Congratulations, we’ve passed the solstice, which means brighter days are ahead.
While July’s traditionally a sleepier month when it comes to events, it’s also when a lot of summer festivals drop their lineups, making it ideal for curling up under the heater at your favourite dive and plotting out your future. Plus, there are still plenty of gems happening if you know where to look. And if not, well, we’re about to tell you.
Lothario serves up leather-gloved femme-punk on our cover, ahead of their performance at the City of Yarra’s Leaps and Bounds festival.
Elsewhere in the mag, we dive deep with American post-hardcore heavyweights Touché Amoré, DIY disciples Propaine and child-TV-star-turned-rising-RnB-act Jessie Hill. Porpoise Spit explain how you don’t need to be a boy to be one of the boys and Tjaka spit bars over didjeribone beats.
Plus, some news: Beat’s going out country! Melbourne will always be our home, but now we’re venturing out to regional Victoria, shooting some pool at your local pub and taking in the fresh air. If you need an excuse for a winter weekender, we’ve got you.
