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Mall Grab

Field Day Unveils Mall Grab As Extra 2027 Headliner

Australia for the first time in 11 years – alongside drum and bass heroes Sub Focus . Mall Grab takes to the Field Day stage after performing at Overtone Festival ... producer and label boss Hannah Laing , Berlin-based producer Funk Tribu , Melbourne gooner-pop duo 2charm , and much more. Tickets to the festival are now available . Field

Drop City

Drop City Return With Their First New Single In 30 Years

Stone Roses , Stereolab , and Manic Street Preachers . Internationally, fans heard their music via Sub Pop Records . Drop City’s reunion shows last year sold out and drew rave reviews

Features / Interviews

Mudhoney

'It Was A Blast': How Mudhoney Kept Their Underground Soul Intact

popped into the hole that was left by Green River's breakup at Sub Pop , and [label co-founder] Bruce Pavitt had a lot of connections in the fanzine world ... remain synonymous with grunge despite operating for decades in the interim, the spectre of Sub Pop Records remains inexorably entwined in the Mudhoney narrative. Not only have they been putting

News / Festivals

Field Day 2025

Field Day Unveils 2027 Festival Line-up Starring Major Lazer, Sub Focus & More

Lazer – returning to Australia for the first time in eleven years – alongside British DJ Sub Focus and a secret headliner to be announced. The 2027 event also stars English ... producer and label boss Hannah Laing , Berlin-based producer Funk Tribu , Melbourne gooner-pop duo 2charm , and much more. Check out the line-up below. Field

Robert Kool Bell, Peach PRC

Finely Tuned Introduces New Event Series ‘FORMA’ Starring Kool & The Gang, Peach PRC, Hoodoo Gurus & More

show’s proceedings will be Perth four-piece, Great Gable and rising alt-pop singer Lola Scott . Peach PRC leads the second week of music on Thursday, 3 December ... Zealand heavyweights SIX60 return to Sydney the following night, with fellow Kiwi outfit SUB-TRIBE opening the show. Hoodoo Gurus perform as part of FORMA on their national Rewind Tour

Thundamentals live in Sydney

Live Review: Thundamentals @ Felons Barrel Room, Sydney

Instead, Jeswon and Morgs have revitalised their live show by incorporating other MCs, often subbing in their long-time collaborator—one of Australia’s greatest storytellers— Horrorshow ’s Solo . This ... tracks, like their triple j Like a Version classic, Brother , amped the audience into popping corn kernels with bangers like Top of the World and their Hilltop Hoods collaboration

Features / Interviews

Death Cab For Cutie

‘We Can Learn Lessons From The Old Records’: Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard On Songwriting, Legacy & New Music

biggest indie albums of the era, but the second-best selling album on the Sub Pop label – behind only Nirvana ’s 1989 debut, Bleach . In October, however, Death Cab returned ... aspect of I Built You A Tower ’s release is its release on Epitaph sub-label ANTI-. The group’s first time on an indie label since Transatlanticism ended their

Industry / Feature

Independent Music Exchange founders: Efficient Space's Michael Kucyk, and Butter Sessions' Corey Kikos and Maryos Syawish.

'Your Peers Are Your Best Support': Four Indie Label Owners Share Their Wisdom

labels like Motown and Stax as it was for 1990s indie rock labels like Sub Pop and Matador . But the centralised nature of most streaming services (apart from label-focused

Industry / Feature

Gympie Music Muster

Venues: Pop Ups, Billion Dollar Pay-Offs, VIP Perks, New Arrivals & Upgrades, And Meltdowns

pop stars TWICE , Indian pop idol Diljit Dosanjh , Mandopop performer Ronghao Li , and J-pop singer Ado . Short Films For Two Iconic WA Venues Short films about Perth ... tier – which costs RMB 40 (AU$8.02) per month, or five times a standard subs price. That didn’t stop the tier from getting 20 million subscribers

Features / Music

Ecca Vandal

'I Wouldn't Change A Thing': Ecca Vandal Reaches New Heights With 'LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW'

plans to relocate to London – and parted Island for Loma Vista Recordings, with Iggy Pop , Korn , and Denzel Curry on its roster. Embedded Content "I just went into ... years, trying to fit in here and to fit into the different sub-genres and scenes. "[But] I realised through the making of this album that 'scenes' is actually what

Features / Interviews

TOMORA

Introducing TOMORA: “Permission To Be Unhinged”

identities were revealed: Tom Rowlands (one half of Chemical Brothers) and Norwegian glacial-pop artist/producer AURORA – hence their portmanteau moniker. Embedded Content Although AURORA and Rowlands appear in different video ... Embedded Content ROWLANDS: “It needs to be cranked up in this crazy sort of sub bass, and AURORA’s just thought, ‘Mmmm, right’. It was like, ‘Wow, this

Bluetile Lounge

Live Review: Bluetile Lounge, Garage Sale, Wriding @ Brunswick Ballroom

could find almost no writing about the band that had an album released on Sub Pop , been claimed by Low as one of the best bands on the planet

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