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Tag: Freak Slug

Essential Artists #14: From Sam Smith to BIG NOTER

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 10 August 2026

This week’s data-driven roundup of artists killing it around the world and in Australia this week Get this in your inbox every Sunday by signing up to the Substack Start next week right by getting across the biggest and the hottest new music around – as usual, I’ve taken a look at which artists are […]

Shows SXSW Sydney

Freak Slug @ The Lansdowne, SXSW Sydney, 16th Oct

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 17 October 2025

“Freak Slug bring it both angular and rounded, arty all the way through with either sharp edges or fuzzy, soaring melody depending on their mood. It’s impossible not to dive into, a set with both depth and warmth waiting for you.” Gallery Listen

Tags Freak Slug, sxsw sydney 2025

I would like to acknowledge that the gigs that are pictured here, the stages they’re played on, the bars and venues they’re held in, and the good times they represent, are all held on lands that were never ceded by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I acknowledge these First Australians as the traditional custodians of the continent, whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. I pay respect to the Elders of the community and extend my recognition to their descendants.

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