Sneaky Sound System

Sneaky Sound System

You can expect a load of those new songs to appear alongside the likes of 'UFO', 'Goodbye', 'Pictures' and 'I Love It' when SSS play the Enmore.

Gig at the Enmore

Gig at the Enmore

A gig at the Enmore is a great night out on its own, but do you know the best places to eat drink or shop before or after the show?

Great Escape 2008 cancelled

Great Escape 2008 cancelled

One of Sydney's best-loved festivals has called it quits - for 2008, at least. Andrew P Street is not at all pleased.

Splendour in the Grass sideshows

Splendour in the Grass sideshows

Sydney goes Splendour in the Grass sideshow mad. Here's what's on and when

The Vines

The Vines

Andrew P Street salutes the return of local heroes, The Vines

Sydney's Top 10 Music Venues

Sydney's Top 10 Music Venues

Brooke Salisbury samples ten of the finest temples of Rock found in Sin City. One-two-three-four!

Come with me and (great) escape

Come with me and (great) escape

Brooke Salisbury gives you the rundown on what's coming for the 2008 Great Escape festival

Peter Northcote

Peter Northcote

Never let it be said that Time Out Sydney doesn't know how to cook and/or wail

Here come the warm jets

Here come the warm jets

London's Mystery Jets have youth on their mind. Brooke Salisbury catches up with twenty three year old William Rees about writing, making and playing Twenty One

You Am I

You Am I

Resilient, beloved rockers, Rogers, Kent, Hopkinson and Lane stoke the fire under album #8 and shape up to Angus Fontaine

After the rain

After the rain

Car accidents! Legal battles! The Angels have taken all manner of hits in the last decade, but they're back!

A little patience

A little patience

The Grates are playing a very special, very secret show to launch their new single - and monitoring the state of the nation's water supply.

Super Massive

Super Massive

Time Out Sydney could hardly have missed this band: after all, their mass is enormous - indeed, some might say "super"...

Youth Group

Youth Group

Catch Youth Group at the Vanguard before they say goodbye Newtown, hello New York.

Here comes the (red) sun

Here comes the (red) sun

Andrew P Street watches for the new dawn of The Red Sun Band

Fire and rein

Fire and rein

Andrew P Street learns to take office fire drills seriously from Old Man River.

The Khan Brothers

The Khan Brothers

Allow Time Out Sydney to direct your attention to places where you might not otherwise glance. And not only because we're trying to pinch your wallet

Remember that I love you

Remember that I love you

Ex-Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson talks to Andrew P Street about family and fans before and after Juno

Destination beautiful

Destination beautiful

After 20 years together, Kiwi rockers Shihad are feeling more energised than ever.

Cassette Kids

Cassette Kids

We know what's awesome here at Time Out Sydney. Trust us. We know what we're doing.

Weezer: A history of awesome videos

Weezer: A history of awesome videos

We might not be delighted by the new album, but one thing you can count on with Weezer is brilliant, inventive video clips.

Do the right Ting

Do the right Ting

Heralded as 'The Sound of 2008' by the UK media, The Ting Tings have come from nowhere to become the biggest breakthrough band this year.

Teenage Riot

Teenage Riot

The Teenagers are about to be your new favourite potty-mouthed French indie pop band

Q: Are they not men?

Q: Are they not men?

Andrew P Street dons his energy dome to speak with Devo's co-founder Gerald V. Casale.

Pure massacre

Pure massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre return, with their high priest as shambolic as ever.

Hellbound!

Hellbound!

With Hymns In The Key Of 666, Sweden's Hellsongs have put out the least-rockin' metal album of 2008: which is just how they like it.

Circle

Circle

We here at Time Out Sydney are generally fans of the almighty polygon - but this week we'll make an exception.

The Grates

The Grates

They're the perkiest trio to emerge from Brisbane in a good long while

Taping over

Taping over

VHS Or Beta aren't letting the vagaries of fashion slow 'em down.

British India

British India

Straight outta pop's cerebral cortex springs British India - all elbow, riffs and angst and midwived by the legendary Harry Vanda.

The camera never lies

The camera never lies

With the opening of the Sydney Film Festival this week, Andrew P Street pretends that he's a panel of experts and holds his own private Music In Film Awards.

Thar he blows!

Thar he blows!

Andrew P Street talks armed forces and Jazz festivals with Carl Riseley.

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

The Bravery's lead singer, Sam Endicott fills Brooke Salisbury in on The Sun, The Moon, film and feuds:

Powerthirst

Powerthirst

Need energy? You're going to be uncomfortably energetic!

Thrill seeking

Thrill seeking

On the eve of their The Thrills' Australian visit, Andrew P Street speaks with a very, very weary Conor Deasy

The Millionaire$

The Millionaire$

It started on a whim, but it's turned into an all-star hootenanny - say hello to Sydney's premier country supergroup

Last night's first (k)night

Last night's first (k)night

Elton John Monday May 12: Sydney Entertainment Centre

Elton's Sydney luncheon

Elton's Sydney luncheon

Exclusive coverage of a thank you, from a Knight to a King

Mr E's Beautiful Chat

Mr E's Beautiful Chat

On the eve of the Eels' tour, Andrew P Street speaks to a surprisingly chipper Mark "E" Everett

What the Deus?

What the Deus?

Belgium's finest indie combo find a new Vantage Point on their fifth album

Enter MTV's Lair

Enter MTV's Lair

Taking advantage of the influx of big name artists in Sydney for V Festival, MTV hosted a one-off Lair session

Future Music Festival

Future Music Festival

Photographer Jes Cove captured the Future Music Festival over the weekend for Time Out Sydney.

Album reviews

Magic Dirt - Girl

Magic Dirt - Girl

Other bands have spent their post-major-deal years in decline, but after Warners let the band go the 'Dirt dusted themselves off and continued on

Ratatat - LP3

Ratatat - LP3

Ratatat have continued their theory that you can't change the nature of the guitar, but you can change its habitat.

Nas - Untitled

Nas - Untitled

Nas brings lyrical heat on his latest offering Untitled thereby proving that hip hop is in fact very much alive, not dead as he originally claimed.

Primal Scream - Beautiful Future

Primal Scream - Beautiful Future

Primal Scream get... happy? The hell?

Car Stereo Wars - For Your Comfort and Safety

Car Stereo Wars - For Your Comfort and Safety

This Melbourne quintet first came to notice with the superb single 'Radio Edit' last year

The Sea Thieves - Hiding in the Shade

The Sea Thieves - Hiding in the Shade

Adelaide couple Naomi Thompson and Zac Colligan have an alpha-indie thing going on in their hometown.

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

Gillis has taken no risks on Feed The Animals, and for a man as talented as he is that is a crime in itself.

The Vines - Melodia

The Vines - Melodia

Melodia is a classic Vines album.

The Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols

Without a corporate master the Dandy Warhols have clearly decided to do whatever they damn well like.

Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilurn Endalaust

Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilurn Endalaust

Sigur Ros have released a pop record. With songs. That have choruses!

Root - Root Supposed He Was Out of the Question

Root - Root Supposed He Was Out of the Question

DC Root, singer and lyricist of Root, is also Humphrey B. Flaubert from TISM.

Tracey Redhead - Walking Home a Different Way

Tracey Redhead - Walking Home a Different Way

Tracy Redhead taught herself how to play the guitar at age fifteen and by nineteen she was touring through Western Australia with John Butler.

Beck - Modern Guilt

Beck - Modern Guilt

If you're looking for the perfect record to dance to as we teeter on the precipice of global disaster, Modern Guilt is definitely the disc for you.

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

We don't give out six stars for nothing.

Aimee Mann - Smilers

Aimee Mann - Smilers

There is a clatch of LA-based singer-songwriters who write beautiful, lyrically-adept records, who are broadly ignored by the rest of the world.

Hucknall - Tribute to Bobby

Hucknall - Tribute to Bobby

There's a general rule that tribute albums are generally a bit shit

Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea

Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea isn't the album of their career, but it really doesn't matter.

My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Sharks Teeth

My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Sharks Teeth

Shara Worden's voice is brooding and brilliant and as My Brightest Diamond she combines classical and experimental in a dark and delightful way.

Daedelus - Love to make music to

Daedelus - Love to make music to

Since 2002 Daedelus has released an album, sometimes two, a year, each revealing an interesting aspect of electronica that didn't seem possible before.

Alanis Morisette - Flavors of Entanglement

Alanis Morisette - Flavors of Entanglement

Dear Alanis, I want you to know that I'm happy for you. You've put out your fifth album, which is no small feat. But...

Flamingo Crash - Triangle Island

Flamingo Crash - Triangle Island

More so than any record I've heard lately, there's a weird disconnect between band and producer on Triangle Island.

TZU - Computer Love

TZU - Computer Love

At first listen it seems like TZU's fierce politicism has been tempered somewhat on Computer Love

Goldenhorse - Reporter

Goldenhorse - Reporter

The New Zealand ensemble's first Australian album is catchy without being tacky.

Me & The Grownups - Battling the Mountains, The Sky And the Sea

Me & The Grownups - Battling the Mountains, The Sky And the Sea

To be honest, if you look at the cover and go "eh, looks a bit hippie" then you've pretty accurately predicted the contents.

Classical & Jazz

Steven Isserlis

Steven Isserlis

Back in Sydney once again to perform with our own ACO, renowned English cellist Steven Isserlis talks to Alexandra Coghlan about what keeps him coming back

Choral values

Choral values

As director of The Song Company - Australia's only full-time vocal ensemble - Roland Peelman has been at the forefront of Australian music for over 20 years.

Nele by mouth

Nele by mouth

It's not every day that you get to meet a 'chief anarchist', musical or otherwise.

Passing the baton

Passing the baton

Sharing more than just an extrovert hairstyle with mentor Simon Rattle, Robin Ticciati is the new conductor on the block.

From India with love

From India with love

Time Out accords ravi reviews to this genuine sitar hero

The Idea of North

The Idea of North

The Idea of North are an Aussie vocal quartet reviving an unfashionable genre - and doing so in some style

Charles Dutoit

Charles Dutoit

Charles Dutoit conducts a conversation with Time Out

Aurora Festival: Modern Music Ensemble

Aurora Festival: Modern Music Ensemble

The Aurora Festival is a biennial week of workshops and concerts featuring the most avant-garde and exciting contemporary composition

Review: Menage: Tobias Cole and Chris Berensen

Review: Menage: Tobias Cole and Chris Berensen

It's hard to imagine a better exemplar of the Musica Viva Menage series; music informal in context and character but not in quality.

Film

The Curiosities

The Curiosities

Dance goes digi in this UNSW show

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