2ser Gig Guide

Join Naarm/Melb DIY post-rockers Ebi Nori and The Phantom Fingers for their Sanctify tour. Their latest release, “Sanctify,” is a moody, gothic-inspired track with plenty of noise-rock and post-punk grit.

Ebi Nori and the Phantom Fingers will be supported by The Engine, Vertebrae and Dedpan

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Minor Gold is a songwriting duo consisting of Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons, who have already individually carved out successful careers, combining their skills on their sophomore album, “Way to the Sun”.

The album is a lush, harmony-drenched blend of cosmic country & folk, sounding breezy but also lustrous and bright, written across Australia and North America and recorded at Ultimate Hair Farm studio in Glendale, California.

All these sounds you can expect to hear at the Butchers Brew Bar in Marrickville on 2 of November, doors at 7pm

COLD MEAT from Perth – one of the great DIY punk bands of the last ten years.

Ella Haber is a soul, jazz, vocalist, songstress and multi-instrumentalist from Eora/Sydney who is celebrating her long awaited deubt album ‘Through Blood, Like Kin.’ She will be joined by a 9-piece band and supported by Melbourne soul/R&B heavyweight and close friend Tiana Khasi, Hugh B & the Modern Pop Ensemble and expert local selectors Fanatico Records DJs, for a night full of soul-stirring groove, community and connection.

Crafted over five years with close collaborator Yianni Adams and blurring the genres of jazz, folk, alternative soul and psychedelic R&B, ‘through blood, like kin’ and as Ella puts it, “It is about revelling in the in-between, in the vast interconnected network of kin that holds us all, and in those connections that blur the boundaries we know.”

Playing at the Oxford Art Factory on 13 November, doors at 7:30pm

Jack Ladder is a Crisis Singer/Psychological Rock artist and is celebrating the release of his 8th studio album, ‘Separation Rock’, he’ll be performing an intimate show at The Vanguard featuring a new band and new songs. The album was recorded in a four-day session in Los Angeles at historic Valentine Studios with producer & bass player Zach Dawes and features a cast of LA’s heaviest hitmen.

Jack Ladder plays at The Vanguard on 14 November, doors at 7:00pm.

Platonic Sex is a Magandjin/Brisbane-based alt-rock group playing their first national headline dates, following the release of their debut album ‘Face To The Flywire’, bringing the sunshine, sweat and queer euphoria of subtropical Queensland along with them. Featuring fan favourites and new tracks yet to be shared live, it’ll be a performance full of stripped-down candour rolled into the metallic rumble and sputter of garage-rock at its sweetest.

Platonic Sex play at The Trocadero Room on 14 November, doors at 7:00pm.

LOJETZ launch their new album Bliss at the Duke of Enmore – on Saturday November 15. With special guests Operation Ibis, Blood Thinners and Bright Lights. Tickets on the door.

LOJETZ  are from Sydney Australia. Approaching their craft with high regard for sonic nihilism, the consequence is a loud and loose rendering of post-everything and pre-nothing alternative punk rock, wrapped in a psilocybin-tinged haze of glorious noise. “MINEFIELD” is the second single from their upcoming LP “BLISS”. The new album expands on the sonic ambition of their ST 2021 LP, pushing towards the fringes of DIY post-hardcore champions from the SST, Subpop and Discord milieu.

Following the announce of their highly anticipated fourth album, ‘Fairyland Codex,’ out June 20^th, 2025, Genre-bending Tropical Fuck Storm are taking their new music on the road, touring Aud in October and November 2025. The songs on ‘Fairyland Codex’ immerse us in the chaos of a fateful landslide, picking out the characters that litter the impending collapse of society. The live renditions can’t be missed.

Please Join Us as we Celebrate, O-ii-shi! a Hip Hop jam’s! 30th Birthday!!!

It is indeed an honour and pleasure to proudly, gladly present…

⭐️DJ SHORTKUT & DJ LOK⭐️ Live & Direct from California on their Exclusive SYDNEY Show!!

DJ SHORTKUT is a member of THE BEAT JUNKIES, INVISIBL SKRATCH PIKLZ and TRIPLE THREAT DJs!!

DJ SHORTKUT and DJ LOK will be performing a 2 hour, party rocking, club and showcase set at O-ii-shi!!

This is the EXCLUSIVE Sydney show, don’t miss your chance to check out this double ⭐️⭐️ headliner at our iconic O-ii-shi! Party!!

When: Saturday 22nd of November, 2025. 2PM-10PM.

Where: Waywards Ballroom (324 King St – Newtown. Upstairs at The Bank Hotel).

Big Thanks to @waywardsballroom &
@mexicoorbust Venue Event support Supreme Team ⭐️

This is a very special DAY to early EVENING event, it’s a one off rare occasion; a Family affair with our O-ii-shi! Crew!!
This is currently the ONLY Australian show!!! ⭐️🇦🇺⭐️

SHORTKUT has rocked many O-ii-shi! Parties over the decades. SHORTKUT is my DJ spirit big Brother, he has extended me a lifetime of inspiration, trust and support. I am grateful, Respect, Thank You SHORTKUT 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

We Welcome our Brother & Sister ⭐️SHORTKUT & LOK⭐️🔊🔊🔊 to Australia. They are the dopest DJs and nicest People. Let’s extend and Celebrate, Shortkut’s big October Birthday, in November at O-ii-shi!! ❤️🇺🇸🇦🇺🙏🏼🙏🏼🐨🐨🥳🥳🔊🔊🔊

SUPPORT LOCAL DJs: DJ D (Vinyl Set), DJ ALECTRIC BOOGIE, DJ LEEROY BROWN, DJ SCRATCHNUTS (Vinyl Set), DJ KAVI-R

Hip Hop, Funk, R&B, Soul, Boogie, House, Reggae & Dancehall music!!

Please support by, buying a ticket, only a handful of cheap early bird tickets exist.

Limited Capacity. 18+ Event.

Glasgow-based contemporary jazz project, corto.alto. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Liam Shortall, corto.alto is fast becoming one of the UK jazz scene’s most forward-thinking voices.

The project blends jazz, broken beat, dub, and electronic production into a live show that’s as genre-defying as it is electrifying. Shortall’s live show brings a razor-sharp ensemble weaving free-flowing improvisation with broken beat bounce and bass-heavy grooves.

Playing at the Oxford Art Factory, doors at 7:30pm.

Celebrating the release of their debut self self-titled album, Worm Girlz are a Magandjin/Brisbane-based rock band playing the Oxford Art Factory on December 5.

Worm Girlz is an energy; a way of life; a mantra.  They are full of powerful guitars, genius lyrics and energy.  Not a gig to miss out on.

Supported by Bronte Alva and Club Halifax.

LOUD WOMEN is an international intersectional feminist organisation based in London, UK. Founded in 2015, it champions female, trans and non-binary powered punk, indie and alternative music, creating platforms for underrepresented voices in the music industry. LOUD WOMEN launched in Australia with a hugely successful Melbourne/Naarm event in 2024. Now, celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the collective returns in 2025 now with a set in Sydney/Gadigal.

The set features a powerhouse lineup of local and international artists: Bitter Tits (USA), Hail Mary Jane, Hot Mess, I, Doris (UK), JuliaWhy?, Laurapanic, Pelvis, Private Wives, Problem Green, R.U.B, Sacred, Second Idol, The Maggie Pills, The Pingers and Whoroboros.

Crown Ruler and Habibi House Mafia proudly welcome Omar Souleyman to the stage at Oxford Art Factory.

From the wedding halls of Syria to the world’s most adventurous dancefloors, Omar Souleyman has become a global icon – fusing tradition with modern flare, his pulsating synths, driving rhythms and unmistakable voice unites dancefloors across the globe.

Amplified by the energy of the diaspora’s local Gadigal Land community, expect live and DJ support sets that weave their own stories of sound, identity, joy and resistance into this special evening.

A night where heritage and futurism collide, this is an invitation to step into a shared celebration and a reminder of music’s power to dissolve borders and carry us, hand in hand.

As a part of their tour, hot off their latest album release ‘Some Like it Hot’, and is the much anticipated follow up to their acclaimed albums ‘Tracey Denim’ and ‘The Twits.’  The album pulses with romance, intrigue, self-discovery, and rapture over lustful rockers, spellbinding folk-pop, punch-drunk ballads, and undefinable moments, with certain parallels to the movie by the same name, perhaps not accidental.

bar italia and their latest record is the culmination of the inner world of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton – three singer-songwriters who have transcended their underground roots to embrace a bold horizon.

bar italia is playing at the Metro Theatre on 10 December, doors at 8pm.

American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker, David Byrne will return to Australia and New Zealand in January 2026 in support of his new album Who Is The Sky? – out September 5, 2025, via Remote Control/Matador. 

Last in Australia and New Zealand in 2018 for his critically acclaimed American Utopia tour, David’s brand-new live show will comprise of 13 musicians, singers and dancers, including members of the American Utopia band, all of whom will be mobile throughout the set. The North American tour begins in September, with Australia & New Zealand dates kicking off in January 2026, presented by Frontier Touring. 

Who Is the Sky? is David’s first new album since 2018’s award-winning American Utopia. The album was produced by the Grammy-winning Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus), while its 12 songs were arranged by the members of New York-based chamber ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra. 

Musical friends old and new, including St. Vincent, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner and American Utopia percussionist Mauro Refosco, also make appearances on Who Is the Sky?, which is led by the infectious single “Everybody Laughs.”   

In 2023, as his triumphant American Utopia era came to a close after morphing from an album and tour into an acclaimed Broadway show and then a Spike Lee-directed HBO film, Byrne began jotting down the occasional groove, chord or melody. It had been a minute. 

Byrne’s attempts to answer those weighty questions can be found on Who Is The Sky?, which builds upon the optimistic themes laid out by American Utopia and its supporting tour, and more specifically spelled out by the Grammy-winning Broadway show and subsequent movie. With this offering, Byrne continues his lifelong exploration of human connection and the potential for societal unity against the chaotic backdrop of the world. Who Is the Sky? is particularly cinematic, humorous and joyful, but often with a lesson baked in – that love is unexplainable, that enlightenment means very different things to different people and that it’s always a good idea to moisturise, whether you wake up the next morning with skin like a baby or not. Most importantly, the songs evince Byrne’s gift for riding the razor’s edge of avant-garde and accessible pop. 

Baker Boy is a proud Yolŋu artist with the tour following the latest release of his fearless and emotionally expansive second album DJANDJAY. It marks a creative leap for Baker Boy as it is thematically deeper, sonically broader, and unflinchingly personal, named in honour of both his late grandmother and the Yolŋu spirit guide she shares a name with.

The album sees Baker Boy step further into his identity, his power, and his global vision shaped by spiritual legacy and personal transformation where he folds in Yolŋu Matha, English, and Burarra across a dynamic soundscape that spans hip-hop, punk, gospel, and electronic textures.

Baker Boy play at Liberty Hall on 10 April, 2026, doors at 7:30pm.

New Zealand’s The Beths are playing a headline show at the Roundhouse, fresh off the release of their latest album “Straight Line Was A Lie” released in August last year, written in Los Angeles and recorded in their hometown of Auckland.

The Beths are, Elizabeth Stokes, Jonathan Pearce, Benjamin Sinclair, and Tristan Deck, and their latest album comes three years after their previous album “Expert In a Dying Field”.

This tour marks the band’s first Australian shows since their sold-out 2025 run, and will play at the Roundhouse.

Doors open at 7:30pm