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2XX FM Radiothon
RADIO – THE WAY OF THE FUTURE! Starting Monday May 27, 2XX FM is officially flicking the floodlights on. They’re turning it up a notch. They’re putting a megaphone to Canberra’s alternative voice. The 2XX FM RADIOTHON is back, bigger than ever – and ...
Bonobo
WHERE’S NORTH FROM HERE? Simon ‘BONOBO’ Green’s fifth studio album The North Borders lit up the BMA Mag offices upon first spin. With each subsequent play our adulation for it soon grew to the point where awkwardly-bearded Editor Ash named it our April Album ...
San Cisco
SANS BLAND-DISCO Imagine hanging out with three of your friends at high school one day, then in an exceptionally short period of time, not only starting up your own record company but also playing at Lollapalooza. Ironically, playing music professionally wasn’t something that SAN ...

Vagabond Music Festival
A FRUITFUL FORAY Adam Taylor’s advice for anyone wanting to start their own music festival is ‘Be prepared to sacrifice a lot of sleep and weekends you could be surfing and hanging out with friends, because you’ll be stuck indoors writing emails and negotiating ...

Smith’s Alternative
A NEW CHAPTER Canberra is a place of many institutions, and Smiths Alternative Bookshop has been one since 1976. Living through several reincarnations, but always remaining a bookshop, Smiths has long been a second home to readers, writers, students and artists in Civic, giving ...

The Nerve
HITTING A NERVE Considering that no member of his new band lives in the same state, let alone the same country, it’s little wonder that THE NERVE’s frontman, Ezekiel Ox, is a master of navigating the pitfalls of contemporary communication. Proving himself the most ...