Getting to Know Ben Newmarch

We chat to scallywag Ben Newmarch of Vivien’s Model Management about 50’s style, skateboarding and ice-blocks. How did you get into modelling? My Nana was always persistent and in my ear about having… Read More →

Sydney Bars that draw the best crowds

There’s nothing like an awesome local pub/bar to bring people together and to enable the kind of social interactions that are so important (and that also ensure we occasionally converse with our friends using… Read More →

Fashion: RACHELALEX interview

As the dust (and glitter) settles post-Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia, we talk to the emerging designers that have us excited for future fashion. Carol Bowditch had a chat to sisters doing it… Read More →

Spirit Valley – Music Interview

Oliver Heath has a chat with Dave and Chris from Sydney band Spirit Valley ahead of their free gig this weekend. They talk about baddass drumming, how they came to play some shows with Metric and about… Read More →

Getting to know Secret Colours

We take some positively distracting time with Chicago’s psych-poppers, Secret Colours, ahead of their Austin Psych Festival performance and the release of their Positive Distraction II EP.  Secret Colours are… An entity that… Read More →

Check your boobs, by Simone Kerr

Australian model model/dancer/designer Simone Kerr (pictured, above) describes what happened when she recently found a lump in her breast: I must admit, as much trouble as they have caused me, I love my breasts. They… Read More →

Bluesfest 2014, live review

Liana Gow-Killingbeck checked out legendary festival, Bluesfest: Bluesfest 2014, what a delicious way to spend Easter! I was lucky enough to trot down to Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm (just a smidge north of Byron… Read More →

Our Favourite Brisbane Haunts

Keely Thurecht walks you through some of somethingyousaid.com’s favourite places to hang/eat in Brisbane: When I sat down to compile my ultimate list of things to see, do and eat and drink in… Read More →

Music interview: Temples are free-flowing

The trajectory of Kettering’s psychedelic pop sweethearts Temples is surely set cloudward. Having recently played a fine set at Coachella, they’ve also landed opening slots with all manner of heavyweights, from The Rolling Stones… Read More →

British India ticket giveaway

If the idea of wrapping your ears around free live music while wrapping your lips around free booze doesn’t sound double-amazing, then you probably need to re-evaluate your lifestyle choices. If, however, it does whet… Read More →

Yellow Ostrich, Cosmos – album review

Hatched from the 2009 home recordings of 21-year-old Alex Shaaf, New York band Yellow Ostrich have taken huge sonic leaps throughout their six EPs and three studio albums – now landing themselves on… Read More →

The trouble with fake tanning

Sometimes fake tanning seems like a brilliant idea – a shortcut to looking healthy and glowing – yet in practice its application invariably turns into an absolute bloody nightmare, as Laura Ghafoor explains: I used… Read More →