Folk
Live Review & Gallery: SXSW Sydney Kicks Off With Haley Holgate Ahead of a Big Week for Music
SXSW Sydney officially began today, easing into the week with a performance from local Haley Holgate at the Tumbalong Park stage. Her set brought a warm breath to an otherwise hectic first day, giving the crowd an early glimpse of the immense talent still to come. While the panels, tech talks and film screenings have …
Live Review: Flyte – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 24.09.25
An intimate evening of the highest quality with Flyte in Leeds
Live Gallery: The Stamps Bring Their Debut Album to a Packed Vine Street Room
From chairs to pillows on the floor, the crowd creates its own architecture of closeness, echoing the Stamps’ own tight-knit bond.
Track: ‘When Will We Lose Hope?’ Romanie seeks answers in a beautifully delivered track ahead of live dates.
We here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have avidly followed the burgeoning career of Belgian/Australian artist Romanie, and her new single ‘When Will We Lose Hope?’ further develops and advances her immersive musical universe. Merging a folk style with something more muscular and left-field with unexpected distortion towards the end, it is a …
News: HOBOFOPO announce first 6 artists for the 2025 festival in Hobart in November
The folk-punk hobos are back at it again for the ninth installation of HOBart’s Original FOlk Punk Orgy (HOBOFOPO). Having previously hosted international acts such as AJJ, Days ‘N’ Daze, The Taxpayers and Crywank, they are proud to announce two of the hottest new acts from the US scene as part of their 2025 event. …
Track: Folk Bitch Trio Light Up the Gloom with New Single ‘Moth Song’
Harmonies forged in grit — Folk Bitch Trio are writing the new folk canon.
Live Review & Gallery: Ichiko Aoba Brings Stillness to Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House – Eora Nation, 29.05.25
It simply felt like a dream. That’s the only real way to describe Ichiko Aoba’s performance at the Sydney Opera House for VIVID LIVE. In the middle of a festival that thrives on sensory overload, Aoba offered us something slower and beautifully detached from the teeming cityscape outside. The Japanese artist had transformed the theatre …
Premiere: Peter Salett preps long-awaited double album return, shares ‘Suddenly the Leaves’
It’s been a good while since we’ve heard much from Peter Salett; with his most recent album Addicted to Distraction turning 15 in August, he’s mostly kept his head down since then when it comes to recorded music. That all changes in July when he releases not one, but two follow-ups simultaneously. The seeds of …
News: ‘Cathode Ray’ Is Folk Bitch Trio’s Gnarled Ode to Screen Burnout and Emotional Static
If there’s any justice in the algorithm or the universe, Folk Bitch Trio are destined to be the voice of a generation too smart to stay quiet.
Live Review & Gallery: Pokey LaFarge turns Liberty Hall into a back-porch gospel jam 15.05.2025
A kaleidoscope of gospel, groove and good times—Pokey LaFarge live is medicine for the soul.