Concrete Playground

Wednesday, 23rd September - 1PM
@ Metro Theatre

News has started to filter through the music industry rumor mills that legendary indie rock band Pavement are reforming for a tour next year and will be coming to Australia.... Read More »

Saturday, 5th September - 1PM
@ QBar

Sydney’s Sideways Hitchhiker are four young dudes thrashing-out. While relatively new to the scene, they’ve already won over the largely-jaded Sydney music industry and music media, largely because while their... Read More »

Sunday, 23rd August - 12PM
@ Curious Works

With the innumerable Animal Collective ‘homage’ bands circulating the local live scene, it’s a wonderful and refreshing thing to hear a performer who borrows sounds of now, but uses them... Read More »

Friday, 28th August - 1PM
@ Hopetoun Hotel

Sydney band Sherlock's Daughter are launching their new EP at the Hopetoun Hotel and in true-to-form style have grabbed two of Sydney's most exciting emerging acts to perform in support... Read More »

Sunday, 23rd August - 1PM
@ Spectrum

When a band are described as “recalling Liars, Sonic Youth and echoes of an African mountain tribe” you have to take notice. Another reason to notice Sydney’s No Art, is... Read More »

Sunday, 30th August - 7AM
@ Manning Bar

With a wardrobe consisting mainly of cute little dresses, ballet flats and tailored cropped jackets, I always look really out of place at punk and hardcore shows. I love going... Read More »

Sunday, 30th August - 2PM
@ La Campagna

If you’re after sparkling, sexy new disco, New York label Italians Do It Better is for you. Label head (and one of disco's best advocates) Mike Simonetti is in Sydney... Read More »

Friday, 2nd October - Monday, 5th October
@ Sound Summit

Held annually during This Is Not Art (TINA), Sound Summit turns 10 this year! Happening in and around Newcastle over the October longer weekend, Sound Summit is a series of... Read More »

Saturday, 5th September - 2PM
@ The Club

After a brief hiatus while location-scouting, Sydney's iconic hipster party Gay Bash is back. Spring, skip, sprawl, bounce, bound, buck, hop, leap, or lope. Whichever way best suits, get sprung... Read More »

Saturday, 12th September - 12PM
@ Serial Space

Serial Space is teeny tiny. Being fashionably late will just not fly: you need to arrive super early. Finish up work a few hours before you normally would, call in... Read More »

Sunday, 14th March - 8PM - Tuesday, 16th March - 8PM
@ Hordern Pavilion

When the Pixies last came to Australia for V Festival, they thought the festival and the audience wasn't the best fit for their sound. So, to make it up to... Read More »

Wednesday, 2nd September - 11AM
@ The Alexandria Hotel

As a child, I equated riding a bike with my younger brother’s cup-cake fuelled birthday parties at the Centennial Park Bike Track. Not so cool. Now as an adult (and... Read More »

Friday, 4th September - 12PM
@ Oxford Art Factory

I am always super self-conscious about my music selection when I play tunes at parties. Firstly, you need to suit songs to the ambience of your venue. Tricky. Then, do... Read More »

Thursday, 10th September - 1PM
@ Fringe Bar

Lost Valentinos are a band who’ve been gigging in Sydney for forever-and-a-day, and after years of hard work and shows in grotty bars, finally have a debut album to show... Read More »

Monday, 7th September - 7AM
@ Ching-a-lings

Sometimes I just really feel like a piece of steak. I ran into my friend at the butcher the other day and we discussed this and he shared my sentiment.... Read More »

Friday, 11th December - 7PM
@ The Enmore

I’m currently listening to Merryweather Post Pavilion, the latest album by Brooklynites (now globally based) Animal Collective. There are so many bands ripping off this sound at the moment, but I... Read More »

Sunday, 6th September - 2PM
@ Civic Hotel

Future Classic are on the ball, often touring producers before they are too well-known, which means you can see them in smaller more intimate venues instead of at mega-summer-fluro-festival-stadiums. The... Read More »

Saturday, 12th September - 3PM
@ La Campagna

Sydney’s favourite almost-monthly/sometimes-weekly/often fort-nightly Crunk, Baltimore Club, Baile Funk, Hyphy & Dancehall party Wamp Wamp is back after taking a few months off to rest and refresh. The party features... Read More »

Monday, 14th September - 1PM
@ Metro Theatre

Flo Rida has the silliest name in rap, but Beyonce is a fan of his which makes me think twice before throwing criticisms. He also wrote one of the catchiest... Read More »

Friday, 18th September - 1PM
@ Candy's Apartment

Always wanted to get your face on TV but not talented enough for Australian Idol? Advertised as “taking social photography to a whole new level” TV Club can turn that dream into... Read More »

Sunday, 20th September - 3PM
@ Taxi Club

Once home to Bingo nights and Karaoke, Taxi Club has been treated to a tidy makeover and is being taken on by Sydney’s indie social scenesters - we’re always looking... Read More »

Saturday, 26th September - 1PM
@ Spectrum

If you’re not familiar with Vivian Girls, get acquainted. When the Brooklyn band released their debut album last year, a combination of 60’s girl-group harmonies, scuzzy garage guitar riffs and... Read More »

Sunday, 27th September - 2PM
@ Oxford Art Factory

Duke Magazine’s White Men Can’t Crump party has got me reminiscing all my favourite 90s R&B and Hip Hop, and you can’t ever look past N.W.A with Ice Cube, Dr... Read More »

Sunday, 27th September - Saturday, 26th September
@ Mona Vale Hotel

Lisa Mitchell is everywhere at the moment - on TV, on radio, playing in video stores... I even spotted her getting a take away coffee from my local cafe over... Read More »

Friday, 13th November - 7PM
@ Big Top Sydney, Luna Park

When I was in high school I associated Luna Park with the wild-mouse, the gravitron, dodgems and the ferris wheel... not dance parties. Times have changed! The crew of Skoolapalooza... Read More »

Saturday, 31st October - 8PM
@ Annandale Hotel

The only think you need to know before going to see Sydney band Cabins live, is that they are really good. There are so many new bands in Sydney at... Read More »

Saturday, 3rd October - Friday, 2nd October
@ Metro Theatre

Already sponsors of the successful nation-wide V Festival, Virgin Mobile have just signed on as sponsors of Sydney's Metro Theatre. One of the most successful live venues in the country, this re-branding... Read More »

Saturday, 3rd October - Friday, 30th October
@ Oxford Art Factory

When Oxford Art Factory opened, Sydney breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, a music venue large enough to house international acts but not too showy to make locals feel out... Read More »

Friday, 9th October - 2PM
@ Oxford Art Factory

Around June 2008 El Perro Del Mar recorded a Take Away show for The Blogoteque  with fellow Swede popstarlett Lykke Li. At the time buzz around Lykke was really thriving and El... Read More »

Sunday, 1st November - 8PM
@ The Enmore

Chali 2na has one of the most unique and unforgettable voices in rap, his dramatic low bass baritone first heard with Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli, now as a solo artist... Read More »

Friday, 4th December - 8PM
@ The Annandale Hotel

OMFG! The line up of the original The Underground Lovers has reunited for Homebake but are playing a special show at the Annandale! Dust off Underground Lovers, Leaves Me Blind, Rushall Station,... Read More »

Thursday, 21st January - 8PM
@ Hyde Park Barracks Museum

Scottish collective Camera Obscura make deliciously delicate whistful folk pop with notes of country and soul. Their 2006 album Lets Get Out Of This Country is the perfect recipe for... Read More »

Monday, 25th January - 7PM
@ Enmore Theatre

If you are predisposed to crazy dancing, mega pop hits, golden oldies and banging electro remixes, then going to a Girl Talk (producer/DJ Gregg Gillis) show is probably the most... Read More »

Tuesday, 29th December - Friday, 1st January
@ Glenworth Valley

Everyone keeps asking me what I am doing for New Years Eve... Last year I was in Egypt with my parents, before that it was at the hotel bar with... Read More »

Wednesday, 6th January - 8PM
@ Oxford Art Factory

King Khan & The Shrines are pretty much the most fun you will ever have at a live show - their psychedelic, raucous, in-your-face, garage explosions will have you screaming... Read More »

Friday, 4th December - 7PM
@ Bald Faced Stag

After two years hiding their light under their bushel baskets, gorgeous indie boys The Paper Scissors are once again letting their light shine. Last month they released a new song... Read More »