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 15 Years of Art As Catharsis

Posted by Loren on July 31, 2026

15 Years of Art As Catharsis
15 Years of Art As Catharsis

Australia label Art As Catharsis is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary with three celebratory shows set in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney with sets by Black Adelph, Ghostsmoker, Deafcult, and others.

The label has 201 releases thus far, hopefully with many more to come.

Ticket info.

Sunday 16 August at Crowbar, Brisbane

Deafcult
Hope Drone
hazards of swimming naked
Big Dead
hana(v)macklin
Joseph Rabjohns & Lachlan Dale

Friday 21 August at The Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne

Ghostsmoker
Convulsing
Black Aleph
Brian Campeau
Diploid
Instrumental (adj.)
Saleeha & TVISB
Lack The Low
Aphir

Sunday 23 August at Lazybones, Sydney

Black Aleph
Instrumental (adj.)
Brian Campeau
HELU
Migret

15 Years of Art As Catharsis
15 Years of Art As Catharsis

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