Howl & Echoes

Dark Mofo Announces First 2018 Headliner

Dark Mofo is, unquestionably, the best and weirdest cultural centrepiece of winter in Australia. And its first headline act has now been announced.

The annual Hobart event consistently hosts many of the most original, unexpected and unusual names in music and art, while the event itself is dark, surreal, and spectacularly strange.

With summer over for another year, we’re just months away from…

Majid Jordan Announces First Australian Tour

Majid Jordan, OVO Sound signees best known for their Hold on, We’re Going Home feature, have announced their first ever Australian tour. The Canadian R&B two-piece will be heading down under in July, performing in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, as well as Auckland.

The duo—Majid Al Maskat and Jordan Ullman—first reached the spotlight in 2013, having co-written, co-produced and featuring on the…

PHOTOS: Sydney City Limits・Part II

Hypothesis: partying with Beck, Justice and The Libertines is the most ideal way to kick a new festival off the ground. By all calculations, it turns out that reality lives up to the theory.

Sydney City Limitsis Australia’s answer to the renowned Texas event that has become a cornerstone of America’s festival circuit. Like Austin City Limits, SCL is set to make its mark on the industry here at…

PHOTOS: Sydney City Limits・Part I

Hypothesis: partying with Beck, Justice and The Libertines is the most ideal way to kick a new festival off the ground. By all calculations, it turns out that reality lives up to the theory.

Sydney City Limitsis Australia’s answer to the renowned Texas event that has become a cornerstone of America’s festival circuit. Like Austin City Limits, SCL is set to make its mark on the industry here at…

Review: Slowdive Live in Sydney, Jan 31, 2018

Slowdive are an incredibly rare band. For starters, 2017’s self-titled album came more than two decades after their last. And it was not only good, it was possibly their best ever work. They’ve also consequently enjoyed a serious revival in terms of fandom and popularity and critical attention, which saw them land on many annual best-of lists alongside festival lineups. When they started…

Interview: Mogwai’s Past, Present and Future

Mogwai is a name synonymous with post-rock. The Glasgow band formed in 1995, during the the early days of the genre, and through experimentation, creativity and a breathtaking live show, have managed to stay dynamic and relevant for more than two decades.

Their latest album, Every Country’s Sun,was released in 2017 to widespread acclaim, sounding like only a Mogwai album could. The band’s ninth…

Solange Announced For Vivid LIVE in Sydney

Solange has been announced as the first artist to perform at Sydney’s annual Vivid LIVE.

The shows will occur at the Sydney Opera House, where she’ll perform in the round, “offering audiences a 360° view of her cutting-edge choreography and bold staging,” according to a press release.

  Her universally-acclaimed, Grammy-winning 2016 album A Seat at the Table was not only widely considered one of…

PHOTOS: Beck in Sydney

With much glee, Beck’s first trip to Australia in five years was adorned by the news that he would be appearing at an intimate gig in Sydney – his only other headline show in the city ahead of his spot at the inaugural Sydney City Limits festival.

The Factory Theatre in Marrickville played host to the special affair; a one and a half hour set that touched on all eras of his vast catalogue, and…

SURPRISE: Beck announces one-off Sydney show

If you’re damn near wallowing in sorrow at missing out on tickets to Sydney City Limits this Saturday, here’s a slapdash ray of hope for you.

Multi Grammy Award-winning mastermind Beckhas announced a surprise one-off headline show at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville this Friday February 23. If you’re in Sydney, this is your only chance to see him outside of SCL. The guy hasn’t been here for…

PHOTOS & REVIEW: The Internet in Sydney

The Internet made their Australian debut two years ago and our thirst for them has been insatiable ever since. The Californian hip-hop/soul collective and Odd Future off-shoot is a tremendous beacon of talent. Aside from their three studio albums, each building on lessons learned from the last, almost each member has released their own solo material since the band’s latest Ego Deathin 2015, all…

Laneway 2018 in Sydney・Part II

Somehow February has rolled around already which means we’re vastly unprepared for the manic romp that is St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival. Back this year with even more beauties to add to its impressive catalogue – Anderson .Paak, Sylvan Esso, Moses Sumney, Billie Eilish, Shame, and they even managed to bring Sydney’s prodigal son Alex Cameron back from the brink of his extended world tour.

Laneway…

Laneway 2018 in Sydney・Part I

Somehow February has rolled around already which means we’re vastly unprepared for the manic romp that is St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival. Back this year with even more beauties to add to its impressive catalogue – Anderson .Paak, Sylvan Esso, Moses Sumney, Billie Eilish, Shame, and they even managed to bring Sydney’s prodigal son Alex Cameron back from the brink of his extended world tour.

Laneway…

The fab people over at Crown Ruler have been bringing us the best underground soul we never knew we needed for about a minute now and in that spirit have wrangled this delightful lineup to play some intimate shows around Oz.

From Melbourne, Silentjayis a multi-instrumentalist you have probably seen or heard by now. He’s been winning over the underground dance scene down south with his…

On a gorgeous night at an amazing open-air venue under the stars, The xx took Sydney’s breath away. The indie London group returned to Australia this month on their headline tour for third album I See You, a mere six months after appearing at staple festival Splendour in the Grass. So spoiled are we that they also brought along special guests Kučka and Kelela to kick things off.

Filling in for…

Joey Badass Reinterprets Prince For An Incredible “Like A Version”

Joey Badass has kicked off triple j’s Like A Version 2018 with one of the most original tracks in recent memory. In town for a headline tour along with an appearance at Sugar Mountain Festival, the 22-year-old rapper stopped by the triple j studios to reinvent a Prince classic.

Hailed the biggest Like A Version in history, complete with a ten-member band and full purple lighting, Joey…

FOMO came correct to Parramatta Park at the weekend and we’re still buzzing. Now in its third year running, the festival saw an incredible lineup hit Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne this year to help punters get their freak on with one stage, zero clashes and zero worries.

We breezed in just in time for Touristto take the stage. The UK producer has been a festival staple in Australia…

It’s that time of year again when rain, shine and music collide to bring us the ultimate summer experience at Falls Music and Arts Festival. One of the largest events happening across the New Year period, Falls has been going strong for a quarter of a century and still never fails to amaze. The bill for the 2017/2018 tour included a bunch of stellar international names including Fleet Foxes, Run…