Dissect HXC @ Monster Mouse Studios, Marrickville Saturday, October 11, 2025
It’s a balmy Saturday evening in Marrickville. Various band members (whom I mistake, on two occasions, for staff) direct people to bathrooms, re-fill the water dispenser, and perch on the couch propped up against a whitewashed wall in Monster Mouse Studios’ open-plan artist’s space. I realise
Old enough to know better, young enough to pretend: 25 Years of The Get Up Kids’ Something to Write Home About
There’s quite the line outside the Oxford Art Factory. Hoodies and canvas jackets are tied around waists, freeing hands to vape or authenticate, photographically, claims of ‘the last time they were here….’. The distribution of flannels is more than standard, but not in-your-face; offset by t
SURG TAKES ON KNOTFEST 2024
Whether it be by eventual death or Rapture, I hope I cross the pearly gates into something as entirely idyllic as the Centennial Parklands on March the 23rd. I sit with fellow journalists, not so subtly rolling my neck to prep for the feat of endurance that will surely be reporting 10+ hours of head
Sem 2 ’25: The rerun
Show Spotlight The ReRun is an hour of high fidelity nostalgia where each week we celebrate an album’s birthday! We everything from absolute flops, timeless classics, and our fav overlooked gems. Hope you can stop by, listen to some music and indulge in my complaining! We asked host Calista (study
Sem 2 ’25: Subgenre Safari
Show Spotlight Each week we bushwhack and breach the dense foliage of RateYourMusic genre trees to bring you the freshest and most exotic subgenre fruit. Tune in to hear a new subgenre of alternative music every week! We asked hosts Jack (studying English) and Vance (studying English/History) a coup
Sem 2 ’25: blood sugar sex musik
Show Spotlight BLOOD SUGAR SEX MUSIK focuses on a different alt-rock subgenre every single week! We discuss the roots, timelines, cultural impacts and everything in between, and of course, we play our favourite recs from the genre in question. Your hosts Cappy and Danielle have a lot of interesting
Sem 2 ’25: tangential
Show Spotlight With your chronically online host Mia, get ready for a world of academia meets brainrot meets excessive media consumption where I tell YOU what’s hot and what’s not. This is TANGENTIAL: a weekly bite of culture; media, conversations, history and ruminations about exactly where my
Sem 2 ’25: Diva on decks
Show Spotlight Diva on Decks is 90 minutes of unapologetic chaos meant to unlock your true diva self. Expect epic edits, shimmering SoundCloud selections, and festival-floor fillers stitched together into sets that stomp, strut, and sparkle. This show isn’t just a live baddie mix. It’s the s
Sem 2 ’25: Peas in a pod
Show Spotlight Trying to find some peas that fit into your pod (aka community), your next favourite band, what to do in Syd, or curious what goes on behind the scenes of keeping the local arts scene alive? Sick of spending money when you step outside and looking for a third space to hang out [&helli
Sem 2 ’25: The lazy susan sessions
Show Spotlight The Lazy Susan Sessions is a show spinning Asian & Asian diaspora artists on SURG FM. If you’re wondering who the hell Susan is and why she’s lazy…a Lazy Susan is a staple in Chinese restaurants. A rotating tray so diners can share dishes around a circular table. A product o