Start the Virgens once more
Back in June of last year, Karen O took her psycho opera, Stop The Virgens, to Sydney. Alongside members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Dead Weather was a chorus of Sydney’s… Read More
Tag Archive: music
Falls Festival had us at hello
I had never been to Tasmania. I love SBTRKT. Falls in Marion Bay had me at ‘hello’. Regaled by an aggressively drunk Wigan slash Adelaide native (we knew this, from her constant refrain… Read More
Unknown Mortal Orchestra: II
A fairly new band, started by former Mint Chick Ruben Nielson, the trio is completed by Jake Portrait on bass and Greg Rogove on drums. What looked at first to be a somewhat… Read More
Boomgates can’t stop themselves
Carol Bowditch has a quick chat to Steph Hughes of Boomgates in the run up to the Sugar Mountain Festival, which takes place next week in Melbourne: What was it that made you… Read More
SBTRKT releases debut live album
Now, we know that the folk at NME are so kneejerk that if you made them a decent cup of tea, they’d likely hail it as One To Watch In 2013 but, every… Read More
Beach House at The Enmore, Sydney
Beach House have certainly had a big year. From humble beginnings back in 2006 with Apple Orchard being featured on a Pitchfork best of mixtape, they have come full circle in 2013 with… Read More
Antony Hamilton joins forces
Antony Hamilton is a choreographer whose work is hard to pin down in that it unhinges the traditional cultural narrative of western dance as an art form. He has created works for the… Read More
Falls brings us into the new year in style
There’s really nothing quite like a good road trip. Whether it is for the escapism, to visit nanna’s homestead, or maybe just for the sake of crafting the perfect highway mix tape. For… Read More
Woods charm with Bend Beyond
Elfy Scott gives her thoughts on the new album from Woods: Bend Beyond is the fifth studio release by the Brooklyn indie folk band, Woods, and provides half an hour of decidedly charming… Read More
Abbe May at GoodGod in Sydney
Harriet Cheney went to see Perth’s Abbe May in Sydney. Here’s what she thought: I fell in love with Perth rock chick Abbe May after hearing the dark, sexy and commanding sounds of… Read More
End of Year Review: Our showbiz mates
As part of our grand End Of 2012 Review, we asked some of our showbiz buddies to tell us what has been floating their boats over the past 12 months. This is what… Read More
Another New Years (Fuckin Fireworks)
There’s no avoiding it. It’s almost New Year’s Eve. Otherwise known as the crappiest night out of the year. A night where amateurs hit the town and make the lines at bars ten… Read More