The annual gathering of music tastemakers and industry shapers, the southern hemisphere's biggest music industry conference and live music showcase, BIGSOUND returns for its 22nd chapter in discovering the future of music.
The 2023 artist line-up boasts 141 artists, 300-plus artist showcases at 18 official venues across 3 massive nights – 5-8 September.Keep scanning the line-up and you'll continually find plenty of talented acts from a wide range of genres. . . indie pop and garage rock, to hip hop and rap plus the heavy sounds of metal, hardcore, punk and heavy rock.
Not forgetting all the colours of EDM and indietronica as well as singer-songwriters, R&B, shoegaze, country, Americana, jazz, soul, world music and so much more.
BIGSOUND is the place music punters can scope the hippest, trendiest acts currently forging their own path to the stardom. Here's your chance to jump aboard at ground level before the bandwagon is even wheeled out.
BOOX KID
Fremantle singer-songwriter and producer Boox Kid is a proud Noongar man delivering unique electro-pop. Fresh off opening for George Ezra and Hoodoo Gurus, Boox Kid has also performed sets this year at Perth Bluesfest, Dark Sky Festival and WA Day Festival.
CLOE TERARE
Sweet, sour, pretty and brash. . . all at the same time. It's the best way to describe Toowoomba-based artist CLOE TERARE. This '22 Unearthed Feature Artist is exploring new sounds and shamelessly crossing genres. With lots in store just around the corner, CLOE's 2023 is looking bright.
DICE
DICE are an alt-rock four piece hailing from Perth. With a sound that has been likened to the first day of summer, the band have spent the past 12 months bringing their good vibes to sold-out shows across WA and are quickly becoming one of the country's most exciting up and coming groups.
GUT HEALTH
Emphasising a relentless driving rhythm section backed by angular guitars and accompanying synthesizers, brought home by the effervescent vocal stylings of Athina Uh Oh, Gut Health create a powerful live performance categorised by their unfiltered theatrics, tongue-in-cheek delivery, joyous groove and definitive precision in their tight execution.
JOHNNY HUNTER
Johnny Hunter embodies darkness and glamour. Their gothic post-punk, influenced by Bowie and Depeche Mode, has amassed a cult following. They've sold out venues nationwide and Adam Greenspan (IDLES, Nick Cave) mixed their debut album 'Want'.
SACHEM
An award-winning artist, Sachém holds ties to Noonuccal (Stradbroke Island) and African-American roots, with his family in Florida. Sachém has opened for the Queensland Music Awards and the AFL Indigenous Round as well as playing QPAC with his theatre show, 'The Bigger Picture'.
THE DANDYS
Alt-rock newcomers The Dandys have hit the ground running. Two years in and they've already earned high praise for their electrifying live performances, enthralling songwriting and bold musicality. Having supported the likes of Hope D, WAAX, The Grogans, and gracing the stages of renowned festivals like Splendour, the band's reputation as a tour de force is becoming undeniable.
TORI FORSYTH
If there's a rural town in the middle of Australia you've never heard of, Tori Forsyth has probably played a show there. Tori's career was built on being rode broke and song and story heavy. She has amassed over 15 million global streams across all platforms with her 2015 breakout single 'New Wall' amassing over 6 million streams alone. Tori is now getting ready to release a brand-new record, one that must not be missed.
YORKE
Yorke is an indie pop artist from Byron Bay and Melbourne, who's clocked over 17 million streams – with her single 'Window Shopping' reaching 8.5 million streams alone. On top of her own headline shows, she has supported the likes of Peach PRC, San Cisco, Amy Shark, Ruel, Lewis Capaldi and Ball Park Music.BIGSOUND runs 5-8 September at various venues in Fortitude Valley (Brisbane).
BIGSOUND Artist Showcase 2023 Line-up
1tbspŪla
aleksiah
Alf the Great
Anieszka
Ashli
Aurateque
Baby Prince
Battlesnake
BAYANG (tha Bushranger)
Bec Stevens
Beckah Amani
Behind You
Bella Amor
Ben Swissa
Boomchild
Boox Kid
CAMINO GOLD
Casey Lowry
Charbel
Charm of Finches
CHISEKO
Chitra
CLOE TERARE
Coldwave
Cult Shotta
Dean Brady
Delivery
DENNI
DICE
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice
Dyan Tai
ECB
Elizabeth
Emma Volard
FELIVAND
FELONY.
Foley
Freight Train Foxes
Friends of Friends
Full Flower Moon Band
GAUCI
Georgia Llewellyn
GIMMY
Glenn Skuthorpe Band
Good Pash
Gut Health
Hannah Cameron
Haters
Hevenshe
Isaac Puerile
Izy
Jada Weazel
J-MILLA
Joan & The Giants
Joey Leigh Wagtail
Johnny Hunter
Jujulipps
JUNGAJI
Kavi
Khi'leb
Kid Heron
King Ivy
Kitschen Boy
Kobie Dee
Komang
Kristal West
Kuzco
Little Green
Logan
Lola Scott
Loren Ryana
MARLON X RULLA
Mason Watts
Matilda Pearl
Mazbou Q
Melody Moko
MF Tomlinson
Micah Heathwood
Mikayla Pasterfield
Miss June
Miss Kaninna
Moaning Lisa
Moss
mostly sleeping
Mr Rhodes
Nat Vazer
Nathan May
Nikodimos
Oscar the Wild
Otiuh
PRICIE
Platonic Sex
POOKIE
Porcelain Boy
Porpoise Spit
PRETTY BLEAK
Proteins of Magic
Ra Ra Viper
RAAVE TAPES
Radio Free Alice
Radium Dolls
REBEL YELL
Riiki Reid
Ruby Jackson
Rum Jungle
S.A.B
Sachém
SAHXL
Siobhan Cotchin
smol fish
Sollyy
Sophisticated Dingo
Southeast Desert Metal
Steph Strings
STUMPS
Suzi
SWIDT
Taitu'uga
Tamara & the Dreams
teddie
The Empty Threats
The Grogans
The Merindas
The Omnific
The Slingers
Thunder Fox
Tjaka
Too Birds
Tori Forsyth
Trophie
Twine
Valtozash
Vixens of Fall
WHO SHOT SCOTT
Yawdoesitall
YIRGJHILYA
Yorke
Zheani
Zia Jade
