Music Reviews

J.S. Ondara – Tales of America Review

J.S. Ondara is a Kenyan singer-songwriter with a fascination for the good ol’ U S of A. ‘Tales of America’, his debut LP, takes a meandering walk through the mu... Read More...

The Teskey Brothers roll through Union Chapel

It’s 7:00pm, and in an Islington eatery down the road from Union Chapel, a motley crew is gathered. Label PRs, bloggers and journalists, they have convened to w... Read More...

Mavis Staples – Live In London Review

Real musical power is found in human tissue, not in computer chips. That’s why B.B. King could put chills down your spine with a clean amp and an old guitar. It... Read More...

Festival Review: St Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2019

It was the day of St Jerome’s Laneway Festival (9 Feb) and the rain had been pouring for a few hours. Fortunately it’s Melbourne, so within an hour the rain had... Read More...

Duke Street Block Party Delivers

Reflecting back from this dreary midweek vantage point, it’s easy to say that Duke Street Block Party thoroughly blew away my already high expectations. It was ... Read More...

Busted – Half Way There Review

If Busted’s 2016 comeback album Night Driver served as a testament to the band’s more sophisticated, evolved sound, then Half Way There strips all of that back ... Read More...

William the Conqueror – Bleeding on the Soundtrack Review

5:45 on a Monday evening in January. Blue Monday, the ad men tell us. Stumbling out of the office blocks, workers pile themselves into the Tubes like they’re on... Read More...

Live Music Review: Idles at The Croxton

It’s peak summer in Australia and the country is currently experiencing a heatwave, made that bit hotter by the arrival of punk-rock band IDLES. The five piece ... Read More...

The Steel Woods – Old News Review

American country rockers The Steel Woods release their second album Old News via Thirty Tigers today (18 January, 2019) The fifteen-track album opens on a co... Read More...

Festival Review: Celebrating the New Year at Beyond the Valley 2018

With the car packed and the BTV 2018 playlist on, we set off to Lardner Park to celebrate the New Year in a way I’ve always dreamed of: at a festival. One of... Read More...

Paul McCartney: the godfather of rock at the O2

At stage right, a small platform is rising out of the floor. On it, bathed in yellow-pink spotlights, stands a grey-haired DJ, head ducking like a superannuated... Read More...

Live music review: Carmody spellbinds at Oslo Hackney

Sometimes, if you go to too many concerts, you forget how special they can be. You know that feeling of wonder you got when you went to gigs as a teenager – eve... Read More...

Film

First Man DVD Review

A Private War Review

Win The Hate U Give on DVD

TV

Nightflyers Review: An eerie yet unsatisfying adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s novella

The Good Place season 3 review: Not just the smartest show on TV but the kindest too

The Pilot Project: Titans

Music

The Greta Van Fleet Conundrum

J.S. Ondara – Tales of America Review

The Teskey Brothers roll through Union Chapel

Books

Book Review: A History of Art in 21 Cats by Nia Gould

Book Review: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Book Review: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

Music Reviews

J.S. Ondara – Tales of America Review

The Teskey Brothers roll through Union Chapel

Mavis Staples – Live In London Review

Festival Review: St Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2019

Duke Street Block Party Delivers

Busted – Half Way There Review

William the Conqueror – Bleeding on the Soundtrack Review

Live Music Review: Idles at The Croxton

The Steel Woods – Old News Review

Festival Review: Celebrating the New Year at Beyond the Valley 2018

Paul McCartney: the godfather of rock at the O2

Live music review: Carmody spellbinds at Oslo Hackney