We celebrate Australian chiptune with 10 Thousand Free Men And Their Families and Abortifacient who are representing the city of Sydney at Australia’s first international chiptune festival, Blipfest in February 2012. They are in the NWA studio to have a chat and play a live […]
The second of two episodes dedicated to recordings from the Perth event ‘Analogue to Digital‘ presented by Scitech, in partnership with New Weird Australia. This week, Ourobonic Plague, whose album ‘Post Human Possibilities’ just dropped on the Perth label Twice Removed, plus music from No […]
The first of two episodes dedicated to recordings from the Perth event ‘Analogue to Digital’ presented by Scitech, in partnership with New Weird Australia. This week, we’ll hear sets from event curator Furchick; from solo artist K Wilson and from Brain Full of Light. Published […]
An interview and live-to-sir set with Melbourne psych ambient four-piece Yolke, including new and unreleased material. Formed while field researching sound in 2008, Yolke released their debut album ‘Poppy Wash’ back in 2010, and it quickly drew references to shoe gaze, krautrock and folktronica, with […]
Canberra’s Pollen Trio uncomfortably fit the genre of ‘avant jazz’, instead taking in a broad range of influences – most directly from their ‘day jobs’ as members of well-known Canberra bands, Spartak and Kasha. With a love of Flying Lotus and Autechre, blended with a […]
Under the name Secret Birds, former Brisbane resident D. Black takes an astral-tinged journey through synth jams, float folk and fried psychedelia. In Sydney for an extended stopover before heading overseas, Secret Birds plays an extended live-to-air set exclusively for New Weird Australia, and we […]
Renowned Sydney producer Pimmon joins Stu Buchanan ahead of the release of two new albums – ‘The Oansome Orbit’ (Room40) and ‘Lay Down Real Slow’ (Stunned) – and plays an exclusive ‘Onasome Orbit’ set live in the studio. Published 15 September 2011. Subscribe to the […]
Melbourne avant-drumming duo Peon (Ronny Ferella and Sam Price) join guest presenter Peter Hollo for a live in-studio session ahead of the release of their upcoming second album ‘Intercourse Suite’. Published 11 August 2011. Subscribe to the New Weird Australia podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify […]
Brooke Olsen from Dirty Shirlows talks with guest presenter Kimberley Galceran about the history of the Marrickville underground venue, ahead of their third anniversary fundraiser. We also hear a number of tracks selected by Brooke, from Australian artists Axxonn, Grey Daturas, Gary Butler & Amanda […]
Sydney-based Ivan Lisyak is a multidisciplinary media artist, and musician working with video, sound, feedback, and noise. In this episode of New Weird Australia, Ivan talks about his new release on Avant Whatever, titled ‘South West Line’ and performs a live in-studio session. Published 21 […]
Two live sets from a recent show at the FBI Social in Sydney, featuring Sydney improvisational collective Forenzics, launching their third album, ‘Build Ruins’; plus experimental / electronic duo Domeyko/Gonzalez. Published 16 June 2011. Subscribe to the New Weird Australia podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify […]
Brain Drain is a Sydney based artist who straddles the divide between structure and improvisation, often revelling in the contrast between the two. His guitar-driven pieces centre around creating both mood and rhythm through loops, and using this repetition as a foundation on which to […]
