DISORDER BRISBANE: Dust, Special Features & Vinted Vineer

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Interview / Words: Joseph Maranta, Em Tobin & Aysha Swanson

Centuries of superstitions and groupthink positing Friday the 13th as an unlucky date have been undone by one stacked bill curated and hosted by the bandmate-formed, Melbourne-based and all round fun-time merchants over at Good Music.

Hosting their first ever event in the River City, Good Music have brought two of Brisbane’s favourite emerging acts, Special Features and Vinted Vineer, to play alongside enigmatic Newcastle post-punkers, Dust. With an encore program featuring Good Music DJs playing more tunes to the delight of any Brisbane-based Doc Marten and house lager enthusiasts, punters can look forward to a packed night of great music filling the outdoor and indoor stages of The Brightside.

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.

AYSHA: Three very different sounds, one night, how do you think post-punk, alt-rock and dreamy indie pop sit together on one bill like Disorder, and what does that say about the Brisbane scene right now?

VINTED VINEER: I think it says that our scene is growing.

There’s a diversity of sounds in our scene and it’s really healthy at the moment. There are a lot of influences here at the moment and it’s making Brisbane a bit of a melting pot for different genres. It means people are active!

SPECIAL FEATURES: The bill has a bit of something for everyone. You have that psych-rock, shoegazey sound with Vinted Vineer and then you have our grungy, alternative sound and finally Dust for that more post-punk sound.

As far as what that says about Brisbane’s scene, it shows we have a lot of genres and styles coming out of here.

DUST: I think it shows how open the scene is right now. Even though the sounds are different, there’s still a shared emotion. It’s nice to have a lineup that caters to audiences who are open to different genres.

EM: What energy and emotion do you bring to the disorder lineup and how does this allow you to grow as performers alongside other skilled bands?

VINTED VINEER: I think we bring our own sort of drummy, rock-and-roll-y, lofi thing.

I think as far as playing alongside Special Features and Dust, it’s a different bill to what we’d typically play. I’d say our focus would be to warm up the stage, especially with the new stuff we’ll be playing, we’ll do a good job of leading them in since the gig gets a bit heavier and harder.

SPECIAL FEATURES: We bring different emotions and energy to the table, different seasonings if you will. We have some chilli flakes, for that ferocity and intensity. Salt and pepper, for those happy and sad moments. Then some whipped cream, that sweetness you know. A bit soft but still sweet.

I think we also bring a reflective aspect to the gig as well, a bit similar to Dust in that way. Regarding growth alongside other bands, the last time we played with Dust was the start of 2023 and that marked a shift in our sound, especially with our lyrics. So that’s cool to look back on, you pick up some nuggets playing alongside other acts.

Watching Vinted Vineer for instance, Charlie’s stances and mannerisms while he’s playing guitar are pretty iconic. As someone wanting to grow as a musician, I want some mannerisms on-stage that people notice. Dom too, his fashion sense, his drip, he wears really cool clothes on stage and alongside music, you can express creativity through fashion. It’s really cool.

DUST: We try to give a lot of energy throughout the set to get the audience involved. It also helps us enjoy the set. After our last album we have a more 'flowing' set between some of our heavy-hitter songs and our chill ones. Each band has their own way of doing that.

EM: How do you think this lineup works to shape and cater to an ever growing demand for new Australian music?

VINTED VINEER: I think we’re in trendy times musically, and bills like this, that can hit all corners of the square, it’s a testament to the fact that we have cool events in this city, that we do cool shit here.

SPECIAL FEATURES: It exposes new people to new sounds and genres of Australian music which they might not have been exposed to otherwise. The bands here are experimental in a lot of ways, Vinted Vineer’s last album Tobi Yume for instance, it has a lot of out-there sounds and effects that aren’t conventional. I like to think we’re experimental in our music too, we have a lot of feedback and bridge-picking, so people attending might not have heard that before.

All three bands show a willingness to push boundaries within the genres they operate in.

DUST: It shows how broad Australia's music scene is right now. When audiences can see different interpretations of alternative music on one lineup it keeps things exciting and also gives people the chance to discover bands they might not normally seek out.

AYSHA: Each of you works with themes of emotion, identity or atmosphere, if you had to choose a single word to describe tonight’s collective performance, what would it be and why?

VINTED VINEER: Lamented.

You’ll get it later on.

SPECIAL FEATURES: Cathartic.

DUST: Awesome.

JOE: What song of the other performers do you wish you wrote?

VINTED: Okay for Dust we’ll choose New High.

For Special Features we’re going to go with an OG track, All The Flame.

SPECIAL FEATURES: We played with Dust at Greaser a few years ago after they dropped et cetera, etc and I hadn’t listened to them much before then. But when they played Joy (guilt) all I could think was holy fuck this is such a sick song.

I also wish I had written Place by Vinted Vineer, it’s a bit of an oldie — but I’m jealous I didn’t write it. Or Glass Strings off their first EP, a true OG.

DUST: We'll say Che Guevara T-Shirt for Special Features and zzz for Vinted Vineer.

JOE: What would you say has been the band’s highlight, or fondest memory, so far in 2026?

VINTED: Probably Valley Crawl a couple of weekends ago! That was really wholesome.

Or the show we did for Flaming Hearts Fest.

SPECIAL FEATURES: Getting to play down in Newcastle back in January, we got to play with Mini Skirt and O.M.R, it was very fun and all of our friends came down with us.

We had a really great Indian meal together too, we took up half the restaurant, we were very loud and Karissa knocked over a pot. Shoutout to King’s Sikh Indian restaurant in Hamilton, Newcastle. One of the best butter chickens I’ve ever had.

DUST: So far, it's been our UK and EU headline tour in January. Our best memory from the tour was when it snowed in Haldern, Germany.

JOE: For the Brisbanites, what's one Newcastle band you wish you could add to the bill, and for Dust, what Brisbane band would you have loved to play alongside?

VINTED VINEER: We’ll go with Stagger.

SPECIAL FEATURES: Silverchair, next question.

DUST: Blue Diner.

AYSHA: Finally, what’s one thing you hope fans discover about each other’s music after tonight, even if it’s not the genre they came for?

VINTED VINTEER: We’d hope they can understand where our music comes from. I like to think we have unexpected influences in our music and that’s one thing I’d want people to take away from our show.

SPECIAL FEATURES: I think fans will discover that Zac wants to have fun! But I also hope they discover more bands through the bands that are playing. I’ve heard stories of gig-goers seeing a show, listening to a new band and from there they discover a whole other bunch of similar Australian bands.

They eventually go down that rabbit hole on streaming platforms or social media, and they end up doing good things for Australian music.

DUST: I hope everyone has a sick time and dances along to everyone's music. Hopefully, everyone gets a couple of beers, and just hangs out and smokes ciggies. That's when you know it's a good gig.