Tag Archive: australia

New short film competition

Heads-up, Aussie filmmakers, you’re gonna wanna pay attention to this. Content marketing agency Edge is on the hunt for talented film makers with a new short film competition called ‘The New Wave’, which intends to… Read More

Music video: Brendan Maclean, Winner

Here at Something You Said, we can’t get enough of Sydney’s god of camp, Brendan Maclean. After a big year releasing his highly-acclaimed single, ‘Stupid’, Brendan has returned with another tongue-in-cheek lead-up, ‘Winner,’… Read More

New Music: Glassmaps, Inner Place

Glassmaps is the pseudonym for Berlin-based/Australian born, singer/songwriter Joel Stein, who you may better know as the guitarist from Howling Bells. We have nothing but adoration for the Bells here at Something You… Read More

Olly heads to the Northern Territory

Somethingyousaid.com’s Oliver Heath (pictured, above) navigated his way outta Sydney and into the Northern Territory, trying not to swallow too many flies along the way:  The Alice Springs desert is physically the furthest… Read More

New Tune: Bonjah, Blue Tone Black Heart

Today’s new tune for you is a thigh-slapper from Australian outfit Bonjah. They’re rock-n-rollers from Melbourne that gained a significant amount of hype after the released this funky cover of Lorde’s track Royals… Read More

Are You Australia’s Best Producer/DJ?

Calling all up-n-coming Australian Producers and/or DJs. Are you looking for a leg-up in the industry? Do you fancy a life-changing opportunity to travel the world’s clubs? Yeah, we know, that’s a stupid… Read More

Album: Summer Flake, You Can Have It All

Somethingyousaid.com’s Sophie Metcalfe reviews the longplayer from Stephanie Crase: I must admit I have a little soft spot for Sydney-based record label Rice is Nice, so I always get excited when they bring… Read More

How To: Decorate on a budget

One of the many joys of Sydney’s rental market (alongside such delights as having to provide a comprehensive life-history and the promise of your first-born to secure a lease), is the fact that… Read More

Music review: The Paper Kites, States

I’m one of those annoying foreigners living overseas that whenever anything, absolutely anything, Australian related surfaces I find it necessary to bring it to everyone’s attention. Oh is that Temper Trap playing? Yes… Read More

Movie Review: Tim Winton’s The Turning

Colin Delaney reviews The Turning, and discovers a bold cinematic experience that meditates on the minutiae of the human condition: Before delving into new Australian film project The Turning, memorise these character names: Vic… Read More

Culture-shock, identity and acceptance

Somethingyousaid.com’s Harriet Cheney considers the extreme differences between one area of a country and another: I relocated from Sydney to Darwin and a part of me got lost. The extreme culture-shock that I… Read More

Album Review: Shining Bird, Leisure Coast

Tenley Nordtrom reviews the debut longplayer from Australian band, ‘Leisure Coast’: I must admit that The Shining Bird are new to me. Every description in their press release sounded so lovely that I… Read More