Music

Now that we are on the other side of 2024, we wanted to make a list of records not to forget about from the year that was.

Meanjin's Platonic Sex recently took a trip to the United Kingdom and played 7 shows between London and Brighton.

With so many interviews under their belt for “Stumpwork”, the trio are copacetic to beginning our chat in a more trivial direction.

At the end of October we took some of our pals on the road through Byron Bay, Brisbane, Sydney and Wollongong.

Mixed & Recorded by Naomi McKenzie (Girls In Hats) Written by Cassin Demnar Live drawing by Micah Rustichelli In the fifth instalment of...

Spiritualized's "Everything was beautiful" treads on the familiar territory of comfort and solace.

"It was like building Paris with your toenails. It was the hardest thing I've ever done"

GRAIN is excited to be bringing Baxter Dury to Brisbane on his first ever Australian tour!

Crywank bundle together modern feelings of anxiety and isolation, tying it with a bow of anti-folk.

Ahead of Lucy Dacus' first Australian tour we spoke about tarot cards, middle school and collaborating with Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers

You haven’t experienced true honest and relatable lyricism until you’ve listened to Phoebe Bridgers.

There are some times in life where things just seem to fall in place, for me, that moment came in 2014 when I found Foxing.

Indie big-band icons Beirut are coming out with their first record since 2015’s No No No, their sixth full length effort so far.

Written by Spencer White Combat Sports is the fourth studio album by beloved London five piece, The Vaccines. Sighting as much nostalgia...

If you haven't heard of Interpol, maybe it's time to take a long hard look at yourself, your workplace, friendship groups and dare I say...

Peter Bibby's second album Grand Champion came out last Friday. If you haven't heard it yet, save yourself the bother of reading the rest...

Lush is the debut record from Baltimore based artist Snail Mail who we caught up with recently for a chat.

Written by Brodie Popple The last time we saw Loose Tooth was BIGSOUND 2016, which was a special year for us as it was our first BIGSOUND...

Wide Awake is certainly already my favourite album of the year, a statement I'm sure many will follow once it's released May 18.

Flowertruck recently released their debut album Mostly Sunny, an incredible and widely anticipated follow up from their dreamy debut EP...

Jen Cloher's recent release (which is self-titled) is filled with her personal experiences and honest reflections. We recently caught up...

Foundation Sounds is in its second month and I couldn’t be more chuffed to have Perth's golden child Stella Donnelly involved.

Photograph by Joe Agius Now nine months on, she’s released her second single ‘Sure’, signed with US based Double Double Whammy, UK label...

The Creases are an integral part of the Brisbane music scene, aside from crafting some of the best pop music to come out of Australia in...

Our photographer Robbie Atkin-Robertson went down South to Lorne to accompany Brisbane favourites, Good Boy, for their biggest show to...

Horror My Friend are hands down my favourite band in Australia and it seems I'm not the only one.

Photography by Kitty Callaghan Body Type is one of the most talked about bands to flourish out of the Sydney scene over the past year and...

Anyone paying attention to Australian alternative music lately will have noticed a resurrection of eighties inspired sounds, particularly...

Photo by Robbie Atkin-Robertson Morning Harvey dominated the Brightside Car Park stage with a charisma and energy that rivalled anything...

After the release of The Drones' critically acclaimed Feeling Kinda Free, Gareth Liddiard has set out across Australia touring as a solo...

Photographed for GRAIN by Robbie Atkin It’s been 3 years since LA based quartet Warpaint set foot in Australia. Now with their recently...

Photography by Robbie Atkin-Robertson After releasing an album a year for three years under his moniker GUM, Jay Watson of Spinning Top...

Melbourne based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jess Locke has been releasing music and playing shows for 8 years and has a knack of...

It’s 11pm at The Foundry on a Friday night and I’m perishing fast. Coaxed out of the comfort of my home to Control Zine’s Darker Party...

While Chastity Belt were here we thought it would be a fun idea to say "hey what's up?" and to give them a disposable camera to take on tour

You Beauty are a special type of band, not only does lead man Will carry an astoundingly eccentric stage persona, but he matches it with...

Photography by Max Orchard-Fox So, BIGSOUND ended last Thursday. What a time!!! We met up with Melbourne band Totally Mild for an...

Photographs by Robbie Atkin-Robertson, at The Triffid Brisbane. Since the release of their debut album Zaba, Glass Animals have played...

What were you doing on this day three months ago? I bet I can rightfully assume that the answer to that question is not something along...

Camp Cope is absolutely killing it at the moment. The Melbourne trio recently finished a tour for their debut self-titled album; which...

Often described as Brisbane’s surfer-pop-rock, four-piece band, Major Leagues has been making waves in the music scene. The band have...

Alike many of our favourite locals, Good Boy began as an idea at a house party with the hopes of making good music and supporting their...

Bad//Dreems have been making their way into Australian music and Australian hearts since the release of their EP in 2013. There’s no...

Well, well, well… If it isn’t Brisbane’s favourite neo-psych rock, pop, happy dream fairies Moses Gunn Collective.

Many of you may know of a crazy New Yorker who answers to the name Jeff Rosenstock. Jeff has released more records than years I have been...

Tasmanian legends Luca Brasi are fast becoming one of Australia's more recognisable bands within the punk scene.