New Tunes

Occasionally on a quiet City rank I wander over to The Basement doorway to check on who’s appearing. Last night it was Missy Higgins performing her new album for a live broadcast.

Later a passenger revealed the gig was staged by BigPond and streamed to the web and mobile phones, Australia's first online/mobile concert. Hail the new media.

My passenger worked for Nova FM yet, surprisingly, was unaware of a new Aussie artist set to follow Missy Higgins as the next big thing. This is Kate Miller-Heidke, a singer-songwriter who has appeared on ABC TV's Rage in the last few weeks with her first single, Words.

She’s a trained operatic singer who has made the switch to ‘loopy-pop’, for want of a better descriptor. Check out her delicious send-up of Australian Idol.

Comments

[dave]

"My passenger worked for Nova FM yet, surprisingly, was unaware of a new Aussie artist set to follow Missy Higgins as the next big thing. This is Kate Miller-Heidke,"

That is because they worked for Nova... as far as they and all other comercial networks are concerned the next big thing is someone who is already well known on stations such as jjj and whom they can play to death and claim they "discovered".

[Michael]

My brother is very good friends with Kate, and he assures me they are playing her on Nova here in Brisbane. Her whole new album is brilliant.

[Kritic]

A truly awesome singer, great Aussie talent and hilarious to boot.

Thanks for sharing this.

[slatts]

That kid could do anything, go anywhere. Nothing like a spot of self-deprecation from one who doesn't need it among those who deserve shiploads of it. Thanks Adrian.

[Chris]

Nova 106.9 Brisbane plays Kate Miller-Heidke's latest track every day, sometimes several times a day.