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  Breaking Point: Country Special - with free downloads

  23 August 2010

  For this week's special Country Issue, we profile four of Australian's shining new stars - Jasmine Rae, Peter McWhirter, McAlister Kemp and Shea Fisher.

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  Breaking Point: The Bedroom Philosopher

  12 July 2010

  Northcote (So Hungover) and its hilarious video has made the rounds over the past month, and made The Bedroom Philosopher somewhat of a breakout indie star

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  Breaking Point: Red Ink

  12 July 2010

  Red Ink are in the middle of a hot streak. Their first single Audrey was played on Triple J, Channel [V] and a host of community stations.

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  Breaking Point: The Art

  12 July 2010

  In their previous incarnation as The Follow, this group received a great deal of hype, but disappeared off musical radars quickly.

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  Breaking Point: Aston

  12 July 2010

  Australia’s leading classical group Aston know what the people want. Their version of Lady Gaga’s Telephone has amassed over 800,000 views on YouTube in little over a month

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  Breaking Point: Wavves

  28 June 2010

  Recording two albums directly into the inbuilt microphone of a Macbook Pro doesn’t seem the quickest route to success (or clarity).

• Breaking Point: Ernest Ellis

  28 June 2010

  A national tour, beginning in July, will be the perfect launchpad to spread the word about this accomplished debut, with his slot at this year’s Splendour the most high-profile show Ellis will have enjoyed to date.

• Breaking Point: Little Red

  28 June 2010

  It comes as no surprise that Triple J have been smashing Rock It, the latest single from Melbourne four piece Little Red, with the song showcasing a more commercial sound which flirts with disco drums and basslines.

• Breaking Point: Fenech Soler

  21 June 2010

  At the risk of sounding terribly naff, Fenech Soler are so hot right now. Their vocalist sang the lead on Groove Armada’s smash Paper Romance, which was all over NOVA earlier this year.

• Breaking Point: Aaron Fresh

  21 June 2010

  It not often that an artist takes their musical queues equally from American pop stars like Usher and Michael Jackson, and West Indian calypso acts, but then again, most artists don’t grow up hopping between Trinidad and California.

• Breaking Point: Far East Movement

  21 June 2010

  Asian American hip-hop hasn’t received quite the props that it deserves. Far East Movement has come along to change all of that.

• Breaking Point: How To Destroy Angels

  21 June 2010

  Trent Reznor’s name on this project alone has ensured a great deal of media attention, especially after the announcement last year that Nine Inch Nails were on indefinite hiatus while he explored other projects.

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