Adelaide’s best new music
We’ve rounded up Adelaide’s best new music released in October, including a spooky ode to a burnt-down amusement park.
Avalon Kane – ‘Hell’s Gate’
Local electronic experimentalist Avalon Kane celebrated Halloween by releasing a new dance track dedicated to the Hell’s Gate ride at Massachusetts’ Wonderland Amusement Park, which burned down in 1911.
The song is extremely atmospheric, with deep drums, echoing synths and a foreboding bassline and is produced by Adelaide DJ extraordinaire Motez.
“Let’s descend to hell / It’ll be much fun / we’ll go on the boat with everyone” is a lyrical highlight in a song that combines a Victorian-era date with the ride itself.
CODA – ‘Treading on Water’
CODA’s debut single is all about the messiness of relationships, but this song is considered, controlled and anything but messy.
Soft acoustics and pianos dominate the start, before CODA takes things up another notch with a switch from folk to indie pop in a tonally consistent way, with smart build-up underpinned by dreamy vocals throughout.
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Throw in a couple of riffs on the electric guitar and the result is a well-rounded debut that makes the singer-songwriter one to keep an eye on.
Lizzie Hosking – ‘Mother is Medusa’
The latest work from pop singer-songwriter-composer Lizzie Hosking is a single striving to embrace femininity in its strongest form.
‘Mother is Medusa’ is a celebration of confident women, and a clapback at the people who try to tear them down or present them as threatening.
It combines the sharp basslines that accentuate Billie Eilish’s music with powerful vocals and fast-paced electronic drums to deliver a sound that sounds on trend with the current pop scene, but still uniquely Lizzie.
“This song means so much to me; it’s a song about the ridiculous lies that are made up about women,” Lizzie explained on her Instagram.
Meena De Silva [ft David Laurence] – ‘MADE FROM HEAVEN’
It’s hard to put ‘MADE FROM HEAVEN’ into a single category, with Meena and David bringing soul, RnB and pop together to deliver this new single.
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With Meena’s pop-RnB background and David’s neo-soul sound, the song explores the first rush of romantic affection you feel after meeting someone.
The light, dreamy production provides the perfect place for the vocals to do their thing, creating a track that feels like you’re listening to a SZA song.
Catch Meena performing during Good Music Month at Nexus Arts on 14 November.
Tonix [ft Little Kruta] – ‘How Do I Open My Eyes’
The alternative band’s new EP i’m still not quite sure what’s going on features seven tracks that largely stick to the formula that has made Tonix one of the best emerging acts from South Australia.
The highlight is the closing track, which bucks the trend the most in collaboration with multi-genre orchestra Little Kruta.
CityMag loves an orchestral-indie mix, and with an 80-second instrumental reminiscent of Dire Straits, it combines saxophone, strings, drums and electronics to deliver an instantly memorable song.
It’s made better by an echoing vocal performance, all combining into a remarkably strong closer for the EP.
Zara Chantelle – ‘Toxic Ex’
The latest single from the singer-songwriter is far more wide-ranging than its title lets on, starting off as a piano ballad before kicking into a high-gear, cathartic pop-punk anthem about the pain toxic relationships can cause and the moment you break out of them.
“You’re the one who makes me sure / sure that I’ll always know I’m wrong, that I’m the problem / so I pack my bags and move to an island” stands out as an example of the cognitive dissonance of being in a relationship with someone who is meant to support you but doesn’t.
The highlight here is Zara’s vocal performance, which beautifully changes gears.
Zara is set to play A Day in the Gully in February 2027.
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