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The Best New Music In Australia | #263

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 28 November 2025

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 or below, 100% made up of the best brand-new music from the best new artists in Australia – never pay-to-play, and always […]

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Shows SXSW Sydney

Maple’s Pet Dinosaur @ The Lord Gladstone, SXSW Sydney, 17th Oct

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 18 October 2025

“Maple’s Pet Dinosaur have waaay more than one trick up their sleeve, with recent viral sensation ‘lego’ being just one part in the big machine of this wildly impressive set. Make no mistake, there are equally large piles of talent and enthusiasm here – the manic and charming teenage goofiness adds giddy fun to singer […]

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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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