Tag Archive: festival

Golden Plains Festival – Live Review

Vinisha Mulani ventured to one of Australia’s best-loved festivals: Well, it’s a touch depressing being home right now, to be honest. Things got loose. The sun shone. Invisible skipping ropes were skipped. New… Read More

European Festival Guide 2014

The fact that the majority of Europe was recently hidden under snow/dirty floodwater makes it seem almost ludicrous to consider planning summer festival trips, but, believe it or not, festival season is just… Read More

Optimus Primavera Sound – our top acts

Primavera’s little-sister festival is in its third year, and we’re excited about the healthy sprinkling of Australian acts within the outstanding line-up: It’s shaping up to be an exciting year for European summer… Read More

Kyla La Grange, Cut Your Teeth

After turning heads with her 2012 debut album Ashes, British singer/songwriter Kyla La Grange returns brighter, bolder and with an interesting shift towards a more subtle emotional, electronic pop smartness. Her upcoming second… Read More

Lost Picnic – Our top three acts

Described by the organisers as a ‘perfect summer’s day’, hopes are high for the inaugural Lost Picnic in Sydney’s Centennial Park on Sunday 23rd March. A boutique event featuring homegrown talent, there will also… Read More

Review: Flickerfest closing night

Being blessed with something of a limited attention-span, the short-film format is ideal for me. At its best, a short film is a perfectly formed nugget of cinematic brilliance – complete with compelling… Read More

Must-see acts at Malasimbo Festival

The Malasimbo Music and Arts Festival, running from the 27th February-3rd March, is a relatively recent addition but is already drawing some impressively big international artists. Now in only its third year, it… Read More

Treefort Music Fest looks great

Many modern festivals hardly justify their name/reputation/price. To us, lazily shoving a stage in a stadium and charging eight gazillion dollars for a beer do not a festival make. We firmly believe festivals… Read More

Live Review: MONA FOMA, part one

Somethingyousaid.com’s Chloe Mayne checks out MONA FOMA, an annual festival based in Tasmania: I’m going to hazard a guess and say that you’ve all heard of MoMA , the elegant New York governess of… Read More

Top 5 artists to see at Soundwave

If you haven’t heard, upcoming Australian festival Soundwave has extended its already-impressive lineup to include eight more bands. If you’re already a ticket holder or are on the edge about buying one, you can… Read More

Photo Gallery: Mia Wasikowska in Sydney

If the combination of the words “Mia” and “Wasikowska” doesn’t make you swoooooooon like a 1950s housewife, then you clearly have a markedly different taste in human-beings than us. We’re such fans of… Read More

Review: Flickerfest short film festival 2014

Oliver Heath attends Australian international short film festival, Flickerfest, and reminisces about Bondi: A quick glance at the sign (pictured, above) and you could be forgiven for thinking I’m at a Tinder orgy or a douchebaggery… Read More