Friends from Rio Project 2014 – review
The world is currently going Brazil crazy, what with the football World Cup and the Olympics following two years later. Consequently, there will be a lot of people jumping on the Brazilian bandwagon… Read More
Emerging Writers’ Festival x Jack Colwell
The fantastic, Melbourne-based Emerging Writers’ Festival is a cultural melting-pot for writers to come together to learn their craft, showcase their work to their peers and let off some steam. If you thought musicians… Read More
Getting to Know Kamikaze
Switzerland-based outfit Kamikaze deliver a fine, multi-faced harmony in songs that will get you feeling hot and heavy. We asked them to tell more about themselves: Kamikaze formed when we met at 2am in… Read More
Collarbones X Synergy Percussion: Review
I began my annual love affair with VIVID, Sydney’s cultural calendar epicentre of light/music/idea events with a celebration of The Avalanches (which was really fucking brilliant, by the way). But, as the three-week… Read More
Film Review: Frank dark comedic bliss
Frank (Michael Fassbender) is eccentric with boundless creative energy and has the making of a very famous musician. He is however, trapped within an enormous novelty head constructed of papier-mâché. We follow Frank… Read More
Art: Tove Jansson and the Moomin
Alice Parsons does some self-initiated research into Tove Jansson, the Finnish illustrator and Artist who created the ever-popular Moomin: I’ve been a fan of Tove Jansson’s distinctive style for a while; always able to… Read More
The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick Age 81
You may better know JB Morrison as Jim Bob, lead-singer of legendary 90s indie duo Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. However, while Carter are finally winding down (they play their last ever reunion gig this… Read More
Vancouver Sleep Clinic live in Sydney
Brisbane-based Vancouver Sleep Clinic have been one of the ‘bands-to-watch in 2014’, which I have witnessed popping up in internet feeds, after a positive reception in Triple J’s Unearthed competition last year. It’s… Read More
Hanson: It feels great to have survived
We talk to (28-year-old!) drummer Zac Hanson: Life is pretty weird. For example, the other day I interviewed Zac Hanson. In the mid-1990s, this information about my future self would have been enough for… Read More
First Aid Kit, Stay Gold – album review
Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg have been consistently winning hearts with their beautiful, country-influenced folk music and their shiny, swooshing hair since they appeared on Youtube doing Fleet Foxes covers back in… Read More
How to host a kickass casino party
If you enjoy the excitement of gambling but are understandably keen to avoid losing your last dime while doing so, you might wanna consider hosting a casino-themed party. Not only is this a great method of… Read More