Ocean Alley – ‘Lonely Diamond’
Lonely Diamond feels like a musical moment, a landmark release for a band on the cusp of Australian music prestige.
Bob Dylan – ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’
At 79 years old, Bob Dylan is still capable of going way, way deep.
Diplo – ‘Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil’
On his country album, ‘Snake Oil’, Diplo delivers playful interpretation over pretence.
Gig Reviews
Tool – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney 17/02/20
“An incredible night of primordial rhythms and trance-like compositions, transcending the audience into another space and time.”
St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, The Domain – 2/2/20
Laneway Festival’s 2020 Sydney leg faced a number of challenges and extremes that could potentially change what we look to Laneway for in the future, despite stellar performances.
Solange – Sydney Opera House, 30/1/20
“The influence and legacy of Solange has already become one of the most important ones of the past decade, and thus it’s hard to think of a better send-off for the Sydney Opera House’s Concert Hall.”
FOMO Festival – Parramatta Park, Sydney 11/1/20
The risks FOMO continue to take continue to pay off.
Vampire Weekend – Enmore Theatre, Sydney 9/1/20
“Ezra Koenig promised the crowd that it wouldn’t be six years before they returned again, and thank god for that.”
Lizzo – Sydney Opera House, 6/1/20
Lizzo once said that if she’s shining, everybody is going to shine. And shine we all did.
Album Reviews
The 1975 – ‘Notes on a Conditional Form’
This band thinks it has made a compelling start-to-finish album. They are mistaken.
Violent Soho – ‘Everything is A-Ok’
In many ways, the correlation between the themes and narratives of Everything is A-Ok and the uncertain realities of our lives in 2020, make it an album very much of its time. Which is fitting, because it is a record that deserves yours.
#1 Dads – Golden Repair
“Accessibly cosmic, metaphysically romantic, and gorgeous sonically”