Princess Chelsea, live at the Lansdowne 1 October 2026
Aotearoa ebbs and flows through Australia’s collective consciousness in forms not immediately detectable. Though the city of Sydney has a greater population than both islands combined, the Kiwis have found crafty ways to slip themselves into the cultural machinations of the Eastern Seaboard. I
First Day Back at the lansdowne, October 2 2026
In July of this year, on a ridiculously sunny day, the authors saw First Day Back play outside the Numero Group’s pop-up store in downtown Manhattan (below). On a very damp night in Sydney, we re-grouped in the smokers’ courtyard with only the umbrella of emo, figuratively construed, to shelter
Dumbhead, live at phoenix central park, 22 September 2026.
Lucy Horton and Calista Burrowes review It was hard not to revel in the air of self-concocted mystery on the rainy Tuesday night that experimental trip-hop three-piece Dumbhead (Naarm) graced Judith Neilson’s Phoenix Central Park. Chippendale creatives decked out in slim-fit leather and work-spons
Don’t Call Them Twee Bro!
… But don’t call them Indie Sleaze or Hyperclash or Electroclash Revival or Indietronica or Bloghouse either … Jesse Carpenter has some words for the taxonomical sleazebags. At the concert you see a guy wearing a D&G shirt: standing for Deleuze and Guattari, or maybe Drain and Gang? Yo
An Interview with James Litchfield and Lucinda Reynolds of Alphabet Lane (2026)
Charlotte (Vice President, FilmSoc) and I (Digital Content Director, SURG) sat down with James Litchfield and Lucinda Reynolds, the writer-producer duo behind Alphabet Lane (2026). You can see it on screen on Saturday September 5 as part of the Sydney Opera House’s Australian film program. Sho
Mouseatouille Live Changed My Life
Calista Burrowes reviews their Phoenix Central Park set, 13/8/26 When I stumbled into a very exciting opportunity to see Mouseatouille at Phoenix Central Park, I couldn’t contain my excitement. I had never seen the band live. I’d attempted to, several times now, but each time, I just missed them
Life during wartime: on massive attack at afterpay arena, August 9 2026.
Orpheus carefully yet assuredly steps toward his reflection in the mirror. He thinks not of his recently murdered wife, Eurydice, but of the princess of death with whom he has fallen in love. He makes contact with the mirror’s surface, which breaks and ripples. His body and reflection converge
“We’re friends first and a band second”: Deadshowws discuss the release of their new album, You In Colour
Deadshowws discuss the release of their new album, You In Colour.
I was the “Rat” in the “Bin” that was Jim E Brown at Mary’s Underground
I expected Friday the 26th of June 2026 to be about a lot of things: The last gig at Mary’s Underground ever. My friends’ dual birthday party. Faux-Pom post-punk synth-pop. Millennial-style self-deprecation. 9-11. (All things hyphenated to death.) Instead, my night was about the pristine McChick
Indie-pop perfection: Stereolab at the Metro Theatre
Sam O’Reilly and Felicity Errington review We wandered into the Metro Theatre on the 21st of June, joining a flock of striped and gleeful 20-somethings. The venue itself was a tad self-serious, reflected in a $13.50 Newtowner and rather severe bar lighting. A trip to a gig is never a ticket of