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.
Image by Danny Howe
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
Hear all your favourite David Bowie songs performed by three incredible vocalists.
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.
Plan your day ahead of this year’s Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo and Osaka.
The track is taken from the brotherly duo’s upcoming sixth studio album, Look For Your Mind!.
Catch the acclaimed singer-songwriter in Adelaide this September.
The postponement comes after Marriott’s flights were cancelled due to the current war in the Middle East.
This marks their first visit to Australian shores since 2013, and a return to New Zealand following a 22-year absence!
The new version of the track is dedicated to her young son.
The annual festival has been cancelled just weeks before it was set to commence over the Easter long weekend.
Catch 12 of the best Aussie heavy acts in one night at UniBar Adelaide.
Tom Misch’s Full Circle arrives Friday 27 March.
This is the first taste of new music from the Freo quartet since the release of their 2025 album, If That Makes Sense.
The Dreaming Tour comes to South Australia in May.
Soft Pop arrives Friday 31 July.
This year’s festival also features sets from The Teskey Brothers, Charlie Musselwhite, Judith Hill and Ruthie Foster.
This would have been the band’s first performance in since 2013.
The track arrives as Salty joins Adelaide’s own Peach PRC on her Australian tour.
The talented singer-songwriter has also released the title track as the album’s first single.
The release follows last year’s single ‘Growing Up Is Hard To Do’.
The global viral sensation return to Australia and New Zealand in June.
Catch Bret McKenzie and his band performing tracks from their new album Freak Out City at The Gov next week.
Four of Australia’s greatest musicians will perform songs from The Eagles’ stacked back catalogue.
The expansive 2026 program is set to transform Naarm/Melbourne into a city of music and movement.
Alone But All One features Katie Noonan collaborating with The River Suite String Quartet.
More than 50 international and Australian acts will perform at the Sydney Opera House during the festival.
Catch some of South Australia’s most promising up-and-coming acts strut their stuff at The Gov next month.
The Chicago act is touring in support of last year’s Wish Defense.