrow under earth and hide inside that tunnel,” sings Anya.
Bromham – ‘Life is Long’
You can tell that Bromham have a lot of fun playing music together.
In the band’s first release since 2024, the supergroup is back with ‘Life is Long’, featuring a Mariachi-sounding trumpet, mandolin and kazoos to add an extra element of folly.
The lyrics are equally entertaining, as the lead singer imagines a carefree future doing everything from taking a bonsai class to baking a sourdough bun.
“Maybe one day we’ll bake a sourdough bun/Then the next/We’ll drink pinot in the sun,” he sings.
“Maybe one day we’ll take a bonsai class/Then the next/We’ll sit on our arse.”
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Gere – ‘Afterlight’
‘Afterlight ‘ is the opening track from Gere’s sophomore album Onoma, and offers the listener a mystifying trip-hop-esque experience.
It is hard to box Gere into a specific genre, with the artist opting for a more avant-garde, experimental approach to their songwriting.
Led by Gere Fuss and featuring drummer Josh Paulson, the song balances soothing guitars with some electronic and vocal experimentation.
Tara Falleti – ‘going under’
‘Going Under’ is a ballad fit for a James Bond soundtrack. It is Tara Falleti’s twelfth single to be released in her career and the first of 2026.
The singer-songwriter has professed she writes and sings to express her trials and experiences of everyday life, love and relationships, and this song is no different.
The song deals with a forbidden romance, a male tempter with lyrics “And if this is sin, then I give in/Throwing all caution to the wind”.
TUSHAR – ‘Lighthouse’
This is the first single released by the South Asian indie artist since 2024, and it was much-awaited by the CityMag team. Though not releasing music, he’s been keeping busy supporting high-profile acts on Australian tours like Ben Lee, The Clews and Winston Surfshirt.
Like much of TUSHAR’s music, ‘Lighthouse’ could soundtrack an indie rom-com with his use of dreamy synths giving it a moving, cinematic feel.
“Lighthouse is about finding your way back when everything feels lost,” he says about the track. We’re grateful a TUSHAR release has found its way back to our playlists.
WIN BIG – ‘Gates to Heaven’
‘Gates to Heaven’ takes a leaf out of the book of Australian hardcore acts like SPEED and overseas contemporaries like Trapped Under Ice, with a blistering breakdown and guttural vocals that would be sure to open the “gates” in the mosh pit.
The latest from Adelaide punk rock-hardcore outfit WIN BIG is a short and punchy track at just under two minutes and comes off the band’s debut album Feelings on Tick.
The single follows last month’s release of ‘Pack It In’, and fans will be able to catch WIN BIG at a gig currently booked at The Ed Castle on April 11.
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