Neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia is designed to challenge our understanding of what music can and should be.

The project began in 2009 with the release of a free compilation, and since then we’ve released over thirty similar collections. Our releases are distributed free through Bandcamp, with selected releases available on Apple, Tidal and Spotify.

Individual artists' EPs and albums are released under the sublabel New Editions. A further series of artists' releases are available in our now-defunct Wood And Wire sub-label.

Our podcast series runs to over 100 episodes and includes interviews with, and performances by, artists such as The Necks, Penelope Trappes, Laurence Pike, Ela Stiles, Fia Fiell, Lawrence English, Rites Wild, Severed Heads and more. Although currently resting, you can listen to the New Weird Australia podcast archive on Apple Podcasts.

Our Substack newsletter is the most direct way for us to share what New Weird Australia has been up to. We are also on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and YouTube.

If you’re making music, email links to info at newweirdaustralia dot com dot au for consideration. Please bear in mind that we’re a small operation, so whilst we may not be able to respond quickly, be assured that we listen to and consider all music submitted.

New Weird Australia is curated by Stu Buchanan.

New Weird Australia is produced on the sacred land of the Darug People. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past and present. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.