Tame Impala’s Currents: Alister Newstead in-conversation with Angus Truskett
Tue, 24 Mar
|Better Read Than Dead
Join us with Alister Newstead to celebrate the release of Tame Impala’s Currents, part of the 33 1/3 Oceania series! Alister will be in conversation with Angus Truskett.
Time & Location
24 Mar 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
About The Event
Tame Impala's psychedelic third album Currents (2015) is emblematic of a cultural shift in music production and consumption in the early days of streaming and a project that cemented its creator, Kevin Parker, as one of Australian music's most unlikely success stories and influential exports.
Currents marked a conscious shift in sound and attitude for its creator, West Australian polymath Kevin Parker, resisting his role as psych rock savior to embrace soul, disco, funk and his latent pop instincts. The result was Tame Impala's most popular and influential album, transforming them into festival-headlining, internet-famous Gen Z idols and turning the ear of popular acts, from Rihanna and Lady Gaga to Travis Scott and Dua Lipa. Parker's increasingly substantial credits as a collaborative producer and songwriter, with the likes of these artists as well as The Weeknd, Mark Ronson, Justice, Gorillaz and many more, served to enshrine him as a modern…
Tickets
Event + Book
Includes a ticket and copy of Currents
$30.00
+$0.75 ticket service fee
Event Ticket
$5.00
+$0.13 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00