Bearly BIGSOUND - Unofficial BIGSOUND Pre-Party

No delegrate or festival pass needed, just roll through on Monday 31st August for five hot acts - for free! Featuring (Listed A-Z) Divers (VIC) Naarm quartet Divers are creating a world of shapeshifting moods. Thriving in their DIY environment, the band self-produces their music leading to a sound drifting in an ooze of indie-pop, post-punk and electronic experiments. They are building a house of intrigue, welcoming all who enter (when you're here you're family). Despite their diverse sound, they have built a high-energy live show gaining a wider audience with their recent release of their debut album in 2026. Greatsouth (NZ) Greatsouth is the musical project of Payton Taplin (Te Rarawa, Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa), a Maori artist from Papakura, South Auckland. Blending indie rock, south pacific field recordings and taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments), Greatsouth's sound sits between raw guitar-driven music and cinematic, narrative-led production. His music is grounded in te ao Maori (the Maori worldview) and shaped by urban Maori experience - exploring ancestry, resistance, identity and belonging through a distinctly Aotearoa lens. Los HOUSEPLANTS F.C. (QLD) Psychedelic plantpunk BONK-rock, oozing with optimism while wrangling questions of world-ending denialism. That is at the roots of Los HOUSEPLANTS F.C., who bloom with dreamy synth riffs, crunchy drums and acid bass on a forest floor of shoe-gaze. In 2024 they proved DIY has no limits by recording their sparkling psych-pop debut EP ‘Are We Not Plants’ entirely on smartphones with a whopping budget of $0.00, staying true to their ethos of producing lo-fi danceable chaos. Mim Jensen (NZ) Aotearoa/New Zealand indie savant Mim Jensen is a trailblazer. Over the years of sharing hook-laden and emotional rock n’ roll across both sides of the Tasman Sea, she has graced countless festivals and headline shows. Rolling Stone Australia praised Mim as “quickly making a name for herself as one of the most exciting indie acts in the local game.” Speira (QLD) SPEIRA (pron. Spy-Ra) — a no-frills, female-fronted alternative rock band on a mission to bring it back to life.