Kia: A shared sense of scenius The Animalia & Cirrus label head, un:send festival founder & DJ is Mixmag ANZ’s Cover Artist for July 2025.
CULTURE Venue Spotlight: White Bay Power Station One of Gadigal Land/Sydney's biggest questions finally finds its answer, and a new cultural hub opens in a city more desperate for it than ever before.
SCENE REPORTS Trust transformed, the cultural reckoning of Soft Centre In a pacifistic festival world, Soft Centre's 2025 edition emerged with a challenge.
FEATURES PollyHill & Samara Alofa expand 'AQUARIES' universe with 'AGE OF URANUS' feat. MOKOTRON, Caru, Half Queen, & more The release, a remix of the duo's 2023 album, is curated by HALFQUEEN. Writer Laura McInnes dives in.
NEWS Local label Sumoclic relaunches as ‘dottidot’ The project of 1tbsp enters a new era, moving outside of just being a label.
NEWS NYE & NYD festival New Year's At The Bowl shares its inaugural lineup Roza Terenzi, Tornado Wallace, Alex Kassian, Confidence Man, Big Wett, MZRizk & a whole slew of internationals descend on the Sidney Meyer Music Bowl across two days.
NEWS Aotearoa's longest-running festival, Splore, shares first of its 2026 lineup The festival welcomes Röyksopp, Sister Nancy, Nightmares on Wax and General Levy among a slew of local talent.
NEWS BDS campaigners urge for boycott of Radiohead 2025 tour PACBI campaigners pointed to guitarist Jonny Greenwood's string of performances in Israel, where he most recent played in March 2025.
ARTISTS Blake.08: Home is where the art is Following the release of his debut album 'From Sydney With Love', Gadigal Land/Sydney-based producer Blake.08 talks through why staying true to your roots is so crucial.
NEWS AI firms are "illegally" scraping music, according to new investigation New evidence suggests that companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Meta are scraping copyrighted music at a scale that is “larger than previously acknowledged".
ARTISTS Touch Sensitive, Italo at the edge of the earth 'Pizza Guy' himself talks Mixmag ANZ through the release of his second LP, 'In Paradise'.
NEWS Homicide investigation launched after man found dead in “pool of blood” at Burning Man The unidentified victim was discovered at just after 9:PM on the penultimate day of the festival, just as crowds had gathered for the annual burning of the wooden effigy.
NEWS Homicide investigation launched after man found dead in “pool of blood” at Burning Man The unidentified victim was discovered at just after 9:PM on the penultimate day of the festival, just as crowds had gathered for the annual burning of the wooden effigy.
NEWS Apple Music users can now import playlists from Spotify The new feature comes amid growing calls to boycott Spotify over CEO Daniel Ek leading a €600 million investment in a military tech firm.
NEWS Pystrance festival organised by alleged IDF soldier cancelled in Portugal amid BDS campaign Organisers of Anta Gathering claim local officials were "pressured" into requiring the festival to implement a fire safe zone around its woodland site in Central Portugal.
NEWS Vinyl records, CDs and cassettes will remain exempt from tariff changes, US Customs confirms While de minimis exemptions will remain in place for physical music, other merchandise will now subjected to increased import taxes as part of US President Donald Trump's tariff changes.
FEATURES "Don't wade, plunge" into Soft Centre 2025 Co-founder of Gadigal Land/Sydney's most fringe festival, Thorsten Herzog, explains what he hopes for the future of his city.
NEWS The Mixmag Lab lands in Bali with house legend Theo Parrish The Detroit icon headlines the event at La Brisa on September 13, with support from disco revivalist Munir & Boorloo/Perth selector Rok Riley.
FEATURES Colonial commentary on modern dance, via Yung Lemon's 'Don't Matter' The release sees the Gadigal Land/Sydney producer working with a variety of creatives on an accompanying digital & physical zine, exploring the depths with which music is able to add comment.
FEATURES Lonelyspeck: "genre is a misunderstood concept" To celebrate the release of his latest record 'Crown Of My Spirit', we sat down with Sione Teumohenga.
NEWS Rhythm & Vines shares its first lineup announce for 2025 The iconic Aotearoa festival returns for its 23rd edition with a simultaneously eclectic & dance-heavy bill.
FEATURES Ceramic Model's multi-medium collective collaboration on 'Self Lick' The Gadigal Land/Sydney-based producer's release on label General Merchant tests the idea of where music stops & real life application begins.
NEWS Aphex Twin to release extended reissue of Polygon Window album He released two records under the alias via Warp Records in 1993.
NEWS Wildlands Festival returns to Meanjin & Boorloo in 2026 with international-heavy lineup The festival, run in parallel with Untitled Group's ever-popular Beyond The Valley, has finally dropped its bill.
NEWS Beyond The Valley announces massive lineup for its 10th birthday celebrations Dom Dolla, Addison Rae, Kid Cudi and Turnstile are among a few joining the festival for a New Year's celebration touching almost every possible genre.
NEWS Bandcamp Friday generates over US$3.5 million for independent artists in 24 hours The recent edition saw the music platform waive its share of revenue to support musicians.
FEATURES The quiet legend of Micronism Writer Martyn Pepperell explores the legacy of an artist whose influence is felt not only across Aotearoa, but the world today.
FEATURES Now Or Never platforms experimentation in the public eye Back for its third year, we spoke with the citywide Naarm/Melbourne festival's Artistic Director on how it balances experimentation with accessibility.
NEWS Lost Paradise returns with its NYE 2025 lineup The festival, based in NSW's Glenworth Valley on Darkinjung Country, is back for its 11th year.
