Stuart Buchanan
@stuartbuchanan.bsky.social
Head of Screen @ Sydney Opera House
Curator newweirdaustralia.bsky.social
Alignment #chaoticgood
stuartbuchanan.com
Curator newweirdaustralia.bsky.social
Alignment #chaoticgood
stuartbuchanan.com
Bandcamp Friday release for Sudden Debt on New Weird Australia.
Out Today on Bandcamp Friday is the debut album from Naarm trio Sudden Debt, exploring the space between bleak pop, minimalist post-punk and dissonant noise-rock. Out on 140gsm clear vinyl and digital. From 5pm AEST for 24 hours Bandcamp will waive their fee, offering more revenue for artists.
Sudden Debt | NWAED015, by Sudden Debt
10 track album
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Bandcamp Friday release for Sudden Debt on New Weird Australia.
Announcing the next entry in the New Editions from @newweirdaustralia.bsky.social - out 1st August.
Sudden Debt by Sudden Debt is Edition No.15 (NWAED015) in the New Editions series. The Naarm / Melbourne trio explore the space between bleak pop, minimalist post-punk and dissonant noise-rock. Released 1st August 2025 on clear vinyl and digital. www.newweirdaustralia.com/works/sudden...
July 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Announcing the next entry in the New Editions from @newweirdaustralia.bsky.social - out 1st August.
New New Weird AU music 4 u
Our playlists have been refreshed, with 3.5 hours of off-kilter Australian music from recent times. Listen on Spotify, YouTube & TIDAL via linktr.ee/newweirdaust... / Photo: Heart Armour
April 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
New New Weird AU music 4 u
New(ish) music tip: Kaitlin Music by kaitlin simotics on Relaxin' Records RIYL Lolina, Dean Blunt, Tirzah
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Kaitlin Music - YouTube
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April 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
New(ish) music tip: Kaitlin Music by kaitlin simotics on Relaxin' Records RIYL Lolina, Dean Blunt, Tirzah
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
King Lear (1987). In which Jean-Luc Godard sacrifices Molly Ringwald in a ritual designed to bring about the rebirth of cinema. Possibly.
March 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
King Lear (1987). In which Jean-Luc Godard sacrifices Molly Ringwald in a ritual designed to bring about the rebirth of cinema. Possibly.
It was a real privilege to produce this with Thom’s team and Sydney crew Tall Story Films. Full clip:
youtu.be/Iv9kaiyVZwE?...
youtu.be/Iv9kaiyVZwE?...
March 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It was a real privilege to produce this with Thom’s team and Sydney crew Tall Story Films. Full clip:
youtu.be/Iv9kaiyVZwE?...
youtu.be/Iv9kaiyVZwE?...
Last year we had the privilege of filming Underworld both on and off stage during their three-night sold out residency at Sydney Opera House. It’s a beautiful thing. Everybody’s a beautiful thing.
Watch: youtu.be/hfhKHcej-7U?...
Watch: youtu.be/hfhKHcej-7U?...
Underworld | Live at Sydney Opera House
YouTube video by Sydney Opera House
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Last year we had the privilege of filming Underworld both on and off stage during their three-night sold out residency at Sydney Opera House. It’s a beautiful thing. Everybody’s a beautiful thing.
Watch: youtu.be/hfhKHcej-7U?...
Watch: youtu.be/hfhKHcej-7U?...
My entirely subjective 2hr+ playlist of music written, performed, produced and remixed by David Lynch 🖤🖤
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Pd...
Sadly the amazing album The Big Dream is not on Spotify
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Pd...
Sadly the amazing album The Big Dream is not on Spotify
David Lynch: Ghosts Of Love | Selects
open.spotify.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My entirely subjective 2hr+ playlist of music written, performed, produced and remixed by David Lynch 🖤🖤
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Pd...
Sadly the amazing album The Big Dream is not on Spotify
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Pd...
Sadly the amazing album The Big Dream is not on Spotify
Back in 2016, I made a quasi-pilgrimage to Twin Peaks, or rather the towns of Snoqualmie and North Bend, 40 minutes east of Seattle. I drove around listening to ‘Xiu Xiu Play The Music of Twin Peaks’. It was the closest I’ve come to a spiritual experience. 1/2
January 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Back in 2016, I made a quasi-pilgrimage to Twin Peaks, or rather the towns of Snoqualmie and North Bend, 40 minutes east of Seattle. I drove around listening to ‘Xiu Xiu Play The Music of Twin Peaks’. It was the closest I’ve come to a spiritual experience. 1/2
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To celebrate fifteen years of New Weird Australia, friends and family select their personal favourites from the catalogue in our new compilation 'New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024'. Listen now, exclusive to Bandcamp.
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com/album/new-we...
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com/album/new-we...
New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024, by New Weird Australia
29 track album
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:27 AM
To celebrate fifteen years of New Weird Australia, friends and family select their personal favourites from the catalogue in our new compilation 'New Weird Australia, An Index Of The Modern Era 2009-2024'. Listen now, exclusive to Bandcamp.
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com/album/new-we...
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com/album/new-we...
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Just posted a 'BUY THIS' wrap-up of 2024 albums and EPs we have loved this year - non-definitive, in no certain order. Spend some pocket money + support yr local wyrd kid / wyrd grandpa. Links and info in our Instagram Highlights www.instagram.com/newweirdaust...
December 7, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Just posted a 'BUY THIS' wrap-up of 2024 albums and EPs we have loved this year - non-definitive, in no certain order. Spend some pocket money + support yr local wyrd kid / wyrd grandpa. Links and info in our Instagram Highlights www.instagram.com/newweirdaust...
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Hello to all the new folks following us here 🙏 We’d love to recommend a starting point for you but tbh everything on the label is a portal into a wyrd world of someone’s making. Bandcamp has it all, jump in.
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com
New Weird Australia
Mutant music from the upside down.
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Hello to all the new folks following us here 🙏 We’d love to recommend a starting point for you but tbh everything on the label is a portal into a wyrd world of someone’s making. Bandcamp has it all, jump in.
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com
newweirdaustralia.bandcamp.com
What do you get if you cross pianist Andrea Lam, composer Matthew Hindson and a robot camera arm courtesy of DOP Dave May? This little gem. Congrats to Andrea on her new album and new ABC TV show - not a bad week.
youtu.be/eHjh3NHHZrY?...
youtu.be/eHjh3NHHZrY?...
Andrea Lam performs ‘Sad Piano #6’ | Piano Day 2022
YouTube video by Sydney Opera House
youtu.be
November 22, 2024 at 6:57 AM
What do you get if you cross pianist Andrea Lam, composer Matthew Hindson and a robot camera arm courtesy of DOP Dave May? This little gem. Congrats to Andrea on her new album and new ABC TV show - not a bad week.
youtu.be/eHjh3NHHZrY?...
youtu.be/eHjh3NHHZrY?...
We’re in a golden age of horror right now and Australia plays a big part in that (hello Talk To Me). The Moogai is another great addition to that list, scary af Aussie flick from Jon Bell with an A plus local cast. Screening at the House next Thurs.
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/moogai
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/moogai
The Moogai
Shari Sebbens stars in Jon Bell’s striking First Nations pychological horror film The Moogai, winner of the Audience Award for Best Australian Narrative Feature at Sydney Film Festival.
www.sydneyoperahouse.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:45 AM
We’re in a golden age of horror right now and Australia plays a big part in that (hello Talk To Me). The Moogai is another great addition to that list, scary af Aussie flick from Jon Bell with an A plus local cast. Screening at the House next Thurs.
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/moogai
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/moogai
David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ gets its Sydney premiere next week, part of the November cinema season at the House. I saw it at MIFF where the audience response was wild. It draws on many of his classic themes, thrilling and confounding in equal measure.
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/shrouds
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/shrouds
The Shrouds
Master filmmaker David Cronenberg’s most personal film yet stars Vincent Cassel as a tech entrepreneur mourning the loss of his wife. Selected for Cannes Competition, The Shrouds draws deeply from Cro...
www.sydneyoperahouse.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ gets its Sydney premiere next week, part of the November cinema season at the House. I saw it at MIFF where the audience response was wild. It draws on many of his classic themes, thrilling and confounding in equal measure.
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/shrouds
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/cinema/shrouds
I visited Fairfield City Gallery yesterday for the opening of Tender by Curiousworks, four films from Western Sydney artists. The series premiered at the Opera House last month - this new iteration is a beautiful, intimate companion piece, on until 25 Jan.
www.fcmg.nsw.gov.au/Exhibitions-...
www.fcmg.nsw.gov.au/Exhibitions-...
Tender
16 November 2024 - 25 January 2025 Tender reveals the nuances and tender sides of Western Sydney communities through four individual but interconnected documentary films by multidisciplinary artists: ...
www.fcmg.nsw.gov.au
November 16, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I visited Fairfield City Gallery yesterday for the opening of Tender by Curiousworks, four films from Western Sydney artists. The series premiered at the Opera House last month - this new iteration is a beautiful, intimate companion piece, on until 25 Jan.
www.fcmg.nsw.gov.au/Exhibitions-...
www.fcmg.nsw.gov.au/Exhibitions-...
Here’s HTRK / In Session from the #ausmusic Collection on Sydney Opera House ‘Stream’. A mesmerising low key set from 2022, featuring tracks from the Rhinestones album.
stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/videos/htrk-...
stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/videos/htrk-...
HTRK / In Session
Melbourne electronic post-punk duo HTRK perform live in the Drama Theatre, shortly prior to their Sydney Opera House debut in May 2022, with a set which draws heavily from their acclaimed 2021 album, ...
stream.sydneyoperahouse.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Here’s HTRK / In Session from the #ausmusic Collection on Sydney Opera House ‘Stream’. A mesmerising low key set from 2022, featuring tracks from the Rhinestones album.
stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/videos/htrk-...
stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/videos/htrk-...
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Callout for emerging artists for inclusion in releases and projects in 2025. We’re always on the lookout for artists who are in the early phases of their practice, and who may have only taken a few steps in sharing their work. Submission info: www.newweirdaustralia.com.au/2025-artist-...
2025 Artist Callout - New Weird Australia
Expressions of interest open for 2025 activity EMERGING ARTISTS We’re interested in hearing from emerging artists for inclusion in various releases and projects in 2025. Whilst our current cohort is s...
www.newweirdaustralia.com.au
November 15, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Callout for emerging artists for inclusion in releases and projects in 2025. We’re always on the lookout for artists who are in the early phases of their practice, and who may have only taken a few steps in sharing their work. Submission info: www.newweirdaustralia.com.au/2025-artist-...
I’ve put together a collection of Opera House live recordings for #ausmusicmonth - personal faves include HTRK, The Necks, Low Life, Alaska Orchestra, Nick Cave - I could go on. stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/australian-m...
Aus Music Month Collection - Stream - Sydney Opera House
Celebrate Aus Music Month 2024 on Stream with this collection of great Australian music, recorded live at Sydney Opera House.
stream.sydneyoperahouse.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I’ve put together a collection of Opera House live recordings for #ausmusicmonth - personal faves include HTRK, The Necks, Low Life, Alaska Orchestra, Nick Cave - I could go on. stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/australian-m...
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Hello. We’re a music label that platforms experimental, leftfield, unpopular or otherwise wyrd music made in Australia. We’re 15 years young, with a catalogue of 30+ compilations and 70+ artist releases. We’re on Bandcamp and most streamers. Submissions from AU artists always welcomed and encouraged
November 12, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Hello. We’re a music label that platforms experimental, leftfield, unpopular or otherwise wyrd music made in Australia. We’re 15 years young, with a catalogue of 30+ compilations and 70+ artist releases. We’re on Bandcamp and most streamers. Submissions from AU artists always welcomed and encouraged
I run a music label for new wyrd Australian music, unsurprisingly called New Weird Australia. newweirdaustralia.bsky.social
New Weird Australia (@newweirdaustralia.bsky.social)
Mutant music from the upside down.
newweirdaustralia.com.au
newweirdaustralia.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I run a music label for new wyrd Australian music, unsurprisingly called New Weird Australia. newweirdaustralia.bsky.social
I’m rewatching the X-Files, this time with the teenagers in the house. I can’t remember exactly when it jumped the shark, but I think there’s a couple of good seasons before I will be cringing from between my fingers and / or shouting at the TV.
November 12, 2024 at 3:10 AM
I’m rewatching the X-Files, this time with the teenagers in the house. I can’t remember exactly when it jumped the shark, but I think there’s a couple of good seasons before I will be cringing from between my fingers and / or shouting at the TV.
I want to believe.
November 12, 2024 at 3:03 AM
I want to believe.