Avantgarde

Review: Ed Kuepper with Jim White @ The Gov (Adelaide)

Although Ed Kuepper has not released any new compositions in ten years, he has certainly remained present and prolific in other ways in that time, continuing to perform
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Review: 2025 Unsound Adelaide @ Lion Arts Factory & Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)

With Unsound Adelaide now the under the umbrella of Illuminate Adelaide in recent years, this year sees a move from its former cultural home (given the Polish connections)
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6 Headline Artists Join Melbourne International Jazz Festival's 2025 Line-up

Ahead of the full programme launch this August, Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) have teased their 2025 season with six headline performers.

The...
Review: MonoNeon @ Open Season @ What's Golden (Brisbane)

A fortunate few gathered at Brisbane's What's Golden on Thursday (12 June) to be wowed and amazed by the wonderful, the talented, the incredible,
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Review: Kamasi Washington @ QPAC Concert Hall (Brisbane)

It was a wondrous and wild evening for jazz lovers as the Emmy- and two-time Grammy-nominated Kamasi Washington returned to Brisbane for the first time since 2022 at QPAC's
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Review: Kamasi Washington @ VIVID Sydney @ Carriageworks

Kamasi Washington brought his Fearless Movement Australian tour to Carriageworks as part of VIVD Sydney, and it was a sound of vivid magnitude.

This venue feels...
Review: Clown Core @ The Triffid (Brisbane)

As I queue for Clown Core's Brisbane concert as part of their We Are Never Coming Back tour, I find myself standing among a suspicious mix of neckbeards, band nerds,
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Clown Core Australia 2025 Tour
Update - 9 May, 2025: With all shows sold out, Clown Core have added extra shows in Brisbane and Melbourne. Scroll down for the details.

An act who defy
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Review: Xiu Xiu @ Institute Of Modern Art (Brisbane)

The empty space around the mixing desk at the back of the room has grown.

The sold-out crowd inside Brisbane's Institute Of Modern Art (4 April) tightly packed...
ΩHM Festival of Other Music 2025 Line-up

Now entering its third instalment, Brisbane Powerhouse's annual ΩHM Festival of Other Music is serving up a programme of genre-defying artists from across the
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Roisin Murphy Australia 2025 Tour

One of the most captivating voices of her generation, Ireland's ingenious forward-thinking Róisín Murphy returns to Australia in 2025.

The solo electronic,...
Gut Health Australia 2024 Tour

Dance-punk sextet Gut Health have shared the title track/ music video from their forthcoming debut album, 'Stiletto', alongside announcing three east-coast headline
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Review: Kim Gordon @ Open Frame @ Brisbane Powerhouse

A black silhouette stalked across the Brisbane Powerhouse's stage last Sunday (21 July).

Flashes of light erupted, revealing a black-clad Kim Gordon. Beneath...
Review: 2024 Unsound Adelaide @ Illuminate Adelaide @ Dom Polski Centre

After originating in the Polish city of Krakow in 2003, the Unsound festival has slowly graduated internationally, having first arrived in Adelaide under the aegis of David
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Review: Andre 3000 @ Volume Festival @ Art Gallery Of NSW (Sydney)

When Outkast came to prominence in the mid to late '90s, the pioneering duo were much like aliens from another universe.

Injecting highly original, infectious,...
Review: Open Frame feat. Keiji Haino @ Brisbane Powerhouse

The Brisbane Powerhouse witnessed a very unusual line-up on Thursday evening, as a part of the Open Frame festival.

We are promised 'an eclectic mix of artists...
Review: Dirty Three @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)

Violinist Warren Ellis has hocked up phlegm and spat it across the stage.

"I think I might have a Strepsil habit by the end of this tour," he deadpanned....
Electronic Music Pioneer Carl Stone Brings 50 Years Of Innovation To Australia

Over a 50-year career, Carl Stone has seen a lot of changes in the field of electronic music.

The pioneering electronic composer first encountered the genre...
Review: Dirty Three @ Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)

"Nothing I tell you is untrue," frontman Warren Ellis tells us at one point during this epic three-and-a-half-hour performance (24 June), and this is basically as good an
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Open Frame 2024 Line-up

Open Frame returns to Brisbane Powerhouse next month for four unique showcase events featuring a music icon alongside an eclectic mix of underground artists experimenting and
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Avantgarde

Although Ed Kuepper has not released any new compositions in ten years, he has certainly remained present and prolific in other ways in that time, continuing to perform

With Unsound Adelaide now the under the umbrella of Illuminate Adelaide in recent years, this year sees a move from its former cultural home (given the Polish connections)

Ahead of the full programme launch this August, Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) have teased their 2025 season with six headline performers.

A fortunate few gathered at Brisbane's What's Golden on Thursday (12 June) to be wowed and amazed by the wonderful, the talented, the incredible,

It was a wondrous and wild evening for jazz lovers as the Emmy- and two-time Grammy-nominated Kamasi Washington returned to Brisbane for the first time since 2022 at QPAC's

Kamasi Washington brought his Fearless Movement Australian tour to Carriageworks as part of VIVD Sydney, and it was a sound of vivid magnitude.

As I queue for Clown Core's Brisbane concert as part of their We Are Never Coming Back tour, I find myself standing among a suspicious mix of neckbeards, band nerds,

An act who defy

The empty space around the mixing desk at the back of the room has grown.

Now entering its third instalment, Brisbane Powerhouse's annual ΩHM Festival of Other Music is serving up a programme of genre-defying artists from across the

One of the most captivating voices of her generation, Ireland's ingenious forward-thinking Róisín Murphy returns to Australia in 2025.

Dance-punk sextet Gut Health have shared the title track/ music video from their forthcoming debut album, 'Stiletto', alongside announcing three east-coast headline

A black silhouette stalked across the Brisbane Powerhouse's stage last Sunday (21 July).

After originating in the Polish city of Krakow in 2003, the Unsound festival has slowly graduated internationally, having first arrived in Adelaide under the aegis of David

When Outkast came to prominence in the mid to late '90s, the pioneering duo were much like aliens from another universe.

The Brisbane Powerhouse witnessed a very unusual line-up on Thursday evening, as a part of the Open Frame festival.

Violinist Warren Ellis has hocked up phlegm and spat it across the stage.

Over a 50-year career, Carl Stone has seen a lot of changes in the field of electronic music.

"Nothing I tell you is untrue," frontman Warren Ellis tells us at one point during this epic three-and-a-half-hour performance (24 June), and this is basically as good an

Open Frame returns to Brisbane Powerhouse next month for four unique showcase events featuring a music icon alongside an eclectic mix of underground artists experimenting and