Interviews
Independent Artist of the Week: Chonzu
Our Independent Artist of the Week Chonzu’s latest mixtape is a guided tour through a alterterranean sonic landscape. He joined Ify on Up For It to tell us all about it.
Independent Artist of the Week: JUPiTA
“I feel like I’m constantly evolving… as an artist, there’s a lot of different skins you need to shed.”
Independent Artist of the Week: piiico
Hopeless romantic, shoegazer and star-catcher piiico stopped by Up For It to unfurl the nostalgic intimacies that inspire him.
Independent Artist of the Week: Hanoi Traffic
They don’t do count-ins. They don’t do long sets. For our Independent Artist(s) of the Week, being caught off guard is a necessary part of what makes their music exhilarating and commanding. They joined Rhea Thomas and Finn Rees on 704 W High St to tell us all about it.
Independent Artist of the Week: DEVAURA
“I feel like a new kid at school… everybody’s just like ‘do you know where your classes are? Let me show you how to open a locker.’
Independent Artist of the Week: Sachet
FBi’s independent artist of the week Sachet have made their sweet return from a 4 year hiatus with a punchy EP. Their lead singer and songwriter Lani Crooks sat down with the Up For It team to discuss what’s been in the works.
Independent Artist of the Week: BBIANCA
BBIANCA is a rising hyperpop force who produces textural and flirtatious bops for 2000s pop culture worshippers.
Introducing Club World, a Switch series
Take a deep dive into baile funk in first part of a very exciting new series on SWITCH with Sandro.
Independent Artist of the Week: Guano C
On his debut single Guano C brings mischief music to the Sydney scene.
A “Second Phase of Life” for Cymande on Solstice
51 years after their first release, Cymande is touring Australia for the first time ever. Hannah Galvin sat down with the group on Solstice to discuss their legacy and ongoing impact as one of Britain’s greatest but perhaps most underground funk bands.