INTERVIEWS Venue Spotlight: Angel Music Bar One of Naarm’s most regularly soundtracked CBD spots has been renewed rather than replaced. We spoke with its new owners Edd Fisher and Jamie Bennett alongside programmer Naomi Salim to find out why.
INTERVIEWS Ten years of Finding Figaro For a decade, Finding Figaro has built itself around one kind of night. Here, its founders talk about the blog that started it, the grant that made it all possible and why Echo Beach still feels like their truest of homes.
INTERVIEWS "How long is Western Sydney going to be up-and-coming for?" BKR on curating SURPLUS Ahead of their SURPLUS takeover, Western Sydney collective Beat Kitchen Records talk us through the bill, the Marrickville house parties that started it all, and why Sydney's multicultural sound deserves the same respect as London or New York.
INTERVIEWS CLOVA: Composing her way into club culture Writer Laura McInnes speaks to the Aotearoa musician-turned producer about paying homage to music's history in a multitude of ways.
INTERVIEWS Soul Wun: Finding Greatness In Madness Will Bentley-Hawkins speaks with the rural skater-turned-producer-come-DJ about throwing yourself at music like it's your last day on earth.
INTERVIEWS Far from everywhere: Simon Wright’s archive of Boorloo rave design ‘Drawing On The Future’ sees the writer and graphic designer compiling two volumes of Boorloo/Perth’s 90s & early 2000s visual identity.
INTERVIEWS "A scale where we can see everyone's faces": Rainbow Disco Club on 17 years of staying intimate Almost two decades in, Rainbow Disco Club visits Gadigal Land to share its wealth of experience, as part of SURPLUS festival.
INTERVIEWS homebody’s 'prefrontal cortex': Healing, Heritage and Honesty The Muloobinba/Newcastle artist’s debut album is a refreshing and real addition to Australia’s electronic music conversation.
INTERVIEWS Coloursound & the bounds of his 'New World' Writer Edie Hopgood speaks with the producer fresh off the back of his Animalia released debut.
INTERVIEWS Dance Therapy Records' 'Kanikani Therapy' & vying for local sustainability Martyn Pepperell speaks with label head & promoter yourFlatmate about what local enthusiasm can really mean.
INTERVIEWS Full of Air welcomes its first Meanjin-centric compilation, 'foa001' 4ZZZ’s Full of Air celebrates six years spotlighting queer, non-binary and femme artists with their first-ever Meanjin-centric compilation, 'foa001'.
INTERVIEWS AGONY is not a genre; it’s a feeling The Gadigal Land/Sydney-based duo’s debut record arrives after many years in the shop; an expertly crafted journey through the mind & body of a local pop star.
INTERVIEWS SOVBLKPSSY & Rydeen’s Mutant Manifesto: ‘DONT TELL ANYONE’ The pair dive deep on their second collaborative EP.
INTERVIEWS 'Nether': Marcus Whale makes music to keep himself together The Gadigal Land/Sydney-based artist releases his latest project almost to the day of his now 10-year-old debut. While plenty has changed, plenty remains the same.
INTERVIEWS Caru & Brandn Shiraz: Putting Aotearoa’s Underground on Top Writer Laura McInnes speaks to the winners of Best Electronic Act from the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards.
INTERVIEWS Doppel’s ‘Harvest’ is a progressive seed, planted over years The artist’s first LP in five years shows that there’s still far more to progressive sounds than the main stage lets on.
INTERVIEWS Club nights & community change: Vinyl Vixens celebrates 10 years A Naarm/Melbourne platform designed to uplift FLINTA voices, the collective celebrates its first decade this weekend.
INTERVIEWS DC returns down under: Dreamcastmoe’s Australian POV The Washington DC-based artist shares an outsider’s perspective on a local music scene he’s become inextricably linked to.
INTERVIEWS TWOFACED: From Dunedin to Dancefloors Across the World Writer Laura McInnes explores the student party culture of Aotearoa's South Island hub & its power to propel new music to global recognition.
INTERVIEWS 21 years on, Fat Freddy's Drop enters a new era Saxophonist Scott “Chopper Reeds” Towers and drummer Cory Champion speak with writer Farah Azizan and reveal how the band is moving forward.
INTERVIEWS Fatshaudi on making music that feels deeply Writer Edie Hopgood speaks with the Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist as she celebrates a year of her debut album, ‘Feel It All Around You’.
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