Independent Artist of the Week: AR the Eternal

At the start of this month Western Sydney rapper and host of The Kxckbxck on FBi Radio AR the Eternal dropped a stunning new double-sided tape, titled The Outside demos. The demos showcase AR’s versatility, at once a master of fast rap and gentle RnB. Crowned our Independent Artist of the Week, AR told us all about his new project with Maleeka Gazula on Up for It! last Friday.

Independent Artist of the Week: Sidney Phillips

Sidney Phillips’ Soundcloud profile picture is of Korean pop group JYJ member, Kim Jae-joong. “Exo-l 4 lyfe” in bio. References to The Sopranos, Skins, South Park, and Breaking Bad can be found across Sidney’s musical releases: her Twitter, Soundcloud, and Instagram presence teeters on the edge of irony, relevance and personal sincerity.

Independent Artist of the Week: Verna Bloom

Though Sydney electronic artist Verna Bloom exchanged her place in the ever-exciting Melbourne punk scene for a journey as a solo producer and performer, her instrument of choice – the Yamaha Reface CS – remains the core of her distinctive, weightless and weary sound.

Independent Artist of the Week: Freezer

Our latest Independent Artist of the Week Freezer makes energetic, dissonant guitar music, reminiscent of the hard rock of the late 1990s fitted against an experimental DIY sound. They joined Ruby and Al on Friday Arvos for a chat about their live shows, their new EP, and the community they’ve built within the scene.

Independent Artist of the Week: LILPIXIE

‘WANT 2’ has earned LILPIXIE the title of FBi Radio’s Independent Artist of the Week. They joined Kate Saap on Up For It! to chat the track, their process, and the view looking down the barrel of an incredible career.

Musician Bluetung stands in a sunlit room, playing guitar

Independent Artist of the Week: Bluetung

Combining organic and synthetic soundscapes that ebb and flow between distinguishable and distorted, Eora/Sydney-based DIY artist and FBi’s Independent Artist of the Week Bluetung offers something that’s as much a sensation for your mind as it is for your soul.

Independent Artist of the Week: Taylor B-W

Like syrup, the smooth n’ sultry vocals of Taylor B-W have a fluid quality that allows her to quickly and effortless traverse a variety of musical influences, deftly combining different genres to create something new. As FBi’s Independent Artist of the Week, she sat down with Lill Scott on Up for It! to chat about her latest music video, new single, and much-adored pet staffy.

Independent Artist of the Week: Gian Santoro

Gian Santoro’s Reflections On The Waters pulls back the curtains in their soulful recount of navigating queer identity, intergenerational trauma, and grief. Draped in soothing lofi percussion and introspective lyricism, their album Reflections On The Waters is testament to their artistic triumph. 

Independent Artist of the Week: Elle Shimada

Elle Shimada’s latest single is like a 3D printed heart on fire, blistering with bass, polished in plastic and bleeding like a screeching violin. FBi’s Independent Artist of the Week this week, the Naarm-Melbourne-based producer, DJ, and vocalist spoke to Kate Saap on Up for It! about the process behind her latest single.

Independent Artist of the Week: BACKHAND

The final line of Eora/Sydney hardcore band BACKHAND’s Bandcamp bio reads “We are sick of talk. It’s time to f*cking listen.” And listen you will. FBi’s Independent Artist of the Week this week sat down with Kate Saap on Up for It! to chat about their new EP.