NWA Q&A in Mess & Noise
NWA was featured in today’s Mess & Noise, ahead of this weekend’s Sound Summit Showcase, in a Q&A article by Kate Hennessy. “New Weird Australia (NWA) slipped onto the scene in July 2009, releasing Volume One in a compilation series featuring new, eclectic and experimental Australian-only music. Available for free from the NWA website, it has so far racked up 3000 downloads, with Volume Two released this month. “There’s... Read More
New Weird Australia Live At Sound Summit
On Sunday 4th October, New Weird Australia presents a one-day free, live showcase – in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Newcastle’s Sound Summit Festival. In borrowed terminology, NWA shrinks the notion of distance between genre, taste, Australia’s own vastness and the world. Neither popular nor alternative, one genre nor another, NWA represents a new breed that find refuge in the space between us, played out in realtime around... Read More
NWA Features in Sydney Street Press
NWA was featured in this week’s issues of Sydney street press titles Drum Media and The Brag, ahead of next week’s Sound Summit Showcase. Click on the thumbnails below to view each feature: (Clarification: contrary to the note cited in the Drum Media article, NWA is very much a two-person operation, co-curated by Stu Buchanan and Danny Jumpertz.) Read More
New Weird Australia, Volume Two.
New Weird Australia Volume Two, September 2009, NWA002 DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE (AUDIO & ARTWORK): Standard Quality, 192 kbps (103MB) | Higher Quality, 320kbps (159MB, via Rapidshare) 1. OCEANS, 02 + 03 (5:11) From ‘album’ 2. GHOUL, Swimming Pool (Remix) (3:04) From ’Swimming Pool’ 3. WILLIAM GARDINER, Sonance Arboreal (4:39) Previously unreleased 4. SAM PRICE, AutoHackney (5:28) From ‘Rand’ 5. BROKEN CHIP, Summer Stars (5:06) From ‘POWWOW... Read More
