Alex Lahey

Alex Lahey, from the moment she took the stage in Lakewood Wednesday night, appeared ready to perform for a large crowd. The Australian singer and guitarist had the swagger, personality, comedic timing and presence to command a room full of 2,000 concertgoers. She effortlessly led the crowd in a singalong of the wordless portion of closer “I Haven’t Been Taking Care of Myself,” extending the four-minute tune into something much more epic.

Illustrious rock names were among the 31 first-time nominees in the 2021 Screen Music Awards, announced this morning by organisers APRA AMCOS and the AGSC. Among them were Kate Miller-Heidke and guitarist husband Keir Nuttall, who wrote ‘Where To Start’ for Australian Red Cross’ The Worst Block in Town campaign.

Missy Higgins, Alex Lahey and former Preatures frontwoman Isabella Manfredi are set to perform on the forthcoming episode of The Sound. Airing this Sunday at 5:30pm on ABC TV and ABC iView, Higgins leads the episode’s lineup with a performance of her new single ‘Edge Of Something’ filmed at Mornington Peninsula’s Peninsula Hot Springs.

The search for the ever-elusive "bop" is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new?. Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't...

Welcome to the 40th Songs of the Week of 2021. In the last week we posted interviews with Natalie Imbruglia, Hand Habits, and Kevin Morby. In the last week we also reviewed a bunch of albums. We also posted the latest episode of the Under the Radar podcast, featuring an...

Last we heard from Alex Lahey, the Australian Artist To Watch was covering Faith Hill classics and writing the end-credits song for Netflix’s The Mitchells Vs. The Machines. Now, Lahey is back with an ebullient new song, “Spike The Punch,” which is produced by Lahey, John Castle, and Carlos de la Garza.

Australian singer/songwriter Alex Lahey has shared a video for her new single “Spike the Punch.” The song was produced by Lahey alongside John Castle and is out now via Liberation. Watch the Matt Sav-directed video, which features artist Matthew Pope, below. “‘Spike The Punch’ is a song about the fun...

The last we heard from Alex Lahey, the Australian rocker was writing a song for the soundtrack to Netflix’s biggest animated release of all time, The Mitchells Vs. The Machines. Now back to share some new music of her own, Lahey returns with the power pop track “Spike The Punch.”

Alex Lahey has penned an open letter to the Federal Government calling for an insurance scheme and wage subsidies program to assist in the recovery of Australia’s entertainment industry. In it, Lahey warns Australia is at risk of losing a generation’s worth of live performance talent and crew. The letter...

As collaborations become more and more commonplace in mainstream music, it’s not surprising to see the trend spread to indie music, too. Like Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen recently did, Alex Lahey and Gordi collaborated on a track called “Dino’s” earlier this year, and performed it on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert as part of the show’s #PlayAtHome series. The song comes after Lahey’s most recent album, The Best Of Luck Club from 2019, and Gordi’s Our Two Skins from 2018, which explored identity and isolation.

Australian singer/songwriter Alex Lahey has shared a lyric video for her anthemic new song “On My Way.” The track plays during the end credits of the critically acclaimed new animated movie The Mitchells vs. the Machines, which debuted last Friday on Netflix. Check out the lyric video below. The Mitchells...

I haven’t seen it yet, but pretty much everyone seems to like The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, Michael Rianda’s new animated comedy for Netflix about a family road trip derailed by a robot uprising. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the score, and the soundtrack also features songs by Los Campesinos!, Sigur Rós, Talking Heads, Grimes, Le Tigre, BTS, and Australian Artist To Watch Alex Lahey — who also wrote an original song, “On My Way,” specifically for the movie’s end credits sequence. Listen to that one below.

“This Kiss” is available now only on Amazon Music. Australian alt-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex Lahey released an Amazon Original cover of Faith Hill’s “This Kiss,” as part of Amazon Music’s programming for Women’s History Month. The track is available to stream and purchase only on Amazon Music. In addition, Amazon Music HD customers using an Echo Studio can listen in immersive 3D Audio, which turns Lahey’s Faith Hill cover into a unique, multi-dimensional audio experience.

Australian Artist To Watch Alex Lahey teamed up with her fellow Australian Artist To Watch Gordi last month for a collaborative single called “Dino’s.” Today Lahey is back with another between-projects one-off, a revved-up cover of Faith Hill’s 1998 crossover country-pop smash “This Kiss.”. Lahey explains:. For years, I’ve had...

Australian indie rocker Alex Lahey has shared her own take on Faith Hill’s classic 1998 hit, “This Kiss”. Stream the cover below via Amazon Music. For her version of the country pop ballad, Lahey slightly speeds up the tempo and replaces the acoustic guitar with an electric. The cover transforms “This Kiss” into a straightforward rock tune and it absolutely shreds.

Alex Lahey and Gordi have recorded a live session for Seattle’s KEXP radio station to promote their recent collaborative single ‘Dino’s’. The pair – who also happen to be a couple – recorded the session at Small Time Group in Melbourne in late February, kicking off with a stripped-back version of ‘Dino’s’. The life-sized cardboard cutout of Dolly Parton from the music video features in the background.

Australian artists Alex Lahey and Gordi have shared a video for their new single “Dino’s,” named after an East Nashville dive bar. Watch the video, which features Lahey and Gordi, below. The two artists speak about the song in a press release: “This song has been two and a half...

Australian indie rockers Alex Lahey and Gordi have teamed up on a new collaborative single. It’s called “Dino’s” and it comes with a cinematic music video that brings the song’s lyrics to life. Stream it below. For nearly three years now, Lahey and Gordi have been steadily chipping away at...