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 →