Ninajirachi: Chronically online, critically acclaimed Producer, DJ, and now eight-time ARIA Award nominee for her debut album 'I Love My Computer', is Mixmag ANZ's Cover Artist for October 2025.
INTERVIEWS Celebrating 25 years of DJing with Barney Kato One of Gadigal Land/Sydney's most iconic DJs shares his some of his biggest learnings as he celebrates his Silver Jubilee.
NEWS Carriageworks set to house brand-new multi-day warehouse series, 'THE WORKS' Produced by the team behind Lost Paradise & Lost Sundays, 'THE WORKS' takes over the iconic venue across six nights this summer.
NEWS Astral People's Summer Dance series announces its 2025/2026 return Summer is officially back, as one of Gadigal Land/Sydney's most beloved daytime affairs returns for yet another year.
INTERVIEWS No Time: Big vision, local focus in Meanjin No Time, formerly known as No Tomorrow, celebrates its official rebrand this weekend, and continues to challenge the idea that Meanjin/Brisbane isn't the home of larger-scale events.
COVER STARS Ninajirachi: Chronically online, critically acclaimed Producer, DJ, and now eight-time ARIA Award nominee for her debut album 'I Love My Computer', is Mixmag ANZ's Cover Artist for October 2025.
ARTISTS Heritage & hardware on Iti's 'Colourful Choices' Releasing this Friday via Naarm/Melbourne label Butter Sessions, we spoke with the producer about honouring his roots while living halfway across the globe.
NEWS Daniel Ek steps down as Spotify CEO amid backlash over military AI ties The move comes following boycott calls against the platform over Ek's significant investment in military tech start-up, Helsing.
NEWS Landmark case sees 2018 strip search victim awarded $93,000 in damages by NSW government The case is part of a larger class action currently being undertaken towards NSW Police & the NSW Government.
ARTISTS PARIS journeys inwards on her debut album 'Labyrinth' The artist, formerly known as Made In Paris, talks about an evolution coinciding with the release of her debut album.
NEWS NSW festival Outsider launches first-ever inner city event The team behind one of NSW's most exciting doofs is taking to the city on Gadigal Land/Sydney for the first time this weekend.
ARTISTS DJ Sneak on his long-awaited return to Australia Chicago legend DJ Sneak is back for the first time in 15 years, performing at S.A.S.H this weekend. We got a moment of his time.
NEWS Dayshift announces first-ever interstate expansion The Gadigal Land/Sydney-based daytime dance party is back this October, now bringing its sound to Naarm/Melbourne for the first time.
NEWS Dro Carey revives Braincamp Rec as fully-fledged label The Gadigal Land/Sydney-originating producer kicks off a new project that may be familiar to some.
COMMENT Keep Hush: International tours, local voices Amidst the UK brands second foray across Australia & Aotearoa/New Zealand, they shared some words of wisdom on how to honour local movements rather than simply profiting from them.
SCENE REPORTS FAMILI’s Bloodfire EP Launch: A Fire of Resistance, Restoration, and Reclamation Writer Fei Chen reviews a gathering of Pasifika, Blak, queer, and trans voices forging new worlds through sound, memory, and resistance.
SCENE REPORTS A Decade After NZ’s Alcohol Law Reforms, Dance Culture Still Feels the Impact Writer James Barrett explores the ripple effect that Aotearoa's 'Sale & Supply Of Alcohol Act' has had on its clubbing ecosystem.
ARTISTS Mau P talks global stages & local energy The Dutch DJ & producer is just the latest announcement in a string of huge international tours. As he prepares to head to Australia for the first time, what does he make of the globalisation of the culture?
COMMENT Girls on tour: Merit outside the vacuum In the absence of up-to-date research, Lilly Grainger asked her favourite artists what it felt like to tour as a non-male identifying person, triumphs and room for growth within the industry.
NEWS QLD becomes first state to ban pill testing in accused overnight "rushing through" of policy amendments Queensland's Crisafulli government has made changes to the Medicines and Poisons Act overnight, which sees all of the state's pill testing services now banned.
GALLERIES In pictures: The Mixmag Lab Bali with Theo Parrish at the helm Snapshots from the night at La Brisa, where the house music pioneer played a transcendent three-hour set to an elated crowd.
COMMENT “Jazz is the teacher”: Theo Parrish on tradition, records & the roots of dance music The Detroit innovator considers the balance between past & future, along with how truth, people & physical sound shape his philosophy today.
NEWS Sydney’s Club 77 to Become One of Australia’s Most Accessible Nightlife Venues The renovation of the venue comes as a successful recipient of Sound NSW’s ‘Venue Upgrade Grants’ initiative.
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.
