News 29 July 2022

#NewMusicFriday: Beyoncé, Maggie Rogers, Dune Rats and more

Discover some of the best new music this week!

#NewMusicFriday: Beyoncé, Maggie Rogers, Dune Rats and more

Beyoncé releases her highly anticipated, seventh studio album Renaissance featuring smash hit Break My Soul which peaked at #9 in the ARIA Singles Chart. The promising album has big shoes to fill, following her #1 charting albums Lemonade and Beyoncé.

After debuting the charts at #8 with Heard It In A Past Life, Maggie Rogers is back with her sophomore album Surrender. Lead Single That’s Where I Am is according to Maggie “the story of a love that had been with me and unfolding for a long time”. The song is accompanied by a stunning music video collaboratively directed by Maggie Rogers herself.

Georgia rock band Of Montreal release their 18th studio album Freewave Lucifer Fck with a music video for their new song Marijuana’s a Working Woman. The release follows a headline U.S. tour announcement with support from Locate S,1. 

King Princess releases their sophomore album Hold On Baby. The record features songs co-written alongside The National's Aaron Dessner and producer Mark Ronson. First album Cheap Queen saw its debut in The Top 50 album charts while 2x platinum track Make My Bed peaked at #25 in the Singles Chart.

Following album Blacc Hollywood which peaked at #26 in the ARIA Albums Chart, repeat platinum record winning artist Wiz Khalifa releases a brand new album Multiverse. The body of work includes features from Girl Talk and THEY.. It has been four years since the rapper released his last solo album Rolling Papers 2.

Aussie punk group Dune Rats release their new album Real Rare Whale which the band claim is "hands down the fastest, funnest, and most insane album we've ever recorded". In the past, the ARIA Album chart all stars have peaked at #1 with The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit, #1 with Hurry Up And Wait and #22 with Dune Rats.