Category Archive: music

Spirit Valley induce emotional & moral panic

Sydney’s Spirit Valley exist within some strange, twisted limbo of the Australian music scene. To anyone who’s encountered them, they are undeniably, earth-shatteringly fantastic. Broadly speaking however, no one seems to have really… Read More

Susanne Sundfør is refreshingly risqué

As if Norwegian songstress Susanne Sundfør’s unbelievably stunning vocal wasn’t enough to captivate us, she’s only gone and thrown a refreshingly risqué and decidedly not safe for work video clip into the mix. The accompanying… Read More

Civil Civic will rip your head off

Dominique Legrand has a conversation with Barcelona/London-based Australian ex-pats Civil Civic about their upcoming tour, about what fans can expect from their live show and about proving their worth on stage: Civil Civic are… Read More

Jagwar Ma’s Swirly Psychedelia

Jagwar Ma were an act of high acclaim for me with that so-easy-to-press-repeat-straight-away track Come and Save Me that circulated the internets this time last year. Their un-obnoxious brand of techno-y psychedelia is… Read More

Two Door Cinema Club & The Vaccines live

Earlier this month, I attended a show at a cinema club (with two doors) where everybody was getting themselves vaccinated against giant jungle creatures. Oh wait, no I didn’t. That’s what my ticket… Read More

It’s A Hard Knock Life For Electric Guest

There is something about musical theatre which just isn’t appreciated anymore. Perhaps it’s the flamboyant dance choreography, or the masses of costumed extras, or the exorbitant price for admission. However, LA act Electric… Read More

It’s true, Solange deliciously simmers

Solange is cool. True story. Solange is like the cooler younger sister you never had. Unless you are Beyonce. Whilst her famous sibling is a useful reference when working out why the name… Read More

Sarah Blasko is God Fearing

Sarah Blasko makes us swoon like a 1950s housewife. So much so that, when we saw the singer/songwriter strolling through the streets of Brighton a while back, we were too starstruck to go up… Read More

Berlin Festival starts to take shape

We had the most fantastic time at last year’s Berlin Festival, not least the part where we were invited onstage to dance with Major Lazer (true story). We also girlcrushed on Grimes and fell totally… Read More

In Pursuit Of The Great White Whale

If you spend more time in dusty old record shops and on eBay than you should in the hope of finding long lost LPs, you’re not alone.

Bridezilla at Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

“VALE, BRIDEZILLA” by Jack Colwell. And so, the masses gathered to mark the end of an era. Familiar faces that had made up the members of the Bridezilla family since the band formed… Read More

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