Divers are fresh, crunchy and light like a hot pastry that’s 50/50 if you’ll burn your tongue or fuck up your clean car seats. Either way, it’s delicious.

I sat down with Tori to speak ahead of her upcoming Australian tour, she reflects on what it means to give songs time and space to breathe, the vulnerability of releasing less-guarded work, and the delicate balance between confronting heaviness and offering something softer in return.

Gritty, raw, and real, Adelaide-based project The Genevieves is an ode to post-teenage angst, and the celebration of collaborative creativity that arises when crafting truly unique sound.

Their music is a sonic silver bullet for any bouts of melancholy or glumness.

Capturing the pendulous emotions of past selves with softness and sympathy, Slowcoaching is an ode to the space between spaces.

For Ullah, the process of making For Then has been as much about personal discovery as it has been about music.

They're one-of-a-kind, but cut from the same cloth as the revered Australiana acts before them.

As an electronic alternative duo, Luke Morton and Joe Nurrish's Lunar Lagoon are as promising as the navy clouds drifting delicately over the sky, pledging to soon cool the harsh, humid streets.

Ahead of Friday’s show, we caught up with each performing act to wax lyrical about Disorder, the new year and some other miscellaneous Australian music topics.

Brisbane's post hardcore Reno ltd. have never been ones to mince words. On their latest single, “Don’t Vote For Politicians It Only Encourages Them,” the band channel a simmering frustration that’s been building since late 2023 .

There is a human tenderness to JB Paterson’s music - a softness that’s stored only in the small, ordinary moments of life. The moments that remind you nothing is broken, even if nothing is fixed.

Stripped down, raw, reminiscent, 01 Thurman’s sound is an influential tell-all of grief, love, and the coming-of-age endlessly apparent to Australiana.

An electric yet disarming fusion of jazz, punk, and shoegaze, the enigmatic quintet have wasted no time in carving out their own space within the harbour city’s eclectic scene.

As she reflects on creating this deeply personal record, Milly opens up about the moments where melodies gave voice to what words alone couldn’t.

The Pretty Littles rarely shy away from the opportunity to highlight life’s internal and external injustices.

The trio’s presence speaks to surrealism and raw presentation, paying homage to each member’s independent identity, vision, and contribution.

A sound moulded by the alt-rock darlings of today, a deep connection to Māori heritage, taonga pūoro (Māori instruments), and Taplin’s own extensive musical journey.

Delivery balances everything, but not in a corporate management way and more in a precarious, hands-off-the-handlebars way

The passion project is true lightning in a beer bottle, a homage to the hometown heroes of inner-city suburbs, a manifesto of magic.

Goo has always felt like one of those rare 4ZZZ shows that quietly becomes a compass for what’s bubbling under the surface of Meanjin’s music world.