Tione Zylstra

Brisbane trio Bean Magazine is no stranger to touring. After all, they’re currently supporting Ball Park Music on their whopping 28-date tour around Australia and New Zealand - and they spent last year supporting The Rubens, Hockey Dad and Rum Jungle on their respective tours. As such, it’s no surprise that Bean Magazine’s latest EP FOLLY - which drops today - touches on their experience with those pesky “post tour blues”.

You don’t necessarily think of Brisbane as the classiest city. In fact, Queensland is known for its ocker, larrikin, and (sometimes) trashy ways. But that isn’t exactly the case, according to renowned conductor Simon Hewett. “It’s easy to believe some of the schtick about Queenslanders somehow being bogans or uncultured.” Hewett tells The Music. “But for a very long time, Queensland has produced young instrumentalists who are incredibly talented.

More Ixaras Ixaras has already cemented herself in the Brisbane scene as an indie-rock staple. The 17-year-old has been dropping banger after banger over the past couple of years, culminating in her November 2024 debut EP, Full Lover Fake Friend. But she’s ready to shed her skin, moving on with her fresh single, THIS CITY - which dropped last night (May 15) -a darker, punk-ier, synth-ier track than what we’ve come to expect from Ixaras.