Music review: The Paper Kites, States

I’m one of those annoying foreigners living overseas that whenever anything, absolutely anything, Australian related surfaces I find it necessary to bring it to everyone’s attention. Oh is that Temper Trap playing? Yes… Read More

How to share a hostel room & not be an idiot

Travelling blesses us with some of the most poignant highs of our lives, but with those blissful new horizons come some pretty grizzly doses of reality. Usually in the form of shared accommodation.… Read More

Music: An Anti-War Playlist

Tenley Nordstrom prepares herself for President Obama’s term-defining speech on Syria tonight by putting together a playlist of anti-war anthems: Wake up America. It’s time for your denial to be over. You voted… Read More

New Music Video: Arcade Fire, Reflektor

In this musical age, where there’s so much music, all of the time, constantly bombarding your ears, it’s hard to really look forward to new releases in the same way people did pre-internet. Back… Read More

Movie Review: Tim Winton’s The Turning

Colin Delaney reviews The Turning, and discovers a bold cinematic experience that meditates on the minutiae of the human condition: Before delving into new Australian film project The Turning, memorise these character names: Vic… Read More

The Fabergettes EP Giveaway!

Sydney garage popsters The Fabergettes are launching their new EP ‘Big Bruiser’ this Friday. The quartet will headline FBi Radio’s inaugural Spring Prom at FBi Social in Kings Cross. Hooray! To celebrate, we’ve got… Read More

Interview: Getting To Know Audego

Somethingyousaid.com recently gave you the heads-up about a free download and brilliant video from Melbourne’s Audego. We dug it so much that we wanted to find out a little more about the two-piece. Here… Read More

Culture-shock, identity and acceptance

Somethingyousaid.com’s Harriet Cheney considers the extreme differences between one area of a country and another: I relocated from Sydney to Darwin and a part of me got lost. The extreme culture-shock that I… Read More

Album Review: Shining Bird, Leisure Coast

Tenley Nordtrom reviews the debut longplayer from Australian band, ‘Leisure Coast’: I must admit that The Shining Bird are new to me. Every description in their press release sounded so lovely that I… Read More

Music Video: Mikhael Paskalev, I Spy

After causing a stir with his music in his motherland of Norway, Mikhael Paskalev has nothing to hide for new audiences around the world. With the track having already hit platinum and receiving… Read More

Live Review: Caitlin Rose in Brighton

While I have a certain level of affection for toilet venues with sticky carpets, a weird, indescribable smell and graffiti-covered walls, it’s always an absolute joy to chance upon a small venue which… Read More

Reasons Tony Abbott is bad for Australia

While it’s difficult to conjure a single reason why anyone would willingly place an abhorrent, gaffe-prone, anachronism of a human-being in charge of their country, bewilderingly, Tony Abbott this weekend became Australia’s Prime… Read More