Jared Richards
6 gigs and festivals worth visiting Brisbane for this spring and summer
From queer music festival Melt to heavy metal heavy-hitters and one-of-a-kind shows, here’s what you can see in Brisbane the rest of 2023
Meet Melbourne’s slut-pop provocateur Big Wett: “I’m here to revel in the chaos”
The woman behind the songs ‘G-Spot’ and ‘King Dick’ on partying properly, dancefloor no-no’s and the importance of not taking anything too seriously
Paul Kelly, climate change epics and ‘Bananaland’: Inside Brisbane Festival 2023
A trio of events in Brisbane this September have made the city a must for music-lovers, led by an ambitious, exciting iteration of Brisbane Festival
Seven Australian acts who blew us away at BIGSOUND 2023
NME picks seven artists to watch out of the 150+ acts who played to music industry heavy-hitters at Fortitude Valley this year
The Presets announce ‘20 Years. 20 Nights’ DJ tour of small Australian venues: “We wanna treat these like house parties”
The Presets’ Julian Hamilton tells NME why they’re commemorating their 20th anniversary with small club sets instead of playing to thousands a night
Ninajirachi: “Magic is around all of us all the time, if we’re open to it”
Natural meets digital on Nina Wilson’s debut mixtape ‘Second Nature’, where boundary-breaking electronic pop is the vehicle for a reverent, cerebral spirituality
The return of ‘Heartbreak High’: “The teen story is universal, but we’re Australian”
Take it from this cast of rising stars – Netflix’s reboot of the ‘90s Australian hit is its own beast, neither a nostalgia grab nor an attempt to make the Aussie ‘Euphoria’
‘Heartbreak High’ review: Netflix’s glossy reboot of this Aussie classic is overthought but promising
Despite the Netflix sheen and frustrating plot points that render it too close to ‘Sex Education’, ‘Heartbreak High’ shines when its distinct point of view emerges
‘6 Festivals’ review: coming-of-age drama centres Aussie music but loses its own rhythm
Filmed at local music festivals and featuring G Flip, Dune Rats, Lime Cordiale and more, this teen drama works best when it leans into director Macario De Souza’s documentary roots
Mallrat: “When pop music is done with respect for the listeners, it’s perfect and exciting and beautiful”
Grace Shaw’s vision of pop music is vivid and vulnerable, familiar yet fresh. Debut album ‘Butterfly Blue’ is her most enthralling release yet
‘Anonymous Club’ review: Courtney Barnett doc takes fans inside her on-tour struggles
This intimate new film finds one of Australia's biggest indie rock stars in a crisis of confidence
Methyl Ethel: “Art is pretty bogus if you think about it too much”
After three heartbreak records, Jake Webb looked beyond himself to create ‘Are You Haunted?’, a sprawling, philosophical album that tries not to take itself too seriously