January 2025: Beats Round Up
Resident disco advisor Sam Lavers gets down with what’s happening in SA when it comes to hip hop, house and techno.

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You Should Listen To
Waxx Off – ‘Everybody in Da House’
Continuing their unbeaten run through 2024, Waxx Off has dropped a single to kick off the new year and keep us dancing all summer long! ‘Everybody In Da House’ – like many of his previous releases – does not muck around. The intro gets under your skin instantly, clinging to the listener tightly in anticipation of the huge drop that follows. We're excited to see what 2025 has in store for SA’s Waxx Off!
You Should See
Hot Chip DJ Set
World-renowned English electro royalty Hot Chip are doing a lap of Aus with a DJ tour! Lucky for us, they’re fitting in a stop at UniBar Adelaide, which has made a name for itself with some solid bookings over the past few years. Joining them will be Van She DJs (Touch Sensitive & Nicky Night Time), rounding out a huge night in the CBD.
January 10 | UniBar Adelaide | CANCELLED
Housing Bloom
Housing Boom is back with another huge party in a new CBD location! Ben UFO, Pretty Girl and DAWS will headline the event alongside local selectors Snakecharmerr, xxxquisite, Lonely D, PHIL 4 REAL and Yunny. Packed with local food and beverages, art installations and vintage pop-up shops, this will be a cracker day!
January 11 | Frome Park | Tickets via Eventbrite
Four More
Primal Scream
These Scottish pioneers return to Aus for the first time since 2018 for a full band show under Hindley Street Music Hall’s chandelier.
January 14 | Hindley St Music Hall | Tickets via Moshtix
The Space Lady (USA)
The interstellar matriarch of outsider music stops by Adelaide on her national tour.
January 18 | Hotel Metro | Humanitix
Yax Prsenrs: Decoder (USA)
Embark on a three-hour hypnotic journey when Dallas-based DJ Decoder brings his hyper-minimalist and sci-fi sounds to Sugar.
January 24 | Sugar | Tickets via Ra Events
Anjunadeep - Open Air
Highly regarded record label Anjunadeep bring their tour to Adelaide thanks to the team at The Front Room.
February 21 | UniBar Cloisters | Tickets via Ticketbooth
First Sounds is a vital partnership between the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) and Gadigal Information Service/Koori Radio that continues to amplify First Nations voices.
This year’s edition of the annual EDM festival features performances from 1tbsp, Folamour and VTSS.
The UK indie rockers will perform Get To Heaven in its entirety on the tour.
The Augie March founder has announced 11 shows across October and November.
Love And Fortune arrives via Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control this November.
Catch the Matchbox Twenty frontman performing solo at AEC Theatre in October.
The Julia Jacklin led band have released the singles ‘Change My Mind’ and ‘Dare To Fall In Love'‘.
Catch the American troubadour at UniBar Adelaide February 2026.
The German singer-songwriter will be supported by Australia’s own Mélancolia.
The track arrives as Corby gears up to support Teddy Swims on his upcoming Australian tour.
Support comes from Baltimore hardcore act End It and Sydney’s Secret World.
The Mountain follows 2023’s Cracker Island and features collaborations with Sparks, Yasiin Bey, Johnny Marr of the Smiths and more.
The band will now be heading our way in March 2026.
Cosmic Psychos’ twelfth studio album arrives I Really Like Beer on Friday November 7.
The singer-songwriter has extended her Songs & Stories Tour by another 26 dates.
The prestigious Mercury Prize is awarded to the best British and Irish album of 2025.
This tour marks The Mountain Goats’ first visit to Australia in nine years and their first trip to New Zealand in 16 years.
The tour marks Lacuna Coil’s first Australian headline tour in a decade.
Fit For An Autopsy return in January with support from Bodysnatcher (USA), Volatile Ways and Pain Body.
TOWNHOUSE’s new single is taken from their upcoming EP, Look At Me Now.
The news comes as the Sydney rock trio reveals they have a new single on the way.
The single arrives after her recent collaboration with Little Simz, ‘Enough’.
Hooky and co will perform the New Order album Get Ready in its entirety.
The destructive deathcore act will be supported by Pennsylvania’s Varials and local heavyweights DIESECT.
The track is taken from Baker Boy’s upcoming sophomore album, DJANDJAY.
The country artist has also released new single, ‘Look At Me Now’.
James Geue gets down with what’s happening in SA when it comes to hip-hop, house and techno.
The Brizzy trio have also shared rollicking new single, ‘REAL LOVE’.