Eat a Bag of Mix: Jo Metcalf
Posted 8 hours ago

Eat a Bag of Mix is the name of a feature here on life is noise where we get a DJ, musician, producer, industry figure or just someone with good…

Eat a Bag of Mix: Jo Metcalf
1000 Words Reviews: Sharon Van Etten
Posted 1 day ago

In the first of his new series of pictorial album reviews, Tristan Fidler takes a look at Sharon Van Etten's Tramp.

1000 Word Reviews: Sharon Van Etten — “Tramp”
Live Review: Thee Oh Sees at The Corner
Posted 2 days ago

You don't so much review an Oh Sees performance as try to document how you survived.

Peak Twins kick things off with a slightly nonchalant vibe, which works perfectly. I'm weirdly…

Live Review: Thee Oh Sees at The Corner (January 24)
Horizon Music's Internal Affairs
Posted 2 days ago

Horizons Music have unleashed their second volume in the ‘Internal Affairs’ series of albums, delivering twelve slabs of futuristic beats from a slew of talented artists.

It treads familiar territory…

Horizon Music’s Internal Affairs
Locrian and Mamiffer
Posted 3 days ago

The art of collaboration is a fickle creature, but if the pieces fit the results can be timeless.

"In Fulminic Blaze" unfurls the joining of stark Chicago three-piece Locrian and Mamiffer…

Locrian & Mamiffer
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News&Events

Balam Acab

Pennsylvanian genius Balam Acab (aka Alec Koone) brings his much-hyped show to The Bakery on Friday, February 17.

Signee to buzz-label Tri Angle Records, Balam Acab’s debut album Wander/Wonder has received an amazing reception, winning rave reviews from the likes… Read More

Seekae

After releasing the critically lauded +Dome, gaining international acclaim and selling out shows across Australia, Sydney electronic experimentalists Seekae return to Perth for two sure-to-be-brilliant shows at The Bakery (Saturday, March 17) and Mojos (Sunday, March 18).

Seekae brilliantly blur the… Read More

Wooden Shjips

Space-rock San Franciscans Wooden Shjips will bring their mesmerising sonic explorations to The Bakery on Friday March 30.

With smatterings of kraut-rock and a lot of psych, Wooden Shjips bring to mind Suicide or an even-more-drugged-up Stooges. There’s fuzzed-out guitars, feedback… Read More

Boris

Bone-shakingly loud Japanese outfit Boris take their eclectic, heavy, stunningly unique sound to the Bakery on Tuesday, March 20.

Trying to describe the band to a new listener is no easy feat, with Boris perhaps being best defined by their inability… Read More

Dead Meadow & Pink Mountaintops

LA ‘70s-psych-inspired juggernaut Dead Meadow team up with Vancouver legends Pink Mountaintops for one hell of a double bill on Saturday, April 7 at The Bakery.

Forming in Washington DC more than a decade ago over a shared love of… Read More

sleepmakeswaves

Sydney’s sleepmakeswaves have announced an extensive Australian tour, celebrating the recent success of their debut album …and so we destroyed everything.

The band’s “(hello) Australia” tour sees them visiting six states in February and March, before heading overseas… Read More

Scott Kelly (Neurosis) & John Baizley (Baroness)

This February, Heathen Skulls are presenting the first ever Australian and New Zealand tour for Scott Kelly and John Baizley, two undisputed legendary pioneers of all things progressive, metal, and doom.
For the first time ever they’ll be banding… Read More

Tour Rumours

We here at life is noise have got our ear to the ground, and have heard the odd rumour or two of acts that may or may not be coming to Australia. While we obviously make no guarantees, our top… Read More