INTERVIEWS

Featuring: Toy Shaw, Koady, Special Features, Any Young Mechanic, SUPERNEW, Teens, Public Figures and Stimpies.

Ahead of the release of Bloodhorse!, I spoke with Grace Cummings about the theatricality behind the record, finding truth through exaggeration, the power of an imperfect voice, and turning pain into something that might help someone else feel seen.

For double date, their single is a testament to experimentation and the gravity coexisting with world-building and reflection.

Pointe is anything but weak, in fact, they’re proof that vulnerability and strength have never been opposites.

Alongside James Eyre Walker, Nick Smethurst founded Season Three, a pillar of culture and community within Meanjin which has blossomed from a struggling music shop into one of the city’s most important refuges of expression.

The sound I fell in love with as a delinquent intern remains ingrained in their current music, just more refined and reflective of the band’s half-decade of growth.

I sat down with EJ Wood and found an artist who thinks less in individual tracks and more in world building, where instrumentals act as architects and pairing songs becomes a way of expanding emotional space.

Roguish, romantic and rough, their music has ego, but not entitlement, balancing big-dick bravado with vulnerability, and mischief with meaning. It’s red lipstick styled with a rifle.

It was a rainy May night when I caught up with Brisbane-based quartet Bubblegum Haircut over a 4XXX under Woolloongabba’s Season Three.

It’s a song which serves more than just an early look into June’s future sound, it’s a signifier that she’s become the centre of her writing, using an introspective lens to bring her own experiences and unique perspectives to the fore.

Ahead of the release of “Sacred”, we spoke with Baby Cool about friendship in music, motherhood in the arts, collaboration as creative philosophy, and finding moments of stillness inside what she describes as the “washing machine of existence.”

Juno Eclipse create sanctuary through a sonic snake pit of layered guitars, feedback and shrieks.

Lament is a testament to the universal experience of coming-of-age, exploring love, nostalgia, hope, and experiences with artistry.

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.