Kinematic, the indie band from Australia

With five studio albums, a compilation, a soundtrack, a live album/film and a whole bunch of singles, Kinematic's music has been described as indie rock, pop, folk, alternative and electronic, all of which is confusingly true. This site is a good spot to learn more about the li'l indie band that knows no boundaries.

Kinematic gigs

The Retreat Hotel   Brunswick  Sat 12 Oct 2024, 3-5pm

280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, VIC

We're chuffed to be heading back to the Retreat for the first time in a fair while, and bringing our lo-fi sounds to the front bar. We'll be playing tunes from all our albums, plus previewing tracks from the upcoming record, which is due out this summer if the stars align. Free entry, two acoustic sets.

Wesley Anne   Northcote   Fri 15 Nov 2024, 6-8pm

250 High St, Northcote, VIC

We have managed to get the whole 5-piece band in between the bar and the door a couple of time, but it was a bit of a squeeze. There might be less of us at this one, but it's still a great venue on the No. 1 street in the world, according to recent polls and popular opinion. And, of course, Northcote is our spiritual home - gather round one of the tables at the front for an intimateb show! Free entry, two acoustic sets.

Edinburgh Castle   Brunswick   Sat 18 Jan 2024, 6-8pm

681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, VIC

We're back at the EC, which has been getting to be more fun with each visit! It's summer so we'll be out in the beer garden (or front bar if the weather plays up) for a couple of sets of acoustic goodness. It's a great vibe here on a late arvo, with good food, good drink and good people. Drop in if you're in the neighbourhhood (there's no cover charge) and challenge us to play a cover version of something (we probably won't but you never know).

It's cold, grab a beanie!

Kinematic beanies

Kinematic beanies $25

The Long Divide

The Long Divide CD $20

Kites

Kites CD $20

Live At Bakehouse

Live At Bakehouse DVD $20

Kinematic news

Studio mode   Sun 4 Aug 2024

If you're in Melbourne and surrounds, you'll know we've been playing a few gigs this year - which we love, but it does cut into our recording time! So we're taking a short break to knuckle down in the studio and get some new music ready to go. We'll keep you posted!

Vesuvius   Sun 17 Dec 2023
Vesuvius

In a stunning display of music marketing genius, we have not only paired our 15th annual Christmas giveaway (aka the ‘December 17 Specials’) with the release of the first single from our forthcoming sixth studio album, we've also turned the apparently radio-friendly single format on its head by making it a brooding and melancholy six-minute tragi-drama, Vesuvius.

What could possibly go wrong?

Perhaps a signifier of the shitty year that was 2023 - as if the pandemic years weren’t quite enough - Vesuvius is a musical imagining of fire and ash falling from a Pompeii sky on that fateful day in 79 AD. Not your typically festive Christmas fare, but hopefully ticking the box of thoughtful reflection that’s part of coming to the end of another year.

The surprise release also includes the slightly chirpier and much shorter Open Up Your Eyes. And if neither of these sound like your cup of eggnog, there’s always last year’s special giveaway, Christmas Forever. Vesuvius is available to stream and download for free, exclusively on our preferred music platform Bandcamp, on December 12 with all other platforms to follow on the very Kinematic date of December 17.

Vesuvius: liner notes, video and lyrics here

Kinenews archive

Stuff you may have missed - all the band announcements we've made over the last few years.

Kinenews archive

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Kinematic acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong/Boon Wurrung Peoples of the Eastern Kulin, the traditional custodians of the land on which Kinematic resides, performs and records. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded. Damn right we do.