Indie
Live Review & Gallery: Inside Day Two of SXSW Sydney Music with Dug, Managona, Drifting Clouds, Suichu Spica and 2Charm – 14.10.25, Eora/Sydney
We start the afternoon catching the afternoon sun fall behind Tumbalong Park, where Irish-American duo Dug and Taiwan’s Managona play to a mix of conference dwellers, passers-by and early-arriving festivalgoers. The space itself is open to the public, a highly underrated place to wander through, grab a bite, lounge in the sun for a few …
News: Lloyd Cole Plugs Back In for 2026 Australian Electric Tour
Lloyd Cole will tour Australia in March 2026 with an electric solo show spanning his four-decade career — from Rattlesnakes to On Pain. It marks a shift from his acoustic performances toward a fuller, more electric sound as he reinterprets his extensive catalogue for a new era.
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 …
News: Oklou Expands Her Vision on choke enough Deluxe with FKA twigs Collaboration
French producer and composer Oklou returns with choke enough Deluxe, featuring four new tracks and a collaboration with FKA twigs, expanding her acclaimed debut into something even more intimate and immersive.
Album Review: Sliver Fleet Ships set sail into the darkness with their atmospheric debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’.
Nipaluna/Hobart band Silver Fleet Ships are signed to the tremendous Meanjin/Brisbane label False Peaks Records, and this is a sure guarantee of the quality you can except in their debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’. It’s an album which bleeds atmosphere from every pore: statuesque and gilded with an Antarctic chill exacerbated by the sharp expressive guitar …
Track: The Belair Lip Bombs Announce New Album Again and Drop Soaring New Single “Back of My Hand”
Australia’s The Belair Lip Bombs return with Again, a glittering collection of indie-rock anthems. New single “Back of My Hand” captures the band’s signature “yearn-core” sound — fuzzy, heartfelt and irresistibly melodic — as they gear up for their US co-headline tour with dust.
News: Picture This Announce 2026 Australian Return After Selling 100,000 Irish Tickets in One Year
From a viral iPhone video to selling out 100,000 tickets across Ireland in a single year, Picture This have become the country’s biggest live act — and in 2026, they’re set to bring that unstoppable energy down under.
News: Wet Leg Announce Two Exclusive Sideshows to their 2026 Laneway Appearances
Laneway Festival favourites Wet Leg return to Australia this February — bringing their new album moisturizer and two exclusive sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne for a celebration of wit, riffs, and glorious chaos.
News: Alex G and Lucy Dacus to make Sydney Opera House debuts this summer
Two of indie music’s most singular voices — Alex G and Lucy Dacus — will take over the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall this February, each bringing their distinct, emotional universes to one of the world’s most iconic stages.
News: Laneway Festival 2026 sideshows announced: from Benee to Geese, the party continues off-festival
With Laneway Festival 2026 selling out faster than ever, the newly announced sideshows give fans a second chance to catch the lineup’s biggest names — from BENEE’s luminous alt-pop to Geese’s chaotic rock and Wisp’s new-wave shoegaze — in the kind of intimate rooms where magic happens.