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 want to see similar shows a bit further out – given the perilous state of live music, if you can buy tix in advance, the artists and venues will thank you for it.
Wherever you end up though, get out and discover something amazing 👇
Gigs I like the look of this week:
tue
- bonniesongs @ phoenix central park
thu
- ditzy dog + pearle, delphia @ mary’s underground
- forever ends here + bronte alva, pretty talks @ the vanguard
- ocy + bennetts grove, gonz [dj] @ pleasure club
- siphon + 12 point buck, should be sweet @ lazy thinking
fri
- bootleg rascal + nana klumpp, rox lavi @ the lansdowne
- boys at the back + the hush, cøsmix @ waywards ballroom
- cammy cautious & the wrestlers + problem green, l.a.r.m @ the lansdowne
- dygl (jpn) + bridge dog, grmln (usa) @ marrickville bowlo
- friends of friends + jacob fitzgerald & the electric city, eiris, repeater @ the chippo
- the vanns + grxce @ the vic on the park
sat
- carla geneve + chiara kovac @ the vanguard
- cky (usa) + atticus chimps @ crowbar
- demolition man + dockhand, physical copy @ the lord gladstone
- friends fest + bangalley, edgecliff, stella & sophia julius @ 7th day brewery
- mariae cassandra + dani marchio @ the loft on broadway
- mini skirt + loose lips, cammy cautious & the wrestlers @ mary’s underground
- serial pest + punish, convict, operation ibis, the skarntz, dedpan, marrickvillainz, reno pratama (idn), low dogs, urethra stockade @ sydenham skate park
- the dead love + soso, down & out @ the lansdowne
sun (non Summer-Crawl stuff)
- tilli kay @ the old commodore hotel
sun (Summer Crawl – all free, at venues all across Newtown and Enmore)
- 2charm + harry hayes, ari kiko, fashionably late, harley girl @ pleasure club
- antenna + egoism, amends, kitty of the valley, dc maxwell, cherry rype, stirr, the engine @ mary’s newtown
- beijing bikini + the sugar beats, tantichrist, the strike-outs, rubber necker, victa, fowl weather vein, the stallers, aria nova, jupiter 5, blurter, the jane does, hekate, balkan grill, raising ravens @ moshpit
- biscotti + conor thorpe, keavy, kimi hendrix, teal, julian munyard @ the coopers hotel
- bmx x rug + sillybitchesdie, couch mechanic @ the marly | tokyo sing song
- chaperone + bread club, barley passable, loretta, telopia, silky roads, safford, memory motel, allerdyce, jude pascal @ the trocadero room
- chloe dadd + good pash, jazzy gold, alex fears, syda, shield, meuandjac, willowmence @ inner west pride centre
- cj lee + grace mitchell, val moogz, al matcott, the cherubs @ palomino lounge
- clamm + wet kiss, chimers, dead witch, jacob turl, poltergeist 9000, forest hall, ratchasima @ the vic on the park
- crocodylus + bridge dog, steve bourk, bimbo, blistar, julia why?, limo, binsad @ the vanguard
- echowave + arbes, the uplifting bell ends, love banana, chet sounds, centrefold @ heaps normal health club
- feel the pain + horsepower, negative mental state, resident, thantu thikha, peace ritual, dropsaw @ kelly’s on king | bootleggers
- finding better health + great job!, supahoney, bodywire, airline, retail therapy @ kelly’s on king
- freddy crabs + soma, manfredo lament, jet city sports club, maia toakley, mika james, vertebrae, loose content, adorn @ waywards ballroom
- friday* + tahkoe, dmt pancake, selene and the strange, kate moth, sweet boy sonnet, jane dire, justina @ the botany view
- jords + nikitas, licuh, nomadik, atlantis on a jetski, dumpster baby, conor, 4orttune, imissu, bodedga, jackomadethis @ hermanns bar
- kilat + isaac puerile, lucas granpa abela, mumfighter, goblinviolence, inmortality @ the duke of enmore
- large mirage + maple’s pet dinosaur, theeth, astrovan, the nowadays, the band adhd, euan orlando @ st. george’s hall
- max cherry b2b jane decks + deens b2b duzi, emdorphins, miss sunshine, clifford, alexei belchenko, only child, huieyanhei, george catt & bill blake, jessi lowkey, lina, anton yaz @ websters bar
- rinse + swapmeet, shock corridor, dumbhead, green buzzard, any young mechanic, effe @ the marly
- straight arrows + warbaby, babitha, the melodrones, the blamers, meow meow & the smackouts, problem green @ factory theatre | courtyard
- thatboykwame + siala, station hayds, emefbanx, wallace (nz), g rebel, billy poison @ the marly
- the bancrofts + lazy sun, the outback traitors, parades, dj soundsville, ugly mug @ hopsters brewery
- the juliett tango + taffie, liquid zoo, champs, horse, rynnejob, danté knows, camino gold, charli lucas @ buddy’s bar
- the shout brothers + smudge @ golden barley hotel
- the slims + lahgo, gloomie, euan hart, sloan peterson, hatchling @ the union
- tilli kay @ the old commodore hotel
- tseba + le shiv, bean magazine, lucky, miramar, dj kaizen @ eliza street
- zion garcia + mel.wav, ruby jackson, guano c, ethan nicholas, junipo @ the warren view hotel
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🤤 Want more gigs?
Hey, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you want to see similar shows a bit further out.
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🤔 Wait, wtf is this?
Looking at the various gig guides out there, these are the shows by emerging, independent, or DIY artists that get my pulse going – this isn’t a complete list, it’s a totally subjective selection of stuff I just like the look of. For way better actual gig guides, you should follow SydneyMusic or bestbandsyouneverheard or Sydney Gig Guide (which tbh you should do anyway)
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