Dappled Cities are a Sydney indie outfit with a taste for the strange and beautiful. Since their teenage beginnings, they’ve spun five critically adored albums – including the ARIA-nominated Lake Air and Zounds –  full of falsetto-laced anthems, sideways rhythms, and cinematic, off-kilter soundscapes. They’ve toured the US, UK, and Europe, playing everything from sticky clubs to giant festivals, and sharing stages with LCD Soundsystem, Modest Mouse and Death Cab. Somehow still weird (in the best way), they return in 2026 with their expansive 6th record The Aquarium,  a reminder that indie rock can still be strange, real, smart, and full of heart.