Golden Plains Festival – Live Review

Vinisha Mulani ventured to one of Australia’s best-loved festivals: Well, it’s a touch depressing being home right now, to be honest. Things got loose. The sun shone. Invisible skipping ropes were skipped. New… Read More

Should music critics fucking get a real job?

Somethingyousaid.com Editor Bobby Townsend reacts to Hayley Mary’s recent comments: Hayley Mary, lead singer of The Jezabels, recently said that music critics should “Fucking get a real job,” in relation to some less… Read More

John Grant live at De La Warr Pavillion

Gary Page checked out American singer-songwriter, John Grant in Bexhill: Last summer I witnessed John Grant play live in a Brighton church and while it was a strangely surreal venue for the artist… Read More

Panama Festival live review

The inaugural Panama Festival in Golconda, Tasmania was a gentle creature; a transparent, slightly iridescent forest-dweller that quietly hung streamers from branches and arranged candles for an intimate dinner party in the woods.… Read More

Premiere: Earthquake Weather, Nobody Knows

Today, we’re delighted to be premiering the latest single from Adelaide indie rock band, Earthquake Weather. Having garnered lots of critical acclaim with their first single  ‘This December’, the boys are back with this fine… Read More

Glass Animals – Music Interview

Somethingyousaid.com’s Carol Bowditch had a chat to Dave Bayley from Oxfordshire-based quartet, Glass Animals ahead of their debut visit to Australia. My Aunty has a cabinet displaying her sparkly collection of glass animals, what… Read More

The Raid 2 Ticket Giveaway

In conjunction with our buddies at Madman Entertainment, we’re giving away FIVE FREE DOUBLE-PASSES to The Raid 2 to our Australian-based readers. That’s right, if you are a fan of martial arts, are an adrenaline junkie,… Read More

Getting to Know Rose Ashton

Sydney-based artist and model Rose Ashton talks to somethingyousaid.com about fundamentalism, art, communes, joke-telling and boobs: I am doing my best to be the best human I can. As I grow I look back… Read More

Around the World in Eighty Whites

Somethingyousaid.com’s Carol Bowditch gets her wine on: Being the sort of person that frequents less tasteful establishments, and might utter to a friend, ‘oh, I wouldn’t put your bag down there, I’m having… Read More

Black Market Karma – Interview & Review

South East London’s favourite psychedelic darlings, Black Market Karma have recently released their fifth (yes, fifth) studio album – and gosh-darn, it’s a goodun’. Titled Upside Out Inside Down, it’s a swirling, hemisphere-spanning… Read More

Liam Finn, Snug as Fuck – Music video

Presumably we no longer need to prefix an article about New Zealand musician Liam Finn by informing you that he’s the offspring of musical legends Sharon and Neil Finn. So we won’t. Instead, we’ll simply… Read More

Why Secrets & Lies should be Secrets & Live

The Internet exploded and HBO GO crashed during the much-hyped season finale of True Detective in the US yesterday. In Australia, fans were watching it last night either on Showcase where it was… Read More