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READING A bunch of indie game sound designers are hitting the stage to celebrate the sounds of gaming A bunch of indie game sound designers are hitting the stage to celebrate the sounds of gaming River Boy Going down at The Toff in Town, Games Gig comprises a lineup of queer, trans, and First Nations artists each performing their own gaming compositions. As part of Freeplay Festival – the world’s longest-running independent games festival – a bunch of indie game sound designers are getting together to play a gig celebrating the sounds of gaming. Happening at The Toff in Town on Thursday June 10, Games Gig will showcase a lineup of queer, trans, and First Nations artists each performing their own gaming compositions on stage. ....
And features some very queer friendly indie music! Games Gig is the official Thursday night Freeplay Festival 2021 event, described by its organisers as “a music focused afterparty featuring a line-up of indie, pop, and electronic game composers performing their music from Melbourne indie games.” Video World‘s Monster Mansion (aka Jacob Leaney) will headline the event alongside Maize Wallin, a composer who has worked on titles like the PS5 console exclusive Godfall and indie titles such as Receiver 2 and Wayward Strand. Leaney and Wallin have also organised the event, intending it as a showcase for electronic and pop music, two genres that often don’t “get a chance to be seen and heard live, performed by the people that wrote it,” as Leaney explained to Stevivor. ....
Ten unmissable Brunswick Music Festival gigs to catch before the festival ends Cong Josie and the Crimes Words by Eva Marchingo Brunswick Music Festival’s 2021 iteration is in its final week and there are still a host of exquisite gigs to see before she goes. Making up for its mid-festival cancellation in 2020, Brunswick Music Festival has outdone itself with a program of gigs all under $10 plus booking fee. We know Moreland has a strong knack for providing the best Melbourne has to offer regarding musical talent and gigs, which is never quite as obvious as during this auspicious event. Here are our picks of the best gigs to see in the last five days of the festival. ....