October was a HUGE month for the city more generally this year, with the inaugural version of SXSW Sydney blowing up on a million stages. It was a wild time too and so this month, I’ve included photos from every one of the fifty shows I caught across the week. To celebrate it being the first year – and just because I like the photo – I even did one shot I got (of Teenage Joans) in colour for the front cover. Featuring the likes of Barkaa, Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers, Phoebe Go, Ben Lee, Inkabee & FLEWNT, Battlesnake, Teenage Dads, Adam Newling, Jem Cassar-Daley, Skegss and TONS more, it was a giant celebration of some of the very best next-big-thing music around.
SXSW wasn’t the only thing happening though – October also saw shows from the likes of FVNERAL, Lady Lazarus, and Kicked-In Bickie Tin to keep the month fizzing throughout.
As if the shows weren’t enough, there were some killer new releases too, with JACOTÉNE, ENOLA, Raging Hormones, 3%, and The Sweaty Bettys soundtracking a hell of a month for new music.
Read all about the month’s mayhem by flicking through it below like a story, or downloading it here (for a better quality pdf):
How to read the issue:
Story-style
On this page, you can click or tap on the issue above, and flick your way through it. There’s a slightly annoying auto-run thing, but there’s a pause button in the bottom left of the screen if you want to go through it at your own pace. Bloody computers.
If you want to read it in slightly higher definition, be able to zoom in on the text if it’s too small etc, then the original PDF file is here: download the pdf to your device
iOS Books App (or Android equivalent)
If you open the PDF file using the link above, then click on the download icon, you can then use the share icon in your browser to open the file in Books. This will save it to your device and let you read through it more easily.