Covering everything from devotional drones and darkwave obscurities to country heartbreak, free jazz and locals hits and misses. Curated by Footscray Records owner Joshua Hodson-Smith.
Frownland – 28th August 2026
Heavy psychedelic rock, heartbreakers of the earth, wild Miles, Italian horror organ prog, hillbilly rock n roll, songs for crying, Amazonian bad trip folk, wonky blues drones, an acid casualty rebuilds his life, a pop song, Texan noise twin peaks rework, fuzzy bollywood theme, poetry of dreams, an ode to the mighty glory hole, big in build and groove Latin American funk and a 1930’s tearjerker over a lonely hurdy gurdy.
Frownland – 31st July 2026
Slow burn droning country rock from a hippie commune cult, garage rock, Lo-fi no wave, gospel rockabilly, Indonesian gamelan prog, 60’s synth experiments, Irish jigs of shovelling shit, proto-acid house from India, spooky songs of Wilcannia and children covering the velvet’s most hectic song.
Frownland – 3rd July 2026
Psychedelic. Snotty garage Rock, pastors yelling while holding snakes, pastors yelling while holding electric guitars, Post-punk, 30’s Appalachian songs of the labour movement, Krautrock experiments, Boom bap, Scary gay disco, conspiracy country rock, a drug thank you lis, local heat, black soul of social importance.
Frownland – 5th June 2026
Civil unrest, devotion, addiction, grief, transcendence, wonky pop, underground psychedelia, proto-noiserock, loner outsider folk, blues, bop jazz and a political song.