Music Reviews

Live Music Review: CC:DISCO! at The Timber Yard

It’s a cold, grey and rainy Sunday in Melbourne in May. But what could be better than getting out to one of Untitled’s Day Parties (which have been missed over ... Read More...

VISSIA – With Pleasure Review

With spring well on its way and lockdowns easing, VISSIA’s second full-length album, With Pleasure, is just the kind of hopeful, empowered album we need. From b... Read More...

AC/DC return with ‘Shot in the Dark’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNhn1KOqq8g ‘AC/DC have not made the same album sixteen times’, goes the old joke. ‘They’ve made the same album seventeen tim... Read More...

Single Review: Andrea – Fighting For

Andrea’s debut single, 'Fighting For' addresses the anxieties of young adult life and is sure to resonate with many listeners unsure of their future right now. ... Read More...

Gregory Porter – All Rise Review

I have been immersing myself in Gregory Porter’s new album All Rise throughout the week. Contentedly and lavishly soaking in the feel-good vibes. Porter is ... Read More...

Our Man In The Field: A modern-day take on a vintage soundtrack

Armed with his guitar and a notebook, Our Man In The Field reports back heartfelt dispatches from his travels, resulting in songs rife with spacious guitar melo... Read More...

Mass House – Birmingham Review

Brummie duo Mass House release their new song ‘Birmingham’ - a socio-political commentary on life in one of England’s music capitals. The track describes a conf... Read More...

Laneway 2020 Review: The 1975, Charli XCX and Mahalia take over the Melbourne festival

There’s no better way to spend a mid-summer in Melbourne, Australia, than at a festival surrounded by music, dancing and happy people. Well, it just so happens ... Read More...

Jai Thep Review: A gem of a festival in Thailand

If big corporate festivals aren’t really your jam, and you’re more about the workshops and community than being in it for the gram, then this little gem will be... Read More...

Live Music Review: The Teskey Brothers at Shepherd’s Bush Empire

There’s a red haze aglow at the Empire tonight - a smokeless smokiness. It's like waiting to discover a fresh new talent that no one else knows about. Except, e... Read More...

Gabrielle Aplin – Dear Happy Review

With her second studio album, 2015’s Light Up the Dark, Gabrielle Aplin marked a departure from the quieter, softer sound we’d perhaps expected, swapping out th... Read More...

DeWolff – Tascam Tapes Review

It’s hard to think of many hairy, Hammond-bashing hard rockers who could do what DeWolff have done with Tascam Tapes. After the colossal Deep Purpleisms of 2... Read More...

Film

Uncle Vanya Review

Carmen and Lola Review

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TV

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Music

Live Music Review: CC:DISCO! at The Timber Yard

VISSIA – With Pleasure Review

AC/DC return with ‘Shot in the Dark’

Books

Win a copy of Rachael Lippincott’s The Lucky List

Katy Moran on her top five wildly badly behaved fictional families

Book Review: Mrs England by Stacey Halls

Music Reviews

Live Music Review: CC:DISCO! at The Timber Yard

VISSIA – With Pleasure Review

AC/DC return with ‘Shot in the Dark’

Single Review: Andrea – Fighting For

Gregory Porter – All Rise Review

Our Man In The Field: A modern-day take on a vintage soundtrack

Mass House – Birmingham Review

Laneway 2020 Review: The 1975, Charli XCX and Mahalia take over the Melbourne festival

Jai Thep Review: A gem of a festival in Thailand

Live Music Review: The Teskey Brothers at Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Gabrielle Aplin – Dear Happy Review

DeWolff – Tascam Tapes Review