Whenever we purchased a new pair of Dr. Martins during our admittedly elongated grunge phase, we’d immediately venture to the nearest pebble beach and heartily run down it with the intention of scuffing… Read More
MØ (or Karen Marie Ørsted, to give her her birth name) probably first appeared on music lovers’ radar when she posted the emotive synthscapes of ‘Maiden’ online last year, and followed up with… Read More
Presenters of rock shows, enablers of drunken misdemeanours and providers of general good times, Sailor Jerry, have opened the doors of Hotel Street in Sydney. It’s a multi-layered hive of vintage activity, running… Read More
The excellent Lester The Fierce releases her brand-spanking new, self-titled EP next week and also ventures on tour, supporting Ngaiire. We wanted to discover more about her, so here she is, in her own… Read More
Set over three picturesque Australian locations in the build-up to New Year, Falls Festival 2013 is certain to be an absolute winner. Why? Because playing across the stunning coastal escapes of Lorne, Victoria,… Read More
I find it absolutely bewildering that people still bother watching The X Factor. In the early days, riding in the slipstream of Pop Idol, it was a moderately entertaining talent contest. People would… Read More
Australia’s The Perch Creek Family Jugband is comprised from four siblings and one stray partner. With humble beginnings as a street jug band led by their eccentric father, Bob Hodgkins (no, not Bob Hoskins),… Read More
We first chanced upon amazing California duo Giant Drag when they supported The Cribs across the United Kingdom in 2006. Their outstanding and acclaimed debut, Hearts & Unicorns, was released around the same… Read More
Somethingyousaid.com’s Carol Bowditch gives the new Palms record a spin. Risen from the grave of the much-loved Sydney outfit, Red Riders, is Palms. Ex-frontman, Al Grigg, and bandmate Tom Wallace took on the… Read More
We’re not sure how Sydneysiders, I Know Leopard, got their name. Maybe they know a leopard? Or someone called Leopard? That makes sense, right? We’d totally be friends with somebody whose name was… Read More
The state of politics in Australia at the moment is a bit of a shambles. An embarrassment. With Tony Abbott’s seemingly interminable misogynistic outbursts, Kevin Rudd ousting the woman who had replaced him,… Read More