News You have to laugh, because otherwise you’ll cry: Sydney’s new tourist video puts the PAIN in campaign by Agnes O'Dwyer In attempt to apparently promote the city of Sydney, Destination NSW has commissioned a campaign tune that has most of the internet recoiling into themselves and then booking tickets to…
Arts News Who was the most controversial artist of 2016? Kanye West would point the finger at Scott Marsh by Paul Maland Scott Marsh is a graffiti and canvas artist based in Sydney, Australia. Marsh’s work investigates the intersection of graffiti and high art, pop-culture and the cult of celebrity. Marsh’s work recently…
News New South Wales Premier Mike Baird resigns by Happy In an unexpected and immediate decision this morning, the contentious Premier of New South Wales Mike Baird has resigned. Currently at the halfway point of his political term, Baird has spent…
News Music heals all wounds, right? Labor’s Seven Step Plan is showcasing how live music may resurrect Sydney’s night life by Agnes O'Dwyer The Sydney live music scene, in the wake of a seven step plan put forward by the Mike Baird’s Labor government, may be resurrected from a death caused by lockout…
Features More and more countries are seeing the value of music as culture and we’re still fucking complaining about noise at the Opera House by Susie Garrard The value of music is in question. But then that’s hardly news; for decades, popular music has been the victim of cultural elitism. Even just comparing the pervading stereotype of…
News SAY WHAT?! The acting premier openly supports changes to the lockout law by Chloe Kay Richardson Acting premier Troy Grant has stated publicly that if next month’s review of the dreaded lockout laws were to change from 1:30am to 3am then he would be in support…
Lists Fuck the lockouts. These 8 venues are carrying the flame for Sydney live music and you should be supporting them by Happy There’s no denying that Sydney’s live music seen has taken a massive hit since the abominable lockout laws were introduced back in 2014. There have been some exceptions with resilient…
News Slumberhaze make an important statement in their infinitely entertaining video, Neon Demon by Jesse Tachibana Constant growth is an intrinsic component of life, whether you acknowledge it or not. As we live, we learn. Along our infinitely diverse paths of personal progression, it is only…
Features Thank God we’re finally safe, where would this youth-overrun country be without lockout laws to protect us? by Dustin Calder Everywhere you look you see some blurry eyed stoner, or worse, some coke addled ex bar owner complaining about the liquor legislation in NSW as if it’s only just become…
News Keep Sydney Open announces public rally with Isabella Manfredi, Art vs Science, Royal Headache and more by Emily Mathison After Premier Mike Baird showed his ongoing support for the current lockout laws in Sydney, Keep Sydney Open have announced a public rally, supported by a huge line-up of artists….
News Alison Wonderland pens open letter to Mike Baird about Sydney’s lockout laws by Emily Mathison With the NSW Government preparing to review the current lockout laws that have plagued Sydney for almost two years, Alison Wonderland has penned an open letter to Mike Baird about…
Health News “The health policy in Australia is create a drug-free Australia, which is ludicrous”; emergency doctor slams NSW government’s attempt to shut down festivals by Shayen de Silva Following the news that the NSW government would seek to shut down festivals following an alleged MDMA incident at Field Day, a leading emergency doctor has come forward saying their…
News The Presets call NSW Government “nuts” for threatening to deny music festivals after drug-related deaths by Nick Stillman The Preset‘s Kim Moyes has slammed the NSW Government, calling them “nuts” after they threatened to permanently shut down music festival or deny permits to festival organisers following a big of year…
