🧑 Joe Hardy (he/him) 📍 Eora
👇 writing and photography, mostly about music and culture
For work, I help teams be amazing. You can hire me.
I'm also the creator and co-founder of SydneyMusic.net
Interests: music, community, how people think, photography, social and environmental impact of tech
Our residency at The Dock continues!
August 11 - E4444E [solo]
August 18 - Spectral Gates
August 25 - Ariel taking over for the night with a live set and DJ sets from friends
September 1 - Andy Bull performing songs from his upcoming album "Collapse In Bliss" for the first time ever.
Music from 8pm. Always free. We party 'til midnight. Yes, on a Sunday.
Got to namecheck Squirt Circle on ABC Radio this morning, so I'm pretty happy with that.
SydneyMusic.net now has a weekly segment on Simon Marnie's "Saturday Breakfast" at around 7:30am each Saturday.
This is a curated selection of shows for ABC 702 Sydney's audience, with a few interesting curveball selections thrown in that we reckon curious ears might want to give a go.
Really excited for this opportunity to promote live music as an activity happening in our community every day, every week.
Many thanks to Simon and team for having us on!
“Hello”
This is going to be a super fun one.
As I gushed a bit on our Instagram, massively loving Chonzu's music at the moment, and super stoked to be doing a gig with him debuting some new ambient material with ambient soundscape creator Gooseball.
As I said in the above linked post:
If you ever went to or heard about my gig series THE GATE @ PABLO’s - a series of ambient gigs in a coffee shop in Epping back in 2012 - this is going to be very reminiscent of that kind of vibe. You can still find some videos on YouTube - go take a look.
I can't get excited about Marrickville getting "Purple Flag" status.
I just can't. I appreciate that some progress is being made but on the whole, I think Marrickville's been getting by. Comparatively. People are crowing as if it's a big achievement.
What about the rest of Sydney?
For all of their raving about the success of the Enmore Road district, up there are two of the examples touted as our finest nightlife, a former glory, and a hub in a broader region where some of the most exciting music in Sydney is being made.
With everything that's been going on I forgot to add that Cupholder Industries has been given the absolute privilege of programming Sundays at The Dock in Redfern.
Owner of The Dock Tom has always been an enthusiastic champion of live music and a supporter of SydneyMusic.net since the moment it launched, one of the first to really "get" it. I've always loved the Dock's eccentric space that represents the Weird Redfern we love and need in our lives. We've been spending some time DJing there on Saturday nights and it's a space that works for our type of chaos, and that's alright with us.
We started doing shows at the beginning of July. Tom Adamson and DJ Andrew (the latter b2b with his alternate dj andy persona) both performed super fun sets that I have found myself grinning about whenever I think of them ever since. They really got into the vibe of the space and we got great feedback.
Tom and I are calling the nights "The Sunday Wash-up" because that's how word association games go sometimes.
Up next we have:
July 21 - Holiday Howe and Mayke (DJ)
July 28 - frugirl (yes, right after the North Sydney concert)
August 4 - it could be you??
August 11 - e4444e
We're having a super fun time doing these, and we reckon we'll find ways to vary up the format and keep it interesting as we go.
Shows are always free. We pay all artists fairly.
If you want to play give me a yell!