This week we’re celebrating the weird wacky and wonderful that Sydney has to offer in its diverse cultural scene.
Brand Directory (coming soon)
Holly
Exclusive Girls & Boys editorial with Photographer Aaron Viii @livefreeandburn, model Holly @hollyoney and hair stylist Yui Tanimura @ui.styles_rita.
The Weekly Collection #74
Art meets fashion, new fronts in sustainability and another international collaboration, all this in the Weekly Collection.
Von-Röutte Store Opening Launch
Founded in Sydney by Gus Agra and Marina Tokarski, Von-Röutte showcases it’s latest concept space right in the heart of Bondi Beach.
Four New Global Dining Venues Coming to Wynyard
If you’ve been awaiting, as we have, the end of the light-rail’s construction and the realisation of the promise of a pedestrian friendly CBD, then the latest announcement from Merivale’s CEO Justin Hemmes will start to whet your palette for the taste of what’s to come once George Street is closed off to cars.
Mix of the Week 12/6: XLR8R Podcast 596 – Lenzman
The XLR8R magazine has been hastening the pace of music and culture across the globe for twenty-five years. Their weekly podcast features exciting and diverse artists. This week features Lenzman, aka Teije van Vliet, a Dutch DJ with a love of hip-hop, jazz and funk.
A Conversation With … Pepper Keen
Known for co-launching Melbourne’s Sugar Mountain festival, which since 2011 has continued to set the benchmark for multi-arts festivals, Pepper Keen has pushed interdisciplinarity to the centre. Facilitating the VIA ALICE program in 2017, this year Pepper returns to the VIA Planet Earth series with Red Bull for VIA SÃO PAULO.
BYO Culture Guide June 10 - 16
Sydney is buzzing at the moment! If you haven’t already got your fix of culture with Vivid and the Sydney Film Festival, then check out some cool theatre and art shows that are happening this week.
Boy & Bear @ Cake Wines 23/5
After a four-year hiatus, Sydney’s own Boy & Bear returned for an exclusive performance at Cake Wines in Redfern to invited media and a handful of lucky competition winners. The indie folk-rock band took a break from the limelight following their third album Limit of Love.
Release of the Week 10/6: Polish Club ‘Iguana’
One of Sydney’s easiest to listen to bands is Polish Club. However, they often reject being labelled under the genre of rock, despite being a two-piece rock band. Their debut album, Alright Already, a fast, energetic and loud explosion of sweaty garage rock, was driven by the dumb fun that the two band members had cutting it in just eight days.
Parlour Cucina opens to 100 Years of Negroni
This June marks 100 years of the beloved negroni, and Sydney’s cocktail houses have kick-started their celebrations with a selection of masterclasses, talks and tastings taking place around the city.
Sydney June Gig Guide
Although summer festivals might feel like a distant memory when we’re rugged up in poorly insulated share-houses, winter seems to lead to those bands that bring more heat come to our stages. Warm up those cool June nights with any one of these cutting edge musical gigs.
World Gin Day at Gin Lane & Spritz Bar
This Saturday, June 8 marks arguably the best day of the year, where the gin havens of Sydney throw open their doors at midday and cocktails flow aplenty. World Gin Day was unofficially started in 2009, by a group of college students in Birmingham who took a trip to a bar called Graphic in SoHo, London, to celebrate their love for gin.
Spilt Milk Drops a Full Cream Line Up
Although teased with the news that US pop and RnB singer Khalid would be touring to Canberra this year, this morning it was announced that the 21 year old singer and songwriter will be headlining Spilt Milk’s 2019 line up.
Pride of Gesha Cupping
The legendary coffee varietal known as geisha has been keeping the specialty coffee world abuzz since its first introduction to the world stage in 2004, when it won the Best of Panama Competition. In the intervening 15 years, it has become the benchmark for coffee competitions and now, it is coming to café menus.
The Weekly Collection #73
In this week’s collection, see the latest in innovative fashion design, the intersection of politics and fashion and a new collection of leather goods.
Kelsey Lu @ the Opera House 2/6
Kelsey Lu is one of the most widely talented, multi-genre artist you’ll ever have the pleasure to watch perform live. Blurring the lines between R&B, indie and classical, it’s hard to label her under a single genre, but if there’s one thing you learn as you watch her set unfold, it’s that her musical identity is in fluidity.
Mix of the Week 5/6: Bilius Moon - mixtape for a bit of hush
Sam Marsh, aka bilius moon, is a Melbourne DJ who produces mixes that take a different approach. His unique style of minimalist ambient music is a much needed breather from the intensity of urban life. This week’s mix, mixtape for a bit of hush, is exactly what it sounds like; it gives the listener some space to stop and relax.
Review: Mercury Fur
How far would you go to save the ones you love? This is the confronting core thematic question that Phillip Ridley’s Mercury Fur forces us to answer. Premiering in 2005 at the Plymouth Theatre Royal in London, Mercury Fur’s highly controversial and disturbing concepts prompted regular audience walk-outs during initial runs of the play, and it received thoroughly mixed reviews in its early days.
Geirthana
Exclusive Girls & Boys editorial with Photographer Johnny Jordan @byjohnnyjordan and model Geirthana @geirthana from @chadwicks.