Lady Shaka is the past, present, and future of Pasifika club music So much more than a DJ, the Samoan, Tokelauan, Tahitian, Māori, and Cape Verdean is Mixmag ANZ's Cover Artist for April 2025.
NEWS Trump ally joins Live Nation's board of directors Richard Grenell, responsible for the 'rollback of DEI initiatives' at Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center, joined the multinational events company this week.
FEATURES "A tropical fish yearns for snow", on Other Joe's 'Flawless' The Naarm/Melbourne-based producer and instrumentalist has long been making music in his own sonic language, & in this intimate piece his close friend Emile Frankel acts as translator.
INTERVIEWS A state of stasis in Now Always Fades' 'Into The Doldrums' The Naarm/Melbourne-based artist's first project under the new moniker sees him dropping a full-length album with little warning, & the reception has been impossible to ignore.
NEWS More than 70 artists call on Sónar to distance itself from KKR’s “complicit investments” The festival has said that it “respects the freedom of expression of its artists”.
NEWS Dom Dolla announces first ever stadium show in Australia One of Australia's largest dance music exports announces a show at Sydney's Allianz Stadium, set for December 2025.
NEWS Midland, Roza Terenzi, and more, join Sisu Crew in pulling out of Field Day London in boycott of KKR ownership It follows the publishing of an open letter, signed by over 200 artists, asking the festival to distance itself from the investments of KKR.
FEATURES NYMPHO are bridging the gap between queer club culture in Aotearoa, Australia & beyond In the midst of ATARANGI's first headline tour across the country, writer Laura McInnes spoke with the Aoteaora-born crew to better understand the momentum they're now taking to the world.
INTERVIEWS CRIP RAVE THEORY: Expanding sound & club culture Ahead of CRIP RAVE THEORY's return to Gadigal Land/Sydney this weekend, founder Riana Head-Toussaint shared what makes it an event unlike any other.
NEWS Mixmag Ibiza Sessions unveils headline acts for debut Amnesia residency The eight-date residency kicks off next month, closing out in October.
NEWS SoundCloud denies using uploads to train AI after silently updating their terms The statement appears to stop short of claiming that content will not be used to train AI in the future
INTERVIEWS Sleep D, familiar ground, 'Big Sky, Liquid Sun' The Naarm/Melbourne duo, heads of much revered label Butter Sessions, share some words on their latest release.
FEATURES In loving memory of: Bunker The Naarm/Melbourne techno promoter calls it quits after 12 years, with plenty of memories & homes to boot.
INTERVIEWS What Teether & Kuya Neil 'YEARN IV' The Naarm/Melbourne & London-based artists chat through the release of their latest record, 'YEARN IV'.
NEWS 'Michael's Rule' sees NSW Goverment adopting incentives for international acts to add local acts to tours Named after the late artist manager Michael Martin, the incentive sees the government providing financial assistance of up to $20,000 for participating shows.
LISTS Looking back at the sounds of ‘90s and early 2000s house, 2-step/garage and broken beat in Aotearoa Martyn Pepperell once again shares some of New Zealand's earliest & most influential digs.
NEWS Australian music festivals could fall to the climate crisis, a new report warns The report, coordinated by Green Music, RMIT University and La Trobe University, claims that extreme weather is already changing the way fans experience and attend live music events.
COVER STARS Lady Shaka is the past, present, and future of Pasifika club music So much more than a DJ, the Samoan, Tokelauan, Tahitian, Māori, and Cape Verdean is Mixmag ANZ's Cover Artist for April 2025.
61% of emerging DJs feel “social media numbers matter more than musical skill” The findings of a new survey conducted by the Pete Tong DJ Academy were revealed at IMS.
MUSIC Aotearoa’s AndWahn embodies the dance equivalent of a doom scroll on dystopian new album, 'Simulacra' "'Simulacra' embodies the need for both escapism and enlightenment all at once," Laura McInnes writes.
INTERVIEWS The pressure of pace in a globalised dance industry, with Carla Martinez The Gadigal Land/Sydney artist opens up about her looming set at The Warehouse Project, and the role that international brands have to play in local scenes.
INTERVIEWS Nū on finding soul and liberation in live coding The Ethiopian-Australian sound artist and vocalist is one of the few Australian producers pushing the boundaries of music through code in her new release, ‘TECHNIFRO-185’.
NEWS Videos tagged with electronic music on TikTok surge above indie for the first time Views on TikToks tagged with #ElectronicMusic grew by 45% last year, with a 50% increase in videos using the genre from the UK alone.
An artificial ‘brain’ grown from an avant-garde composer’s blood is making posthumous music Alvin Lucier died in 2021. Now his brain has been "resurrected" and is making music at an art exhibition in Australia.
Bang Gang & Friends share 'MEGA 2007' playlist ahead of their long-awaited reunion show A playlist filled with all of the best dance floor tracks of 2007, as chosen by the lineup of their Chinese Laundry show.
CULTURE Venue Spotlight: Galaxy Bar The Ōtautahi/Christchurch venue's story is one centred entirely around community passion & safety.
LISTS Mixmag ANZ's favourite EPs & albums of 2025 thus far A belated list of everything we've been loving from across Australia & Aotearoa/New Zealand.
NEWS Kneecap accuse Coachella of cutting pro-Palestine message from livestream The set had reportedly cut out on YouTube shortly after the Irish rap trio had led an anti-Margaret Thatcher chant.
NEWS Hopkins Creek announces 2025 return after three-year hiatus The beloved Naarm/Melbourne festival returns with a cryptic new design & 'save the date' announcement.
