This month’s cover belongs to Xylourides and Frenzee — siblings Nikos, Adonis and Apollonia
Xylouris, who split their time between carrying on their family’s towering Cretan folk legacy and tearing rooms apart as a hard rock and punk outfit.
We sat down with Apollonia to talk about growing up between Melbourne and Crete, all-night village parties, and the challenge of swapping between two very different identities.
In the middle of the issue, we’ve got a double spread on Brunswick Music Festival. Now in its 38th year, BMF packs roughly 180 gigs into two weeks across the northside — from Sicilian percussion masters and New Orleans brass at Brunswick Ballroom to punk for kids at the local library and a free afternoon in Gilpin Park. We’ve got the full rundown on what to catch and where to find the weird stuff tucked into unexpected corners of the neighbourhood.
We also chatted with Jalen Ngonda ahead of his return to Australian stages — the soul singer fell hard for the country last time and he’s coming back with a bigger band and new music — and caught up with Perth’s kawaii metal one- woman-show RinRin about fictional universes, fan puns and smashing Babymetal into Bring Me The Horizon. As always, the festival guide, stage guide and gig guide have everything else happening around town. Dive in.
