Film review: The Bling Ring
We have a look at The Bling Ring, the latest flick from Sofia Coppola: Sofia Coppola is the cinematic equivalent of Christmas gift wrapping. Colourful and enticing. She’s masterful at decorating her films… Read More
Twin Lakes’ Top 5 Winter Destinations
In their year together, Newcastle/Sydney band Twin Lakes have permeating the local music scene with layers of folk/rock. Their music has a pastoral resonance that nods to bands like The Dears, Doves, Silversun Pickups,… Read More
Fashion’s weighty problem
Former model Tenley Nordstrom discusses a constantly-debated argument from a different angle: Just about every other week there seems to be controversy stirring up over too-thin models. The level of discussion ranges widely… Read More
The Civil Wars – album review
Somethingyousaid.com’s Joe Haddow devotes some serious time to the second longplayer from The Civil Wars: There are few bands that I make time to sit down, with headphones, and listen to the whole… Read More
Film Review: The Way, Way Back
My memories of being, say, seventeen to thirty-something are like a beautiful, slightly hazy and abridged novella. Conversely, I remember being fourteen with crystal clarity. Awkward. Lazy. Insecure. At best, I would have… Read More
Music: a game of Truth or Dare
Ever found yourself reluctantly admitting to loving a band you just didn’t? Or praising the incredibly unique composition of your then-boyfriend’s all time favorite song? Or how’s about going so far as to… Read More
Interview: Get to know Jessamine Kelley
Somethingyousaid.com recently met New York-based model Jessamine Kelley at a party. While all around her were smashing the free booze and dancing badly to that omnipresent Daft Punk song, she was sipping water… Read More
Midnight Juggernauts – Uncanny Valley
Science and technology revolutionise our lives but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. – Arthur M. Schiesinger. Wow. Intense! That quote appears at the end of the Midnight Juggernauts latest filmclip for… Read More
Franz Ferdinand’s right action
New Franz Ferdinand? For realzies? Yowsers! We’ve been admirers of the Scottish four-piece since way back when we saw them in Brighton during the Take Me Out era. Then there was that time… Read More
Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction!
Fact-of-the-day: In New York City, the law allows toplessness by both men and women. This is good news for the Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society, who meet up to do their al… Read More
Kite Club’s top five albums
Formed on a 50-acre citrus orchard, Kite Club is the brainchild of Melbourne-based romantic Nicholas Futcher. Kite Club has just released ‘Jupiter Smiling’- the first single off his upcoming debut record ‘Fresh Air For… Read More
Sarah Blasko’s charity ebay store
Australian songbird and somethingyousaid.com favourite, Sarah Blasko, is teaming up with eBay in support of charity organisation Bowel Cancer Australia – a cause very close to her heart. “I lost my mother Ellie… Read More