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The Best New Music In Australia | #274

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 27 February 2026

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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Swapmeet – I Know!

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 27 February 2026

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Shows SXSW Sydney

Swapmeet @ Factory Theatre, SXSW Sydney, 18th Oct

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 18 October 2025

“SWAPMEET cut with a scalpel and cauterise with heat, a gentle movement the feint before crushing pain. At its loudest it’s dark and raging, but it’s still oddly optimistic – you’re in very real peril, but it’s strangely and hypnotically beautiful to watch.” Gallery Listen

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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.

Please also see my personal Music Industry Collaboration Commitment