Electronic / hip hop / punk artist Simo Soo has not only dropped a brand new mixtape ‘Twenty Ten 4eva!!’, but is celebrating its release with a four-night residency at the Sydney’s Landsdowne Hotel. Stu Buchanan chats to Simo about this creative burst of activity […]
Stu Buchanan talks to Spartak – Canberra artist, label manager and promoter SHOEB AHMAD, and drummer, producer and sound artist EVAN DORRIAN. SHOEB has, for quite some time, been one of the key voices of dissent in the city of Canberra – single-handledly staging an […]
PIMMON is arguably Australia’s most well known and most successful experimental music producers, having recorded for various labels around the world (including Tigerbeat6 and Fat Cat) and collaborating with the likes of FENNESZ and OREN AMBARCHI. Over the preceding eighteen months, PIMMON released five albums […]
PANEYE is the moniker of Sydney musician Will Treffry. Residing in Sydney, Will’s music combines elements of psych-folk, ambient electronica and dream pop. In this episode, Stu Buchanan talks to Will about his work to date – which includes three full solo albums, and an […]
This week, two live sets from a recent New Weird Australia show at Sydney’s Red Rattler in Marrickville; featuring Brisbane artists Ambrose Chapel (aka Ian Rogers from No Anchor) and experimental country and folk musician Anonymeye. Published 24 July 2010 Subscribe to the New Weird […]
A live set from Erasers – a new two-piece band from Perth, featuring Rebecca Orchard on vocals and Rupert Thomas on instruments. Taken from a New Weird Australia show at Sydney’s Red Rattler in Marrickville. Erasers formed with the desire to create and produce music […]
Eve Klein has been working as a professional operatic mezzo soprano, electronic musician and absent-minded academic since 2002. Her solo project, Textile Audio, weaves together orchestral scores, field recordings, opera and pop vocals. We hear a couple of tracks from her latest release ‘The Pomegranate […]
As far as new, weird Australian music goes, Canberra is fast establishing itself as 2010’s most interesting city – Stu Buchanan talks to one of its emerging artists, DANGER BEACH. Leaving behind the lo-fi punk noise of his ASSASSINS 88 project, DANGER BEACH explores the […]
Stu Buchanan chats with sound artist and curator Gail Priest ahead of her upcoming evening at Superdeluxe, part of this year’s Biennale of Sydney. We also hear music from her EP ‘Fear of Stranglers’. Published 1 July 2010 Subscribe to the New Weird Australia podcast […]
A live set from Brisbane media artist Tom Hall, recorded live at Refraction, curated by New Weird Australia and produced by the UTS Sound Collective. Published 29 June 2010 Subscribe to the New Weird Australia podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your […]
Well known experimental musicians in their own right, MARCUS WHALE (also known as SCISSOR LOCK) and TRAVIS COOK (who performs as CYST IMPALED) moved into unique territory in 2010, recording as alternative pop duo COLLARBONES. Marcus and Travis join Stu Buchanan to talk about their […]
Dual Uzis is a revolving improvisational collective, currently featuring Sam Pettigrew (Splinter Orchestra), Ivan Vizintin (Ghoul), John Hassell (Seekae) and Josh Isaac (Nhomea). They are so freshly minted that this live session for New Weird Australia represents only the second time they’ve played together. Published […]
