Music

A long-lived Sydney outfit that formed at a backyard party in 2012 and never looked back. Lean, direct 'Antipodean indie'.

Tapir are a pair of herbivorous ungulates who steer a course between summoning up mirage-like soundscapes from some hidden world and pitching headlong into the deepest of grooves.

Classic rockabilly unit who've based their sound on the tough, wiry energy of English Teddy Boy bands. Not actual raccoons.

Hypnotic, surprising guitar improv. Maybe some voice. Definitely loops.

An acoustic cruise through folk, country and blues. Warm harmonies, cello, banjo, guitar, and a keen sense of fun.

Melbourne-based drummer Liam has snaffled some home-grown talent to take you through jazz standards and some of his own originals.

Dameza spins on actual decks. None of this iTunes bullshit. Electronica, classic TV and film tunes, hip hop and seventies funk, skilfully smooshed together.

Boundary-breaking genre-bending local jazz / punk / hip-hop collective.

The Tasmanian Poetry Month Showcase returns to Mona, for some poetry (obvs), spoken word and hip-hop from lyrical luminaries Laura Panopoulos, Chloe Mayne, Daniel J Townsend (and others).

Presented in partnership with Red Room Poetry

Grace throws thoughtful, hard-hitting bars (over boom-bap beats) that speak—heart on sleeve—of political and social issues not normally touched by the mainstream.

Tight, driven, high-flying post-punk from some likely locals. Just released their debut album (on wax). They'll do stuff from the album, plus some 'absolute freshies' (new songs).

Old-time Appalachian tunes (and originals) with a fiddle in the driver's seat. Banjo too, obvs.

A 'shape-shifting uncategorisable post-colonialist'. Bit of a musical bowerbird, bit of a city-bound bush poet, singing songs of his environment.

Energetic, expressive jazz and blues.

Post-punk wrapped in a cloak of alt-folk.

Solo freak from Sydney. Their words, not ours.

An eclectic mix of tunes from a couple of Paris-based Australians. French songs, jazz standards and originals for trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals.

Captivating, high-energy dance-friendly music from local composer, producer and drummer Jonathan. Let loose, go on.

Generative longform ambient synth soundscapes.

Works for analogue synth and tape inspired by Hindustani classical music, the Coltranes and minimalist composers out of the US. There are worse things to draw from.

lutruwita / Tasmania-based alt-folk singer-songwriter who spends her time touring, making billypots of beans, drinking tea and capturing field recordings. The dream.

DJ. Digger. Producer. Master of the dark arts. Downtempo and lo-fi, dusty broken beats. Also a theremin, drum machine, and various FX.

Lush, dreamlike electronic choral works from vocalist / producer / one-person choir Becki—expect everything from ambient soundscapes to words of devotion screamed into a wall of digital noise.

Five-piece jazz funk crew who hope you'll enjoy their music as much as they enjoy playing it.