Yours & Owls Festival

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Ball Park Music

Over 15 years into their career, everything Ball Park Music does these days feels like a victory lap. The Brisbane indie darlings have long established their status as one of Australia's most revered and endearing bands – with five of their seven albums having debuted in the ARIA top five, four of their songs having gone platinum and no less than a dozen Hottest 100 placements to their name. Most bands in that position would be happy to coast out their days on heyday nostalgia alone, but if it wasn't already clear: Ball Park Music are not most bands.

DMA's

Reading and Leeds main stage sets, touring with Kasabian, 65,000+ tickets in the UK alone, and a massive sold-out Australian tour. DMA'S world is one of acceptance, freedom of expression, collective high, and each twist and turn in their journey to this point has led them to what will be a landmark album release for the band. With their fourth studio album How Many Dreams?, DMA'S have ambitiously crafted a record that is the grand sum of every part of who DMA'S are. Across twelve tracks, How Many Dreams? weaves electronic dance elements seamlessly through the beloved foundations of guitar rock, punk, and lyricism of their highest charting album THE GLOW (2020), which peaked at #2 on the ARIA charts, #4 on the UK Official Albums Chart, and #1 in Scotland. THE GLOW (2020) was recorded and mixed by multi-Grammy Award winning producer Stuart Price (The Killers, New Order, Madonna) at the historic Westlake Recording Studios in LA, and secured 4x ARIA Nominations and multiple Platinum and Gold (ARIA) singles.

Genesis Owusu

Kofi Owusu-Ansah, known by his stage name Genesis Owusu, is a Ghanaian-Australian rapper and singer from Canberra. He is the younger brother of fellow hip hop rapper, Kojo Owusu-Ansah p.k.a. Citizen Kay. Owusu's debut studio album, Smiling with No Teeth, reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 30. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards he won four trophies for Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art.

Hiatus Kaiyote

Melbourne-based, worldwide-beloved, genre-fluid Hiatus Kaiyote returns in 2024 with their new album Love Heart Cheat Code. Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield (guitar, vocals), Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keyboards), and Perrin Moss (drums) debuted in 2012 with LP Tawk Tomahawk, making fans of Erykah Badu, Questlove, and Prince, and embraced by tastemakers like Gilles Peterson and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Their first R&B Grammy nomination, for “Nakamarra,” was followed by another for “Breathing Underwater,” from their second LP, 2015’s Choose Your Weapon and a third for their 2021 album Mood Valiant for Best Progressive R&B Album. They’ve been sampled on songs by The Carters (Beyonce & Jay-Z), Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak, Chance The Rapper, and Drake, with whom Nai Palm collaborated on his Scorpion album. For a band that made a name for itself with its complexity and received critical praise and garnered fans from around the globe for their embrace of maximalism, one of the most striking things about their upcoming album Love Heart Cheat Code is its simplicity. “I complicate fucking everything,” Nai laughs. “But the more you go through things in life, you become more relaxed and uninhibited. Sometimes you can still have depth and reach people and really stop dancing around the fact: What do you want to communicate to people? And I feel like this album is a result of that clarity for us.”

Luude

Middle Kids

Pnau

PNAU is the multi-platinum-selling, ARIA award-winning electronic act of Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun, Vlossom, Teenager), Peter Mayes and Sam Littlemore, famed for their extensive career born out of the underground clubs and festival dancefloors of Australia. PNAU continue to collaborate with some of the biggest artists around the world, being sought out for their unique artistry and production skills. In 2022 alone, PNAU contributed to the ELVIS soundtrack with ‘Don’t Fly Away’, remixed Diana Ross and Tame Impala’s track ‘Turn Up The Sunshine’ and also remixed Lizzo’s track ‘2 Be Loved’. With a catalogue of their own hits and multiple albums behind them, PNAU have enjoyed a powerful renaissance over the past few years, with multi-platinum hits ‘Go Bang’ and ‘Chameleon’ becoming inescapable on the airwaves in their home country of Australia, winning multiple ARIA Awards and climbing the Billboard Dance charts. Having worked with Elton John on the 2012 remix album Good Morning To The Night, in 2021 PNAU found massive global success with their Elton John and Dua Lipa recording ‘Cold Heart’, with the single being nominated for Song of the Year at the Brit Awards, picking up a Billboard Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song and delivering Elton John his first UK number one single in 16 years, surpassing over a billion streams in the process.

Tkay Maidza

BOOKINGS: [EU/UK] david.exley@paradigmagency.com [USA] jnabors@wmeagency.com MEDIA: [AUS/NZ] aniela@thinkingloud.com.au [ROW] annettelee@4ad.com MGMT: [WRLD] hellotkay@gmail.com

C.FRIM

RA: Resident Advisor

Fanny Lumsden

Growing up on a sheep farm in western NSW all the way to Glastonbury UK via hundreds of Country Halls throughout regional Australia, 2x ARIA and 9x Golden Guitar, 3x AIR award winning artist Fanny Lumsden’s journey has been a unique one. Having “established herself as one of the one of the genre's most esteemed performers” (The Australian) and with her new album HEY DAWN having just taken out the 2023 ARIA for Best Country Album, the CMAA Golden Guitar for Alt-Country Album of the Year and 2024 Country Album of the year at the AIR Awards, Fanny is a force to be reckoned with. Debuting at #1 on the Australian Album ARIA charts, being the 4th highest selling country album of 2023 and being her second album in a row to crack the ARIA global top ten. Fanny is continuing to break the rules and confirm herself as “undoubtedly the brightest new (country) star of the current era” (Capital News).  

Following up her “breakthrough” album Fallow which took out the ARIA, five CMAA Golden Guitars and the AIR Country Albums, Fanny is known for her regional Country Halls Tour and has recently taken her joyous, energetic, and brilliant live show to debut in the UK to a packed Avalon Stage at Glastonbury and followed up with two hugely successful tours, including a self-produced and promoted sold out Country Halls Tour run in Scotland.  Wrapping up her Hey Dawn tour which sold out shows through NZ, Ireland, UK and theatres across Australia, and “confirms Fanny as a distinctive storyteller, and an indelible personality who can win over fans in or outside of country music” (Doug Wallan, The Australian).

First Day Back

Folk Bitch Trio

Bringing you original tunes and harmonic arrangements, Melbourne based Folk Bitch Trio is Gracie Sin

Furnace and the Fundamentals

Six loveable idiots playing the greatest songs of all time - on tour now around the UK, EU & AUS

The Drones

Mietze Conte

Moktar

Moktar is a DJ and producer effortlessly combining club and techno with traditional Arabic instrumentation, sampling and producing to emphasise his Egyptian-Australian background.

Playlunch

Bogan Funk, straight outta Melbourne.

Princess Chelsea

RONA.

RONA. is the electronic project of Kaytetye (pronounced kay-ditch) musician and producer Rona Glynn-McDonald.

Waax

power diva core AUS ↔️ LOS ANGELES new album Angel’s Mess is out now!

Georgia Maq

Georgia McDonald has established herself in recent years as the singer and guitarist of Melbourne, Australia indie rock band Camp Cope, whose sophomore album How to Socialise and Make Friends (Run For Cover/Poison City Records) won widespread acclaim, topping a slew of 2018 end of year lists including NPR, Pitchfork, Billboard, Bandcamp, Stereogum, The Guardian, and Brooklyn Vegan.

The impact of the trio's music on the indie landscape has been undeniable, with McDonald emerging as a brave, resilient, and often politicized figure. Using her formidable voice to fight for the betterment of the music industry and rally against sexism, racism and all forms of structural inequality, she has never shied away from the uncomfortable and difficult topics that dominate the news cycle.

So when McDonald describes her debut solo album, Pleaser (Run For Cover/Poison City Records) as "a love album", it's immediately clear that this is a step in a different artistic direction. "I think the main theme is love, obviously, all kinds of love. Love that you walked away from so you could love yourself, unrequited love, forgiving love, love with no point to it," she explains.

The album opens strategically with "Away From Love" - the only time guitar is featured on all of Pleaser, with the rest of the album done entirely electronically. "Away From Love" and "Like A Shadow" were recorded with Darcy Baylis, while the other songs on the record were produced by Run For Cover Records labelmate Katie Dey.

Pleaser's 8 tracks shimmer and pulsate, calling to mind pop artists like Lorde, Robyn, Charli XCX and Gwen Stefani. "I took more time to record the songs and play around with them, and I liked that because I could change things and experiment more," McDonald says, continuing "I think the pressure of working with other people drove me to finish the songs, which I hated but also loved because it's nice to be challenged."

While McDonald may have felt challenged while writing Pleaser, the experience of listening to the album is anything but difficult. Its unapologetic pop sentiments shine and delight, McDonald's gorgeous alto soaring above each track. It's a record listeners will find themselves quickly falling in love with and returning to again and again - and really, in times like these, who doesn't need more love songs?

1tbsp

1tbsp is a dance/house project from Australian GRAMMY Award Nominated artist Maxwell Byrne, who has a sound that can be likened to a mix between ROSALÍA, Mura Masa and Jamie xx.

Cosmo's Midnight

twins from sydney who make music, hope you like x

Bootleg Rascal

www.bootlegrascal.com

dust

Fool Nelson

Fool Nelson are a three-piece indie rock trio comprised of two brothers and their best mate. Hailing from Busselton and Perth WA, they have quickly made a name for themselves, packing out venues with their energetic live show and a knack for writing catchy tunes. They’ve just sold out every capital city on their debut national headline tour, and supporting Skegss all over AUS in June/July.

Recent single ‘Don’t Feel Right’ was added to editorial playlists on Spotify and Apple Music, hit Top 100 Shazam Charts across Australia, was #1 Most Played on triple j for three weeks running in January 2025 when added to full rotation, and the band were listed as triple j’s ‘Feature Artist’ and added to the stations ‘One’s To Watch’ list in 2025.

The bands have nailed their position as support favs for Old Mervs, Ball Park Music, The Grogans, Great Gable, The Rions, The Moving Stills and Ra Ra Viper, notched fests HYPER FEST, NYE on the Hill, Groovin, Out & About Festival, Tone City Records Fest.

Fukhed

Mid Drift

Mini Skirt

Northern NSW, Australia. 666miniskirt@gmail.com @miniskirt666

Mudrat

MUDRAT is a PUNK / HIPHOP Artist based in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia.

Radium Dolls

Storming out of Brisbane/Meanjin, Radium Dolls have carved out their place in Australia’s rock scene with sheer force and swagger, delivering a sound that’s as fierce as it is captivating. Known for their bone-rattling live performances and unmatched energy, this four-piece powerhouse consistently packs out venues and ignites crowd sing-alongs with their anthemic tracks. March 2024 marked a major milestone with the release of their debut album, Legal Speed, propelling them into the national spotlight. Standout singles like ‘CIA,’ ‘Wandering Eye,’ and ‘NAA’ have become anthems, resonating with fans far beyond their Brisbane roots. The Legal Speed headline tour saw the band play to packed venues across the East Coast, culminating in a sold-out show at Brisbane’s iconic venue, The Zoo. Fresh off the success of their second headline tour for their latest single, Man Scout, the Dolls have cemented their reputation as a must-see live act. Blending sharp humour, introspection, and ferocity, Radium Dolls craft music that balances raw storytelling with exceptional musicianship. With a growing following and unstoppable momentum, Radium Dolls are set to become a defining force in modern Australian rock. Bookings: brandon@selectmusic.com.au Mgmt: sag.noise@gmail.com

Yes Boone

Surf Trash

MGMT ~ surftrashband@gmail.com

Any Young Mechanic

After they released their first song via Soundcloud, Any Young Mechanic went viral straightaway. As rapid as such things are in our age of social media, the first notes of this band sound relaxed and, despite everything, maintain a pleasantly low-key vibe. ‘There's A New Place On The Market’ is nonetheless a rugged, wonderfully arranged and just utterly charming intro for a young ensemble that plainly puts its heart and soul into making music with no airs or graces. This is no longer a given in these times. Anyone who can connect to the bittersweet art rock of Wilco, the baroque chamber folk of Fleet Foxes or the yearning indie of Big Thief will absolutely want to listen to Any Young Mechanic. Anyhow, this band already has plenty of potential. Happily, they are also bringing fresh material with them for their Reeperbahn premiere.

Blind Girls

blindgirlsband@gmail.com for show bookings

All music at blindgirls.bandcamp.com

Carla Geneve

In her prolific but (so far) short career Carla Geneve has garnered two Australian Live Music Awards and the Vanda & Young Emerging Artist Prize. Her debut album ‘Learn To Like It’ garnered an Australian Music Prize nomination, while her 2023 release "Hertz" secured critical praise and was Australian National radio Double J feature album, as well as it being listed by the same station as number 35 of the best albums of 2023.
Carla Geneve is a must-see powerhouse, with raw vulnerability and storytelling prowess.

Geneve performs live with her four-piece band consisting of members Duncan Strachan, Bryn Stanford and Eldar Ekic. The band have honed their live performance on the stages of National touring festivals such as Falls Festival, Laneway, Party in the Paddock alongside bills supporting Cat Power, Kurt Vile, Julia Jacklin and more. Her debut North America tour was supporting San Cisco in 2019, and will be showcasing at SXSW 2024. Carla Geneve released her second album HERTZ on Friday, 27th October via Dot Dash / Remote Control.

Delivery

Having only just released their debut EP, ‘Yes We Do’ (2021), and played a handful of gigs, Delivery are already being hailed as a great hope for Australia’s punk scene. In Melbourne’s well-mixed underground, it’s not that easy to stand out from the crowd with your own garage sound. But the venom-spitting riffs, the hook lines that make you want to shout along, and the forward-pushing drums make this band’s style an all-round successful delivery of pure punk energy in the truest sense of the term. From Rolling Stone to Far Out Magazine and NME, everyone agrees: This combo have mastered the rugged, ready-to-rock vibe with which early proto-punk bands founded the genre in the early 1970s – and they also add a healthy dose of dolewave to the mix. More and more people in Europe and the USA have also taken notice, which is why the group’s second album, ‘Force majeure’ (2025), was preceded by a lot of hype – and rightly so, as it turned out. If you want to see for yourself what’s coming to us from Down Under, you have a rare opportunity.

Dem Mob

HORSE

Loose Content

Loose Content are an Indie/Alt Rock band born & bred in the hinterland of Byron Bay.

Spike Fuck

Spike Fuck is a rare figure in contemporary music — direct, disarming, and impossible to pin down. Emerging from Melbourne’s underground in the late 2010s with The Smackwave EP, Spike fused bleak synth-pop, post-punk melodrama, and brutally honest songwriting into something both vulnerable and confrontational. Armed with only a backing track and a microphone, early live shows saw Spike sing candidly about addiction, gender, dysfunctional love, and collapse — a kind of wounded sincerity that quickly drew a cult following.

That early wave brought unexpected momentum: international tours, modelling for Rick Owens, and eventually a signing with Partisan Records. But just as things seemed to be breaking open, Spike disappeared, retreating from public life amid a personal reckoning.

After a three-year hiatus -- during which time rumours swirled about death, institutions, or becoming a monk -- Spike returned in 2024: sober, clear-eyed, and transformed. The music that followed is bigger, wilder, and more alive. Performed with a rotating full band, the new material draws from ‘70s glam, spiritual soul, and damaged rock and roll — but always filtered through Spike’s unmistakable voice: bruised, intense, poetic.

These are songs about recovery, identity, survival, and letting go — not sanitised, not triumphant, but real. Where the early work stared into the void, the new work steps forward with purpose. It’s not a reinvention. It’s an evolution — one born from chaos, now grounded in clarity.

Mel Blue

Melancholy Blue’ describes the bittersweet sensation of nostalgia; a longing for a return to the childlike joy and wonder that used to come so easily to us”. It follows then, that the sound of Mel Blue, a trio consisting of Oscar Sharah, Luke Gerber and Jacob Siles draws heavily from this universal feeling. At once imbuing their dance music with retrospection and modernity, bringing the past and present together to create a sound that is as vulnerable as it is forward thinking. Mel Blue wants you to reminisce without regret.

Secret World

Sex Mask

Vague pop instilled with the ancient genius of your own blood.

Sex Mask holds the many trigger words your CIA handler doesn’t want you to know. We have several testimonials from fans attesting to semi-mystical experiences, some claim it to be Deja vu from a genetic memory long dormant and locked, Others speak of foreshadowed flashes of a past life they are yet to have lived. All of this, incited after only seconds of exposure to any of our available songs.

Slim Krusty

Volatile Ways

Volatile Ways you coward fuck

Creeping Jenny

Alt rock band on Gandangarra and Dharawal land

Mac The Knife

Bringing you the thunder from down under

Zach Stephenson

feel the pain

Antenna

Down And Out

The future of every genre

EGOISM

Just a local band from Sydney

info@thirdpersonmanagement.com

Lucky

Growing up in Staghorn Flat, Victoria, Lucky burst onto the scene in flurry of fuzzy guitars
and captivating storytelling. Blending the raw energy of alternative rock, with the dreamy
haze of modern indie, her music captures the nuances of life's everyday moments and
dives deep, putting you right at the centre of her world.

Having supported the likes of The Belair Lip Bombs, Hockey Dad, Armlock and Dear
Seattle, the Melbourne based artist is set for an exciting 2026 - following the release of
her single ‘Lady Beetle’, Lucky is building a devoted audience who are eagerly waiting to
see what’s in store next.