- Former Brisbanite Cedie Janson, now based in LA, has returned - at least in musical form. Three years since his last little EP comes another handful of beats, this new collection bearing the title, Stillness. The five tracks are, apparently, a meditation on the concept. Ambience has certainly been a go-to in Cedie’s bag of stylistic tricks, so you might have been expecting vast, uncluttered soundscapes? You would then, like me, be wrong.

- Swedish sister duet First Aid Kit have been treating us to subtly beautiful songwriting for almost ten years and their fourth record Ruins is no exception to that. A ten-tracker full of soft ballads, this is a prime example of their musical expertise.

The vocal harmonies that ring out in many places on the album are impeccable – it really shows that the thing they say about siblings singing together is true right? The marriage of their two unique voices works so well: a vocal match made in heaven.