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
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Event Review: Sydney SMACs back
Last week in the confines of Redfern’s Carriageworks we witnessed our beloved FBi Radio announcing the winners of Sydney’s Music Arts and Culture awards (SMAC). For the sixth year running it was a… 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
Album Review: James Vincent McMorrow
Somethingyousaid.com’s Joe Haddow finds a longplayer to warm the cold British evenings: If the wind is howling against the walls and the rain is spattering against the window panes, then “Post Tropical” may… Read More
Film Review: Convict is hard hitting
Melissa Oey checks out a prison film which looks at heteromasculinity and multiculturalism in Australia: Convict revolves around its protagonist, Ray (George Basha) and his struggle to retain the moralistic identity he established to escape… Read More
Book Review: Jay Stringer, Lost City
The final part of Jay Stringer’s trilogy of Eoin Miller novels (the previous two were Old Gold and Runaway Town) is yet another excellent example of, what Stringer himself calls, “social pulp” fiction.… Read More
Live Review: Falls Festival, Marion Bay
Musical mayhem tangled paths with a stretch of unsuspecting countryside as over ten thousand punters converged upon the picturesque Marion Bay for the Tasmanian leg of the Falls Music and Arts Festival. It… Read More
Live Review: Field Day in Sydney
Somethingyousaid’s Colin Delaney overcame his hangover just in time to head to Field Day: I woke on New Year’s Day feeling sceptically fine, managed to make breakfast for the rest of the household… Read More
Film review: Jailbait is gritty
The Asylum is renowned for bringing films with a certain b-movie aesthetic to your screens. Remember Sharknado? Well, they were responsible for that. In 2014 they’re offering the likes of brilliantly-titled Mega Shark… Read More
Review: Major Napier, Please Stay
Somethingyousaid.com’s Marcus Thaine submerges himself in the latest release from Major Napier: When it came to deciding my favourite album of the year, I thought of the relentless experimentation of Kirin J Callinan,… Read More