Most people will probably recognise Penn Badgley as brooding heartthrob Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl. Unfortunately, I didn’t watch Gossip Girl. Shocking. My distinct memory of Penn Badgley is as the “Other Tucker”… Read More
From the creators of the delightful The Intouchables is The Volcano (alternative title – Eyjafjallajökull), a hilarious French-language romp that follows two ex-lovers that by chance (due to Eyjafjallajökull, an active volcano in… Read More
The Australian legends are back, and Sophie Metcalfe (pictured, below) meets the familiar melancholic sound with a strangely comforting sadness: The memory of One Crowded Hour topping the 2006 “triple j Hottest One… Read More
Victoria Gottschalk attempts to suppress her inner fangirl: When two members of the band supporting James Blunt on the UK leg of his tour move into your downstairs bedroom, there’s a certain type of… Read More
Australia-based filmmaker Anna Broinowski wanted to make a documentary to stop fracking in Sydney Park. Yes, they were trying to mine Sydney Park. She needed to find a way to get her message to… Read More
Listening to Whispers, the new longplayer from Brighton-born chart topper Passenger, I could forgive my partner for asking if this was the new James Blunt album. The two have a very similar style. Although Blunty… Read More
The first two Hunger Games instalments offered utterly engaging and thrilling teen action with a brain and a conscience. Also, Katniss Everdeen proved to be a strong, female role-model. However, if you’ve been following the… Read More
Turning sitcoms into full length movies can be a precarious business. For every ace adaptation like Partridge’s Alpha Papa or The South Park Movie, there’s a disappointment like Guest House Paradiso – a poor effort from the… Read More
Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Jess Cornelius, otherwise known as Teeth & Tongue, brought her full band to Sydney’s Goodgod this week as part of her current Australian tour. Performing tracks from latest album Grids in all… Read More
Coldplay don’t often feature especially heavily here at somethingyousaid.com. Don’t get us wrong, we’re don’t subscribe to the notion that you have to hate on Coldplay. Indeed, their early records are great and… Read More
Do you feel like some foot stomping, hip shaking, raucous swagger? Yes? Well that’s good, because Melbourne artist Jen Cloher has just dropped an ace new single which is exactly that. Stone Age Brain is an unapologetic romp… Read More
Neil Harbisson is a cyborg who listens to colour via an antenna drilled into his skull. Seriously. The 31-year-old, British-Spanish artist (pictured, above) has always lived a kinda weird life. He was born… Read More