Category Archive: review

Big Day Out

So, who remembered to put on sunscreen? Oh, that’s right, NOBODY. And who got sunburnt to hell? Oh yeah, EVERYBODY. Well, actually, it wasn’t so much that Big Day Out punters forgot to… Read More →

Krate Krusaders

25ThC gets his hip-hop on to review Krate Krusaders Volume 2. Here are his thoughts:  This is the second volume of featured artist releases from South West UK production duo Bad Habitz and 1… Read More →

Justice at Festival Hall

French electro duo Justice filled the Melbourne Festival Hall with lights and sound last Friday night, at a sold-out, all ages show. Jess O’Callaghan was there: The evening got off to a good start… Read More →

StereoStar Sixty-Nine – Ambulance Shotgun

Jonjon gives StereoStar Sixty-Nine‘s album a listen. He’s unlikely to do the same thing again:  What do you think of when you think French music? I think of Phoenix, Air, Cassius and, if… Read More →

Kill List

Neil Martin, tries to wrap his head around the uncompromising, brutal Kill List:  Ben Wheatley’s much talked about Kill List is a dark, claustrophobic and disorientating journey into hell. It follows the descent… Read More →

Jonjon reviews Joker’s album, The Vision

Jonjon gave Joker’s new album a listen. Here’s what he thought: Joker’s The Vision is all over the place. What you get is a mishmash of styles and genres with a few pop-tinged… Read More →

Twerps album review

While their previous releases were charmingly ramshackle lo-fi songs about subjects such as drunkenly throwing up on your friends, Twerps recorded their eponymous debut long-player in a bona fide studio with the help… Read More →

The 2011 ARIA Awards

Bobby Townsend and Heidi Pett went to the 2011 ARIA Awards in Sydney today. They behaved like consummate professionals. Here’s Bobby’s review: As you would expect from any Australian award ceremony, the 2011 ARIA’s… Read More →

Fred Falke at The Nest

Jonjon checks out the ESM Launch Party, featuring Fred Falke, Starsmith and Burns at The Nest, Dalston, 17/11/11. Dalston gets a lot of stick… and deservedly so. It’s a punchline to any attempt… Read More →

The Harry Potter Exhibition is great!

We went to the preview of the Harry Potter Exhibition at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum. Our resident Harry Potter nerd, Heidi Pett, spent much of the time gazing wide-eyed at the exhibits saying, “This… Read More →

Tom Waits – Bad As Me album review

It’s been seven years since Tom Waits unleashed on the world his brilliant, barmy work of “cubist funk”, Real Gone. So there was obviously a huge amount of anticipation about his new offering,… Read More →

Georgia Fair review

Heidi Pett gives her thoughts on Georgia Fair’s first long-player: Despite its name, All Through Winter seems destined to be something of a summer soundtrack. A warm breeze, gauzy curtains blowing through an open… Read More →