Bigsound Day 2
Dick Move at The Brightside (Inside)
Dick Move spit out short sharp hot takes that call to the increasingly messed up world around them. Notorious already for their pumping live shows, Dick Move’s catalogue of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it punk anthems are cutting, confronting, empowering and dripping with brash cheekiness and political angst.
Sesame Girl at The Black Bear
Indie Pop. Bonded through heartfelt music and somber themes Sesame Girl, have been climbing the ranks to be crowned Canberra’s next national act.
EGGY at Tomcat
A band whose output is defined by a keen sense for change and continuum, EGGY keep their feet firmly planted in the DIY. Forging songs from fuzzwar tones and analogue frequencies, their reverence for the mechanistic sounds of the 70’s always present alongside their 00’s heroes. Systematic and cinematic bliss.
Stocker at Eclipse
The Brisbane-based pop savant (FKA Bria) boldly reintroduces herself to to the world with the epic Angel and debut EP, Lip Locked.
Private Wives At The Black Bear
Private Wives are a three piece all women punk band, using music to share their individual experiences as young women, focusing on issues surrounding misogyny, sexism and harassment, and dismantling toxic social and cultural structures, encouraging audiences to enact positive change in the music industry, as well as their daily lives.
Dartz at The Tomcat
Kiwi pub-punks DARTZ proudly carry the flag for scrappy garage rock on Aotearoa's side of the ditch: the irrepressibly entertaining band from Wellington have cemented their place as "modern-day New Zealand folk heroes" according to Rolling Stone, with new album 'Dangerous Day To Be A Cold One' debuting at #1 on the NZ album charts alongside sold-out release shows and a debut UK/EU tour.