Music

Post-punk dispatches from StrictLand, a fictional lutruwita town where housing crises, screen addiction, crypto scams and creeping AI become sharp, satirical songs.

Art-rock with teeth. Damn Williams channels Scott Walker and 70s Bowie through the lo-fi immediacy of 90s indie, shaping narratives that probe Australian memory and complexity.

An indie-folk trio weaving dissonant harmonies and clean, consonant melodies — motion shaped by their alt-rock roots.

Dreampop shimmer blended with shape-shifting songwriting led by Leah Tahi Randall. A local project evolving with each new member who joins the fold.

Original jazz and afrobeat influences woven into improvisational, rhythm-forward works. Melbourne-based session drummer Liam O’Leary is joined by Kelly Ottaway and Jed Adams, tracing unexpected paths through groove, texture and interplay.

A Hobart jump-jive and swing band drawing on the legacy of Louis Jordan, Louis Prima and Bull Moose Jackson. Led by Gus Leighton’s vocals and sax, the ensemble blends originals with classic repertoire—bright brass, driving rhythm and a generous dose of mischievous banter.

Nick Howe shapes synthesis, texture and memory into a drifting, spectral soundbath.

The Sunny Bois draw on jazz and groove traditions, blending original compositions with inventive takes on classic standards. Their sound balances subtle rhythmic feel with bursts of high-energy improvisation, each member bringing their own musical personality into the mix.

House, funk and playful chaos—dance-floor mischief with a bright, unruly edge.

Saving good parties from bad music since 2001. An avid collector and genre-fluid selector, Zia McCabe draws on dub, psychedelia, vintage French pop, ambient sound design and the occasional guilty pleasure, guided by mood and space rather than rules. Her background in dance—and three decades with The Dandy Warhols—shapes her vivid, instinctive approach to sound.

A conversation between guitar, rhythm and style.

Electric stick and drums fused with bassoon, bass clarinet and cello. The result: a filmic, jazz-rock-tinged sound shaped by the rugged landscapes of lutruwita/Tasmania.

A funk-blues four-piece from nipaluna/lutruwita with soulful, coastal-leaning songs rooted in the rhythms and imagery of home. Old-school warmth woven with stories of beaches, community and place.

Instrumental psychedelic groove from Byron Bay dealing rhythm, colour and rolling, hypnotic motion.

A hand-built Tasmanian sound system carrying the traditions of dub, reggae and roots. Fostering community through deep frequency, shared space and sound-system culture.

Hobart duo Foucault á GoGo deconstruct musical styles with a sense of fun. Guitar, keys, bass and vox circling over electronic beats built for movement.

Elias Alexander fuses Scottish and American folk traditions with the pulse of modern electronic music, with bagpipes, fiddle, whistles and synths woven into ritualistic, rhythm-driven sound.

From lutruwita/Tasmania, Baltimöre Charlót crafts art-pop built from stems, samples and production wildness, exploring body, identity and self through a Latina/Filipino, openly bisexual lens.

Born in lutruwita/Tasmania to Japanese–Australian heritage, エミエミ (emi emi) channels the colour and chaos of modern J-pop through a local lens. Mixing Japanese and English vocals, synths and choreography, her live shows radiate energy and invention.

Cynic and a dreamer. Rā Bellatrix is on a journey most deem impossible: from the sea floor to a distant star in space. Catch the soundtrack to her ascent.

Spectrical (Timothy Allen) crafts ambient, drone and experimental soundscapes from nipaluna/lutruwita, drifting textures shaped by synths, field recordings and modular processing.

Grunge-punk cabaret from Napoleon Dodo & His Wind Up Dolls. Warm and slightly misshapen, like a raspberry beret fresh from the dryer.

Emily-Rose & The Wild move between contemporary folk and experimental terrain, crafting luminous moments with voice, keyboards and accordion.

Glenn Skuthorpe is a master melodist and one of Australia’s most compelling Indigenous lyricists, his songwriting spanning folk, rock and deeply grounded storytelling.

Canadian songwriter Scott Cook returns with upright bassist Pamela Mae, carrying sturdy, straight-talking folk songs from life on the road.

Let Essex-born folk troubadour, Beans on Toast, charm you with his candid songwriting and humorous storytelling.

Satirical storytelling crafted with an abundance of joyful emotion.

Masterful banjo playing from one of Canada's beloved roots singer-songwriters

Multi-Aria nominated Jodi Phillis takes to the Mona stage and is joined by multi-instrumentalist Dean Stanton.

This jingle jangle trio is formed by members of some of Hobart's most formidable locals acts (Quivers, Enola Fall, All Fires and Heart Beach).

A band of people. Hard to define.

The loudest band in Lutruwita/Tasmania. Amplified psychedelic blues.

Improv group aiming to reach an alternate sonic reality.

Five neuro-diverse humans with a common goal, to create an epic sound.

Experimental duo hailing from North West Tasmania and utilising field recordings in their music.

Question: Can Dave, a blind singer-songwriter teach 3 talented teenage punks how to play an album's worth of songs he wrote 35 years ago?
Answer: Yes he bloody well can.

Let Zumpa whisk you away to enchanting Italian fishing villages, moonlit olive groves, and the vibrant essence of peasant life under the Mediterranean sun.

Raucous instrumental music that’s crossed the globe from Glastonbury to Cygnet, and now the Mona lawns. Expect violin, trumpet, clarinet, accordion and a rocking rhythm section.

Love, loss and the vulnerability of life in all its forms.

Honoring the music of North America's old-time string bands, this duo melds simplicity and complexity together with a joyout passion and intensity.

Lutruwita/Tasmanian-born, Narrm/Melbourne-based jazz keyboardist, composer and producer.

Inspired by the landscapes of her island home and her introspective connection with human experience, Molly's lyrics explore these themes of love, hope, solitude and longing.

Gothic-rock meets post-punk in a wave of hypnotic psychedelia.

Reverb-drenched guitars and haunting vocals build a soundscape that will leave you suspended between darkness and light. Make yourself at home.

Ambience and field recordings from a Tasmania composer-producer.

Mixed-glamour post-punk duo from near here. Bass, beats, crushed Nintendo synth, labyrinths of history and resonance.

Sparse alternative mountain folk / ambient country.

They don't play ragtime. His name's not Frank. Old worlds made new and rocking. Two drummers, five hearts beating in time.

Using tachyonized instruments, Kenta creates frequencies that resonate with the natural water within the body, especially 444 Hz and 432 Hz, guiding listeners into a meditative, restorative state.

Honest songs about things that matter.

Electric grit with jazz-school sensibilities create engaging and emotive soundscapes.

A blend of authentic dark folk, post-punk witchery that will leave you spell bound.

Fruit and folk-adjacent three-part harmonies from these local ambient amblers.

Fun Size Duncans like to keep things a little wobbly, but always full of energy and flavour.

Name-checked by Kurt Cobain, the Cannanes are indie personified.

Face-melting riffs from this local psych rock three-piece.

Bedroom producer released into the wild with a bag of slumbering beats and dronal keys.

Bunch of brainrotted dorks who spend just as much time playing the guitar as they do scrolling instagram reels.

Wanting the audience to feel the way they do when writing and performing their music. Which was worryingly born from emotions of despair, sadness, frustration and angst.

Organ, guitar, drums, jazz, blues, funk.

Original jazz based off CMT's experiences overpast years.

Lovers of sad girl indie-pop unite. Eliza wields dreamy synths and guitar to craft heartfelt anthems.

Blood harmonies. Indie-folk with open tuned guitar, clawhammer banjo and harmonica from this pair of irish twin brothers.

Jessie Monk weaves new stories with old threads, inspired by ancient myth and Celtic and Appalachian folk traditions.

After travelling around Australia twice, nearly being stabbed, getting caught in a car fire and falling off a two storey building in Guatemala, Colbey is just happy to be here, sharing music and film and surfing along the way.

Songs about impulsive decisions, surviving passive aggressibe workplaces and out-growing friendships. Reflecting on the queer-diaspora experience, untangling the wires of your brain and the nuances of daily life, Grass Stains are figuring out the key to happiness one show at a time.

Someone said Kevin Shields meets Patti Smith. Someone else said Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed and Cat Power hanging out on a damp night. Neither's far off.