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Photo – Theo Batterham

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SHADY NASTY
announce US
headline dates
for March 2026
+ share ‘HARDSTYLE 2’
with FRED AGAIN..
and KETTAMA

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Esteem for SHADY NASTY

“This is literally my favourite band in the world right now” Fred again..

“Shady Nasty’s music has always sounded like an engine revving: all menacing snarls
and noxious guitars through a pungent fog of exhaust” The Guardian Australia

“The Australian trio’s sound can turn on a dime between ethereally pretty and menacingly dark” Kerrang!

“Shady Nasty are a glitch in Australia’s music industry” To Be Magazine

“The craft can’t be argued with.” triple j Unearthed

“The trio’s sound is as inscrutable as ever: lyrics are written like text exchanges between
gym junkies while the instrumentals are jenga towers of hip-hop beats,
slowcore guitars and punk vocals” NME

“The atmosphere is unsettling in a similar way to Show Me The Body’s songs” Stereogum

“This trio sounds like no other band on the planet. Shady Nasty are on the rise, that much is “clear as fuark.” Beat Magazine

“CAREDBRAH has one of my favourite lines to come out of a release this year” Luka Muller (triple j)

“Jittery and tense blasts of sketchy rock that sounds like kids born in the late 90s have
discovered some early Helmet or Mark of Cain records. This is good rowdy stuff” VICE

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Sydney’s boundary-pushing post-punk trio, Shady Nasty today announce some North American headline shows in Los Angeles and New York, alongside Treefort Music Festival in March 2026. The announcement comes with the release of their new track ‘HARDSTYLE 2’ with global electronic heavyweights Fred again.. and KETTAMA.

BUY TICKETS HERE + LISTEN TO ‘HARDSTYLE 2’ HERE.

‘HARDSTYLE 2’ marks the second drop together after their ‘Air Maxes’ project that featured the slow burn ‘Air Maxes (Ambient)’ and the adrenaline-fuelled club rework, ‘Air Maxes (KETTAMA Remix)’. Drawn from Shady Nasty’s debut album TREK and launched as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record, ‘HARDSTYLE 2’ is the next release from the new era of Fred again..’s ever-evolving USB album, following ‘Facilita’ with Caribou and MC Teteu, ‘Ambery’ with Floating Points, ‘the floor’ remixes with Skin On Skin & BEAM, ‘OK OK’ with Danny Brown, BEAM & PARISI and ‘you’re a star’ with Amyl and the Sniffers.

Marked by a distinctive harbour-city twang, Shady Nasty’s debut album TREK grapples with the less-than-glamorous hard graft of staying afloat while remaining creatively uncompromised in Sydney. Produced by Kim Moyes of The Presets, the record ventures into more textured, exploratory territory than ever before. Resonating with longtime fans and newcomers alike, the record earned acclaim from fbi.radio (Album of the Week), RTR FM (Feature Album), triple j Unearthed (Feature Artist), NME Magazine, Ones to Watch and more.

Following sold-out shows across Australia and most recently a sold-out show at The Windmill in London, Shady Nasty have announced a fresh run of live dates for North America in March 2026, hitting Los Angeles, New York and Treefort Music Festival. Nomatter the room size, their cult following shows up en masse, moshing to catharsis.

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SHADY NASTY
2026 US Tour

Thu 26 Mar 2026 – Zebulon – Los Angeles CA (TIX)
Sat 28 Mar 2026 – Treefort Music Festival – Boise ID (TIX)
Tue 31 Mar 2026 – Baby’s All Right – New York NY (TIX)

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About SHADY NASTY

Shady Nasty subvert expectations. In a world bound by modded cars, immigrant heritage and digital obsessions, Kevin Stathis, Haydn Green and Luca Watson craft a left-field breed of punk that pushes their formal training in jazz and classical music to its most uncustomary extremes. Influences like King Krule, Low Life and Show Me The Body surface not as reference points, but as undercurrents — absorbed and reconfigured into something unmistakably their own.

Early EPs Bad Posture and CLUBSMOKE earned praise from The Guardian, NME, Kerrang!, The Line of Best Fit, DIY, Stereogum and VICE, each showcasing immersive world-building that has shaped a consistent voice over the past seven years.

Recently, the group has shared stages with Skeleten, Shame, High Vis, Ho99o9, Sleaford Mods, Gustaf, Amyl and The Sniffers, among others. Through their own headline shows, they’ve cultivated a cult following across Sydney’s underground – including a sold-out run of album shows earlier this April. No matter the venue, no matter the bill, devout adherents clamber to fuel a heaving mosh.

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Follow SHADY NASTY
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YouTube – 23 Profile

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AMNPLIFY – DB