The Thousands

While Sydney’s small bars and tiny cafes proliferate (yay!), live music venues and strange shops are closing (yikes!).

Sedition barbershop has resisted the gentri-fabulous-cation of its surroundings in Darlo for years, stocking weird shit and just generally not giving a damn. Several small spaces around town have started/continued showcasing experimental noise artists (places like Hellen Rose Labrotorium, Red Rattler and Locksmith Project Space). And this month, Sedition has live music every single night with The Difficult Music Festival.**Check out the line-up, but note the term ‘difficult’. Not all of this will be your thang. Google a few bands; you’re sure to find something you like, whether its drone, breakcore, industrial, post-rock, mash-ups, or free jazz (several artists crossover from the Now Now improvised music fest). Me? I’m really into Silver Moon’s garage rock the space rock drone of Arkestra and the cinematic sampledelica of Cleptoclectics.

Head over with some friends for an intimate night of esoterica, and help keep the whiff of weird Sydney alive. ‘Cuz where would we be without it?