“Suichu Spica are in from Japan and bring a barkingly effective mix of technical guitar tapping and great big slaps of indie rock. It’s wildly effective, squalls and song and bursts of melody crashing over you like waves.” Gallery Listen
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“Drifting Clouds open the official SXSW Sydney opening party, a celebration of language and culture as well as a set of banger 80s-tinged crackers. Big, big fun.” Gallery Listen
“DUG might carry a guitar and banjo but they are storytellers first and most, the between-song banter promoted to required scene-setting, the songs often acting as punchline to the spoken-word setup. It’s not always haha-funny though – the music is riddled with a sense of menace and mischief that swirls around the slide and the […]
“Lucy Sugerman’s lunchtime set is rich and tangy, a set of both bright highs and throughtful introspection. A full band show is scheduled for later in the week but stripped to its acoustic core, these songs are clearly as solid as the topics are fragile. “ Gallery Listen
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Haley Holgate: In Session
Fresh off the Tumbalong Park stage having performed the very first live music of SXSW Sydney 2025, Haley graciously let us capture a note-perfect version of ‘Philosophers‘. Haley Holgate plays SXSW Sydney at The Loft UTS on Weds 15th at 7pm, and at The Eveleigh Hotel (with a full band) on Thurs 17th at 6.30pm.
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Haley Holgate @ Tumbalong Park, 13th Oct
“Haley Holgate plays the first live music of SXSW Sydney 2025, a set of sparkly charmers as bright as today’s sunshine.” Gallery Listen
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Lady Lyon: In Session
Can the artist you’re seeing at SXSW Sydney really land it live? The best test is with one mic, one camera, and one take – Lady Lyon nailed it today without even blinking. Despite howling winds, threatening rain, and actual dogs, Hayley planted this super stripped version of “Cut Back” first try to show just […]
“So I Says To Mabel celebrate their excellent album of spikes and speed with a set to match, a SoCal sun blazing over the skatepunk racket. Enormous and hugely melodic song, delivered at pace direct to the bloodstream.” Gallery Listen
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Earth Cadet @ The Sneaky Possum, 11th Oct
“A golden rule among many is that if you’re going to lean on 90s grunge, then for God’s sake don’t stint on the volume. Earth Cadet are clearly aware of this, and the titanic – spine-wrenching, eyeball-bursting – noise level tonight is surely the *only* way to deliver a set of haymakers like this. Every […]