The Underground Stage
SXSW Sydney is coming in October, returning for its second year, and the artist announcements will start to pile up as it gets closer and closer. The SXSW Sydney team will (based on previous years here and in the US) release their scheduling app much nearer to the kickoff, which will ultimately become your primary […]
With the festival starting next week, a flood of updates and announcements has left the list of artists playing at SXSW Sydney 2024 sitting – by my count – at 175. These now include both the latest official list, plus other artists announced by labels and other people putting on their own showcases as part […]
SXSW Sydney 2024 starts in a week, so you should be planning like a maniac by now. The official app is live, and is being updated with new acts, which is probably nearing a final state by now. You still can’t search by genre though – which for a lot of you I’d imagine would […]
16 of SXSW Sydney’s 2024 music venues have either been confirmed by SXSW or reported elsewhere, and excluding the larger outliers of the ICC and Tumbalong Park, they’re so far focussed around Chippendale and Ultimo. All but one of these venues (The Commons) were used at SXSW Sydney last year, and the geographic concentration is […]
If you’re an artist looking to get advice from seasoned experts, or an industry professional wanting to learn more about the business from the best in the game, the conference side of SXSW Sydney 2024 is for you. Until the final schedule settles down though, it can be a bit much trying to wade through […]
If you’re not flush with cash or working for a company that’ll pay for one, a full SXSW Music badge is likely to be out of your reach. However, getting a wristband – the lower-cost version that still gets you into all the gigs – is surprisingly good value. A wristband for SXSW Sydney 2024 […]
In another artist dump, we’ve had now had 28 more artists added to the lineup for SXSW Sydney 2024. We’ve now got some Punk artists added (hurray!), as well as the first artists from China, Japan, and Ghana, taking the total to 135 announced artists. My sortable, clickable summary tool of all the arists playing […]
The real point of SXSW is to discover what’s next, not what’s already big, so it’s always worth looking beyond the artists you’ve already heard of and hunt out who’s coming up. Here are my favourites from the Indie Rock crop this year. I’ve taken a look at the Australian artists announced so far who […]
In the lead up to SXSW Sydney, it can be hard to keep track of who’s playing, and who should be on your shortlist of artists to check out. Based on some dorky data, this might help narrow it down a bit. As you may have noticed, I spend a fair bit of time keeping […]