“Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys bring the great outdoors inside, big skies under stage lights. Twang and glimmer and stomp, as heart-breaking as it is life-affirming.” Gallery Listen
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Jet City Sports Club @ The Metro, 1st Aug
“Jet City Sports Club open the night like headliners, peak party energy piled on top of their charm and pop. Shiny as a new brass button, it glints and shines, bright and clear.” Gallery Listen
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The Best New Music In Australia | #248
Every week, I scour the latest releases from emerging, DIY, and independent artists in Australia. The best of them end up on the playlist. Follow The Playlist Listen to this week’s edition here, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always only releases […]
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New Albums This Month: July 2025
Tracks are nice and everything, but albums are where it’s at. These are all the long-players I’ve caught across the month by Australian emerging, independent, and DIY artists.
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Euan Hart @ Metro Social, 30th Jul
“Euan Hart twangs and chugs, hammers and harmonises, with a smart set made of ecstatic highs and emotional lows and all points between. The songwriting knows *just* how to handle itself – tough when it needs, but quiet when the mood strikes. There’s country like grass, but there are sharp edges like cut concrete too. […]
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Banana Farm @ Metro Social, 30th Jul
“Banana Farm split their time between jazzy notes and fuzzy roars, the smooth and the snarl. Each are equally accomplished, but the mix is a punch with pinch.” Gallery Listen
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Mima And The Band @ Metro Social, 30th Jul
“Mima And The Band open up tonight like a shower of stars, glittering gems of country- and folk-tinged wonder. Everyday Sydney references mix in with old wisdom into one of the prettiest, richest, most genuinely touching sets you’ll hear in a while. Quiet as mice, but it’ll knock you down cold.” Gallery
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Gigs In Sydney This Week | 30 Jul-3 Aug
Every week I pick out a bunch of interesting shows featuring emerging, DIY, and independent Australian artists. The full list of shows this week are below – those are the ones to get out to in the next few days. Don’t forget, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you […]
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Punish @ The Enmore Hotel, 27th Jul
“Punish are spiked and razor-edged all over, with not a single surface that doesn’t draw blood. Eyeball-bursting velocity, eardrum-splitting rage, and nose-breaking volume, all mashed into giant, furious, and enormous songs. Hurts good.” Gallery Listen