LISTS Skylab at 8: The shows that shaped Naarm's beloved station Some of Skylab’s newest, oldest and most trusted selectors weigh in on their favourite shows over the last eight years, to truly celebrate the legacy it continues to leave.
FEATURES Label Spotlight: Butter Sessions A pillar of Naarm/Melbourne's underground & one of Australia's most revered labels celebrates its 15th year this weekend.
CULTURE Venue Spotlight: Carriageworks One of Gadigal Land/Sydney’s most iconic spots, Carriageworks has long been a supporter of music, art and culture a little left of the zeitgeist, to great effect.
SCENE REPORTS Melbourne to Mexico, Animalia connects two underground worlds Writer Hugo Hodge finds a slice of Naarm/Melbourne in Mexico City, as Kia's beloved label sees the two cities converging over two weekends.
FEATURES Nicole Skeltys on rebooting B(if)tek & Artificial In the wake of an exciting reissue of ‘Sub-Vocal Theme Park’, B(if)tek’s first record, Nicole Skeltys talks about touring again, her solo project Artificial, and reintegrating into a new DIY scene nearly three decades on.
COMMENT Skynet in the age of AI: Hear My Eyes' Terminator 2 The rework of James Cameron's action classic by Peter Van Hoesen, Robin Fox & others was a celebration of creativity in a world increasingly devoid of it.
FEATURES Faithless & the enduring echoes of the 90s The iconic UK group visits Australia for the first time in 15 years this weekend.
COVER STARS Cousin: music without a mirror The Gadigal Land/Sydney-born producer, DJ and Moonshoe label head is Mixmag ANZ’s first Cover Artist for 2026.
CULTURE murmurations: sonic entrainment & mutual tuning The event, focused on stepping outside familiar club frameworks, takes a different approach to intentional listening.
FEATURES More 'place' than 'piece' on Climes' 'Water & Music' The Gadigal Land/Sydney producer's debut album, paired alongside a full-length album visualiser by Naarm/Melbourne filmmaker Jordan James Kaye, is an ode to humanity when we've never needed it more.
FEATURES Coding, collapse & clarity on r hunter's 'Yield' The LP, released via Naarm/Melbourne label Absorb, finds new life in the form of an accompanying work by artist Eek.
ARTISTS Life between languages: Takeo.K's dreamlike debut album ‘Home Is Everywhere and Nowhere at Once’ is Naarm/ Melbourne based artist Takeo.K’s debut album, a multidimensional collage piecing together home through a decade of experimentation.
LISTS Machine Beats - exploring the sounds of ‘80s club music in Aotearoa Writer Martyn Pepperell dives into a generation of club music defined by hairstyles and fashion changing more rapidly than ever before.
FEATURES Our most anticipated sets for Wildlands Festival Ahead of this coming year's Wildlands instalments in Boorloo/Perth & Meanjin/Brisbane, we put a list together on who we're most excited to hear from.
FEATURES Pirapus can see the 'F U T U R E' of drum & bass The Aotearoa/New Zealand duo sit down with us ahead of the debut of their brand new live show at this year's Rhythm & Vines festival.
LISTS ANZ's locals share their favourite tracks of 2025 What makes a 'track' the best of the year? We leaned on some of our favourite locals across Australia & Aotearoa/New Zealand to find out.
CULTURE Venue Spotlight: Sidney Myer Music Bowl One of Naarm/Melbourne's most iconic venues has long stood as the pearl in its city's musical offering. This NYE, it plays host to New Year's At The Bowl. We spoke with them about what the rising electronic music use of the space means for new audiences.
LISTS ANZ's locals share their favourite mixes of 2025 The recorded DJ mix was bigger and further reaching than ever in 2025. Some of our favourite locals weigh in which were their favourites.
LISTS ANZ's locals share their favourite global releases of 2025 2025 was 'bigger and better than ever', or so they say. Here though, we're looking at releases a little more meaningful.
LISTS ANZ's locals share their favourite homegrown releases of 2025 2025 was so-called-Australia & Aotearoa/New Zealand's biggest year yet. Some of our favourite artists weighed in to prove it.
FEATURES Growth as a mission: X CLUB. Ahead of the Meanjin/Brisbane-turned London-based DJ's appearance at The Wool Store next weekend, we grow to understand what their key motivations are.
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