SCENE REPORTS Dildo walls, a car crash and transcendent music: 24 hours at Dark Mofo 2025 With a new Artistic Director at the helm, Nipaluna/Hobart’s winter festival has the opportunity for reinvention. The question is, will it take it?
CULTURE EMC's first online toolkit provides 'Foundations for DIY Creatives' The Gadigal Land/Sydney-based organisation deepens its commitment to the uplifting of local scenes.
NEWS Four Tet's mysterious 'wingdings' font spotted around Australia 2025 would mark Four Tet’s first Australian appearance since 2023.
NEWS Sónar removes McDonalds and Coca-Cola as sponsors following pressure from BDS movement Palestinian DJ and producer Samaʼ Abdulhadi has urged the festival to "go further" ahead of her set next week.
NEWS Andy Garvey, Moktar & Sleep D formally cut ties with Vivid in act of Pro-Palestinian solidarity With the support of their venue, Carriageworks, the artists are removing all reference to Vivid from their shows across the next two weekends.
NEWS Strawberry Fields officially opens its ballot for 2025 The iconic festival returns for another year after totally selling out its 15th edition.
NEWS Soft Centre returns for multi-day, multi-venue 2025 and announces its first location, White Bay Power Station Gadigal Land/Sydney's leading experimental art & music festival is back at one of many incredible locations.
INTERVIEWS Underground takes main stage at The Sydney Opera House's Studio Parties For over a decade The Opera House's Studio Parties have stood as much a platform for local promoters as they are a rite of passage for them.
NEWS Multiple artists pull out of SXSW London line-up in protest of Tony Blair and David Cameron involvement Sarra Wild, LVRA, Sam Akpro, and Tara Lily have withdrawn from this week’s event following surprise appearances from the two former Prime Ministers.
NEWS fbi.radio calls out, needs $30k before EOFY The beloved community radio station relies entirely on its community, and has given full transparency on this next goal.
FEATURES Tribqu celebrates the deep, diasporic power of dub This week, the Naarm-based club night and event series spearheaded by Zjoso celebrates its sixth anniversary with dub maestros Tikiman and Richard Akingbehin.
Italian experimental DJ and producer Manuel Fogliata, FKA Nuel, has died aged 45 Close friend and collaborator Donato Dozzy paid tribute to the artist, writing: "Companion of many sonic adventures, he left this crazy world in a blink of an eye".
NEWS Iconic queer venue The Bearded Tit announces closure after 11 years The Gadigal Land/Sydney-based bar & creative space has become a much loved home among Australia's queer community.
NEWS David Lynch’s possessions, including music gear, put up for auction Notable items include a red curtain and black and white zig-zag rug in style of Twin Peaks’ Black Lodge and his 1997 Parker Fly electric guitar.
NEWS The Guardian to launch new investigative podcast series honouring former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips Missing in the Amazon will launch on June 5 to mark the third anniversary of the former Mixmag editor's murder.