THE DAMNED AND WITCH — FRI 9 JUNE

The first of the London punks. The Damned are a fun-loving fearless band, who never stopped shedding their lizard skin. Joined by utter riff lords, Witch. Light your inner cauldron and flame on.

ESA'S AFRO-SYNTH BAND FT. KAMAZU AND MIM SULEIMAN — SAT 10 JUNE

A South African music powerhouse enlists two disco stars and plenty of party-starters for a night of afro-synth perfection.

LIV.E AND OBONGJAYAR — THU 15 JUNE

“RNB’s new avant-garde star” Liv.e and rapper Obongjayar join forces to coheadline at The Forum.

CORNELIUS AND SHINTARO SAKAMOTO — FRI 16 JUNE

Cornelius, the master of kaleidoscopic pastiche. Shintaro Sakamoto, the rock’n’roll equivalent of opening the windows for a warm breeze in. Here with sensuous sonics and pedal steel sunshine.

LORAINE JAMES AND ARUSHI JAIN — FRI 16 JUNE

Loraine James takes a sometimes abrasive, always hypnotic approach to dance music. Arushi Jain feeds ancient Indian song structures through a transcendent, experimental dreamscape.

HAND TO EARTH — WED 7 JUNE

Yolngu manikay (song cycles)—an oral tradition from Southeast Arnhem Land that’s over 40,000 years old—in conversation with a Korean vocalist and minimalist jazz.

WEYES BLOOD — WED 7 JUNE

Natalie Mering’s folk project, Weyes Blood, is frank and perceptive with a sound that swells with orchestral majesty.

PAUL KELLY — TUE 6 — WED 7 JUNE

The songwriting legend cracks a fresh one after a long day and takes us on a journey—one vivid vignette at a time.

GHETTO BIENNALE — THU 8—SUN 18 JUNE

Atis Rezistans (Resistance Artists) occupy Alpha 60 Chapter House with an ambitious, metamorphic celebration of Haitian street culture, spirit guardians and revolution.

ICHIKO AOBA — THU 8 JUNE

Ichiko Aoba builds warm, haunting gardens of song from her guitar, her voice, and her dreams.

DESIRE MAREA — THU 8 JUNE

Post-gospel spiritual jazz that bubbles warm textures, operatic drama and communal vitality.

ETHEL CAIN — FRI 9 & SAT 10 JUNE

She’s got the pristine Tallahassee drawl, the songs that ache with confessional drama and the dark, gospel atmospherics that flutter like gossamer.

HEAR MY EYES : GOOD TIME — FRI 9 JUNE

The Safdie Brothers’ white-knuckled heist movie re-scored live by preeminent Melbourne rhythm and rap experimentalists.

THE DAMNED AND WITCH — FRI 9 JUNE

The first of the London punks. The Damned are a fun-loving fearless band, who never stopped shedding their lizard skin. Joined by utter riff lords, Witch. Light your inner cauldron and flame on.

ETHEL CAIN — FRI 9 & SAT 10 JUNE

She’s got the pristine Tallahassee drawl, the songs that ache with confessional drama and the dark, gospel atmospherics that flutter like gossamer.

ESA'S AFRO-SYNTH BAND FT. KAMAZU AND MIM SULEIMAN — SAT 10 JUNE

A South African music powerhouse enlists two disco stars and plenty of party-starters for a night of afro-synth perfection.

THUNDERCAT — SAT 10 JUNE

A velvety fusion of soft rock, R&B, jazz and funk. Dexterous, swerving and soulful but never self-serious.

WARIPA — SUN 11 JUNE

Waripa means Ceremony in Mutti Mutti. Join the chorus with senior songman Uncle Kutcha Edwards in a huge, ceremonial celebration of Blak music.

BLACK MASS — SUN 11 JUNE

Black Mass, a celebration of the POC-led revolution in electronic music, rising from the underground and drenching dance floors in sweat.

BIRDZ & FRED LEONE PRESENT : GIRRA — WED 14 JUNE

An in-demand rapper and Butchulla songman unite to debut a dynamic new project.

RVG — WED 14 JUNE

Revered Melbourne band RVG grind your heart into paste, then paint the room front to back with a shiny, thrilling, punch.

LIQUID ARCHITECTURE — WED 14 JUNE

The founders of radical, communal sonic experiences since the dawn of millennium. RISING’s handed Liquid Architecture subterranean territory for a night of world building.

SONIC ECLIPSE — THU 15 JUNE

An immersive sonic event featuring new works by art music luminaries—a mass of mobilised musicians, spatialised sonic choreography and a reframing of the marching band phenomenon.

LIV.E AND OBONGJAYAR — THU 15 JUNE

“RNB’s new avant-garde star” Liv.e and rapper Obongjayar join forces to coheadline at The Forum.

REAL LIES — THU 15 JUNE

A rave up from two martyrs to the night. One next-level producer and one streetlight storyteller, kicking up sparks in the embers of youth. Reach for the lasers.

RUTH RADELET — FRI 16 JUNE

Smokey, cinematic folk-pop that opens the sunroof and drives headlong down highways of LA longing and loneliness.

CORNELIUS AND SHINTARO SAKAMOTO — FRI 16 JUNE

Cornelius, the master of kaleidoscopic pastiche. Shintaro Sakamoto, the rock’n’roll equivalent of opening the windows for a warm breeze in. Here with sensuous sonics and pedal steel sunshine.

LORAINE JAMES AND ARUSHI JAIN — FRI 16 JUNE

Loraine James takes a sometimes abrasive, always hypnotic approach to dance music. Arushi Jain feeds ancient Indian song structures through a transcendent, experimental dreamscape.

FLYING LOTUS — Sat 17 June

The zeitgeist changed when Flying Lotus fried jazz, soul, IDM and hip hop with his gamma gun.

NTS Closing Party — Sat 17 June

The Hackney tastemakers who reinvented radio are hosting the RISING closing party. Limber up. It’s an all-night affair.