Jagwar Ma’s Swirly Psychedelia

Jagwar Ma were an act of high acclaim for me with that so-easy-to-press-repeat-straight-away track Come and Save Me that circulated the internets this time last year. Their un-obnoxious brand of techno-y psychedelia is… Read More

Two Door Cinema Club & The Vaccines live

Earlier this month, I attended a show at a cinema club (with two doors) where everybody was getting themselves vaccinated against giant jungle creatures. Oh wait, no I didn’t. That’s what my ticket… Read More

It’s A Hard Knock Life For Electric Guest

There is something about musical theatre which just isn’t appreciated anymore. Perhaps it’s the flamboyant dance choreography, or the masses of costumed extras, or the exorbitant price for admission. However, LA act Electric… Read More

It’s true, Solange deliciously simmers

Solange is cool. True story. Solange is like the cooler younger sister you never had. Unless you are Beyonce. Whilst her famous sibling is a useful reference when working out why the name… Read More

Sarah Blasko is God Fearing

Sarah Blasko makes us swoon like a 1950s housewife. So much so that, when we saw the singer/songwriter strolling through the streets of Brighton a while back, we were too starstruck to go up… Read More

Berlin Festival starts to take shape

We had the most fantastic time at last year’s Berlin Festival, not least the part where we were invited onstage to dance with Major Lazer (true story). We also girlcrushed on Grimes and fell totally… Read More

Polpo is humble and delicious

Polpo is a bacaro, which is a Venetian word used to describe a humble restaurant serving simple food alongside good, young local wines. I had chanced upon a favourable review about Polpo some… Read More

In Pursuit Of The Great White Whale

If you spend more time in dusty old record shops and on eBay than you should in the hope of finding long lost LPs, you’re not alone.

Bridezilla at Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

“VALE, BRIDEZILLA” by Jack Colwell. And so, the masses gathered to mark the end of an era. Familiar faces that had made up the members of the Bridezilla family since the band formed… Read More

Start the Virgens once more

Back in June of last year, Karen O took her psycho opera, Stop The Virgens, to Sydney. Alongside members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Dead Weather was a chorus of Sydney’s… Read More

The Hives at The Metro, Sydney

Elfy Scott got sweaty, dazzled and, well, a bit aroused when The Hives put on a show in Sydney last week: The 7th of January 2013 not only presented Sydneysiders with a blistering,… Read More

Falls Festival had us at hello

I had never been to Tasmania. I love SBTRKT. Falls in Marion Bay had me at ‘hello’. Regaled by an aggressively drunk Wigan slash Adelaide native (we knew this, from her constant refrain… Read More