The very first release on New Weird Australia’s Wood & Wire label sees Melbourne drumming duo Peon hit the studio with Lloyd Swanton (The Necks) on both production and bass duties. Inter Alia by Peon Tracklisting. 1. No Second Acts (03:39) 2. Distension (08:51) 3. […]
New Weird Australia came together with the This Thing label in Melbourne recently for the second instalment of the ‘open source’ gig series, Vagrant. In this episode, we going to hear live sets from the gig at The Workers Club in Fitzroy – first up, […]
The second instalment of our ‘open source’ gig series, Vagrant, took place in Melbourne recently, and it saw us getting together with the This Thing label for a bunch of great electronic-based sets. We’re dedicating this episode to one of those sets from Vagrant – […]
New Weird Australia and Fallopian Tunes team up for a compilation double-header. 22 tracks, 11 a-piece, representing precision and imprecision – controlled chaos and chaotic control. Features Kristian M Roberts, Bad Bones, Simon Gardam, Trjaeu, Jacob Silver, WORNG, Matthew Brown, Document Swell, Exotic Snake, Yolke, […]
This week we feature a live set from new Sydney three-piece Gold Model. The members of the band are by no means new to music-making – lead vocalist Zed Female (otherwise known as Christina Harvey) can be found in a number of projects, most notably […]
We’re diving into modular synthesis, with a live set from Nadir – a collaboration between Sydney artist Alex White and Melbourne’s Ben Byrne – and Pia Van Gelder, co-director of the upcoming Moduluxxx Festival, described as something between “a museum, a LAN party and a […]
This week, a two-part live session from Sydney four-piece Roboter Haus. Born out of the Refraction sound collective, Roboter Haus create experimental music that moves through an eclectic mix of genres, such as post-rock, turntabalism, Indian classical and metal. Published 19 April 2012. Subscribe to […]
This compilation celebrates the conclusion of the New Editions project, combining a track from each release with unreleased and rare material from many of the artists involved – CAUGHT SHIP (Melbourne), BLAKE FREELE (Sydney), PANEYE (Sydney), TANTRUMS (Melbourne), NO ZU (Melbourne), KRIS KEOGH (Darwin), FORENZICS (Sydney), SPARTAK (Canberra), THOMAS WILLIAM VS SCISSOR LOCK (Sydney) […]
Sydney’s Emily Gratham is a young producer who submitted a series of off-kilter electronic demos to New Weird Australia. We loved them so much, we’re releasing them as her debut EP through our Wood And Wire imprint. In this episode, Emily plays a special live […]
Seaworthy is the musical / sound recording project of Australian Cameron Webb, whose upcoming project is released through Flaming Pines, a label run by sound artist Kate Carr. We talk to Kate about the genesis of the label and its latest releases, and hear a […]
No Anchor formed in Brisbane in 2007, playing their own unique variation of ‘sludge doom’ with two bass guitarists and a drummer. To date they have recorded three albums, most recently the acclaimed ‘Real Pain Supernova’. Ambrose Chapel is Ian’s laptop doom solo project – […]
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 […]
