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Emerging earlier this year with the down-tempo debut  Be About You , Sydney-based six-piece Winston Surfshirt are

taster of what to expect with some golden gems from some of Australia's music biz best. Five industry figures speaking on the day (as part of Vivid Sydney), including ... more important — having a manager, publicist or a booking agent first? Andy Gumley / Village Sounds “In hindsight If I could go back I would be asking from

been putting out EPs since 2012 that have been met with critical acclaim, touring Australia wide performing at Brisbane's GOMA and Tasmania's MONA, and also covering legendary musicians ... intricate instrumental long players to effervescent pop gems, everything retains a unique, immediately identifiable sound. From the pop end of their release spectrum, Unkind sees the group team up with

something akin to The National and Arcade Fire taking a trip down to Australia and deciding to take up residence here. We dig it immensely, so much so we sent ... epic’ – we really liked that. The album is kinda ‘big’ sounding, but being recorded in houses and sheds means it’s also pretty raw and real and intimate. And when

Australian staging in a co-production between Adelaide's State Theatre Company of South Australia, and Sydney's Belvoir Theatre, alongside choreographer Lucas Jervies. Set over three epochs following ... ultimate totems of morality. Hallowed be thy Bart. Bizarre as this synopsis may sound, for Savage, Mr Burns' strangest quality is how potentially plausible it is. "The connection I kept

glistening electro-pop which perfectly showcases the addictive, synth-soaked sounds of Manila Killa and AObeats, layering them underneath Shaylen's driving vocal line. It's injected with this ... single to Sweat It Out isn't the biggest sign that Ninajirachi is Australia's next big thing - we're stumped to what exactly is. Ninajirachi's first single

nominations, with the list continuing for miles. One album and two 'Companion EPs' later, Australia's golden boy has finally thrown in the towel of the  Skin ... duties, is his strangest, most unexpected single yet, pulsing with this warped and experimental sound that almost kicks into a house rhythm as it continues. It's centred around that

time, but I just always want to try new things and different sounds. The direction has always to be different on each track/release. There were never any reins ... Does your approach to touring and performing differ between travelling across Australia versus travelling in the US? Does the crowd reception differ between the two countries? The U.S. Shows were

having long-ago established itself as one of the most-smartly curated festivals in Australia, its program notable not just for its social currency but cinematic quality. DO NOT RESIST ... passage of time, and the state of the nation, ending with the grim, ironic sounds of a campaigning Trump proclaiming he’s going to ‘fix’ inner-city, African-American communities