This month we are celebrating 50 years of Metal Machine Music. We have a very special collaboration with WAAPA composition students to bring you a tribute to this seminal work. FeaturingEnsemble BâillonnementEST-R x Baby BatAlix SimatosElias FarbenIt's just fredZoe KoongElli3d Tuesday 26th August at The Bird$10/$5 Doors 7pm, First act 7:30pm

UWA's thriving community of emerging composers create new and inspiring works in response to artworks from the Know My Name exhibition at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, to be performed by Niamh Dell (oboe) and Paul Tanner (percussion). Free event - bookings essential

BRUTAL WAVES PRESENTS Ben Buchanan Patio Bar August 31st 6:30pm - 8:30pm FREE ENTRY Join us for an evening of emotive, experimental cello. Red wine essential. Existential contemplation desired. See you there x /// Ben Buchanan (he/him) is a composer and cellist based in Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar (Perth). He is passionate about collaborating with like-minded artists through both improvised and exploratory music, as well as creating solo lo-fi freak folk projects. His compositions are texturally driven, pop-inspired and characterised by their eccentricity and whimsy.

For this one-night-only event, independent labels Tone List and Rockton Records join forces to bring US journalist Liz Pelly into conversation with local musician and educator Michael Terren. Drawing from complementary areas of research, the two will discuss how contemporary culture is being shaped by digital tools for creative production and consumption, such as Spotify and Ableton. Liz Pelly's book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist is an unsparing investigation into Spotify's origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism. Hard copies of Mood Machine will be available for […]

Part performance, part exploration, Diffusion invites you to move through sound. Step into shifting fields of frequencies where space becomes an instrument. Walk through the music and listen with your whole body. Featuring very special guests Chip Hazard, Naoko Uemoto, and Deco Zymm. Supported by WWIM and Case Frames.   More announcements coming soon.

NoizeMaschin!! 165 is here at The Bird on Tuesday September 16! We have an absolutely epic line up for you, featuring:Ambient Death Machine (Stewart Shepherd and Stuart Orchard)Cosmic SnailDroning Riff MantraScientiaStephanie SlaughtertranSient + CCCXXXIII We look forward to seeing you for a night of experimental mayhem, where anything could happen!

Ryosuke Kiyasu Ryosuke Kiyasu is a pioneering snare-drum soloist who has redefined percussion since 2003. Alongside his viral 2018 Berlin set (23 million+ views. also featured by BBC News and VICE), he drums for noise-grind duo SETE STAR SEPT, the Kiyasu Orchestra, Keiji Haino's Fushitsusha, and co-founded Canada’s cult hardcore unit The Endless Blockade. From Überschlag—the world’s largest classical-percussion festival—to Finland’s Outsider Art Festival and Dr. Martens Fest, Kiyasu’s 2022-24 itinerary placed him on premier stages across Europe. His performance film at the 2023 Edinburgh Art Festival sparked art-world buzz, while a capsule line with Swedish label Our Legacy pushed […]

un Magazine 19.1: Resonant imaginaries and sound clashes: contemporary – political – disruptive – polyrhythmic. Ed. Lucreccia Quintanilla 

WA Launch event _____g.s 
Shop 13, 375 William Street, Boorloo 
Friday, September 19,
5 - 9pm 

Featuring a panel talk with WA writers: Ross Bolleter & Eduardo Cossio, Samuel Beilby, and mgmgmgmg (Chandler Abrahams, Paul Boye, Levi Mclean & Samuel Beilby). Facilitated by Dr. Sarah Collins. Also featuring live performances by: Ross Bolleter & Eduardo Cossio, mgmgmgmg Un magazine 19.1 features contributions on experimental walking radio work, polyrhythms and singeli music, decolonising legacy sound art, Taiwanese noise scenes, ecological-focused sound workshops, and more. […]

Join us for a Listening Session and an Artist Talk with Ross Bolleter & Eduardo Cossio at the State Library. The duo present their latest album GLINT and share the story of its making with musician-curator, Josten Myburgh. 💠 Saturday 20 September State Library of WA, Southern Room (Level 4) 2pm - 4pm Entry by donation 💠 Ross Bolleter & Eduardo Cossio are among the most prolific experimental musicians in Boorloo. Ross is a composer, poet, and Zen master described by The Wire as “a true original of Australian composition”. For more than four decades he has explored the unique […]

GS27 ~ ∘° ❀ °∘ featuring: Ayo Busari Mela7anija dj Sliding Doors Saturday, 20 September | Free entry from 5.00pm @melvillecityartsandevents @melvillecity @ayo.busari @mela7anija @djslidingdoors

RTRFM’s MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND SUBTERRANEA COME TO YOU LIVE SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER RTRFM fans can visit the Middle of Nowhere and Subterranea on Saturday 20 September at The Buffalo Club and PS Artspace, as two of our newest shows get their first live gig. At the Buffalo Club we go alt-country and folky to the sounds of Middle of Nowhere with sets from Harry Foxton, Good News Now We Can Eat All The Vampires, Pearl, Tom Brown and Brushtail, and Wayward Johnson and the Adjustment. Plus, enjoy solo sets from Matt Cal, Sam Jane, Sol and Tanaya Harper. Down […]

Independent labels jade//vision, Rockton Records & Tone List join at PS on September 26 in a show of solidarity for Palestinians, and to directly support two families living in Gaza through mutual aid. As Israel's campaign of starvation, forced displacement & genocide escalates we are calling on our communities to continue to speak out, act & help to provide material support to families suffering on the ground. The line-up for the night draws from artists from our respective scenes, alongside writers & activists, to create a reflective space for grieving, processing, recharging, organising & fundraising. We are glad to be […]