Music Reviews

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...

The Lumineers at the O2: one big celebration

The Lumineers have earned the vast international following that’s represented at the O2 tonight, and they know it. Bandleader Wesley Schultz admits that this is... Read More...

Grapevine Gathering Festival Review

Whilst the rain might be pouring in the UK, summer is coming to Australia, and the sun was certainly shining for Grapevine Gathering Festival. Set 30 minutes ou... Read More...

Festival Review: One hell of a weekend at Maho Rasop 2019

It’s mid-November in Bangkok, one of the largest and busiest cities in the world, and it’s time to escape for a weekend of international music at Maho Rasop Fes... Read More...

Live Music Review: Flyte soar at Village Underground

There are some gigs where it quickly becomes clear that you’re not just watching a performance – you’re taking part in a reunion. Tonight’s Flyte show is one of... Read More...

Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms of Surrender Review

Terms of Surrender, Hiss Golden Messenger’s latest release, is a dark and troubling beast. Following a trio of sunny LPs - Lateness of Dancers (2014), Heart Lik... Read More...

The Lumineers – III Review

Scorsese’s new Dylan docco, Rolling Thunder Revue, has been on Netflix for the past few months. In it, amongst The Great Bob’s face-painted antics, the many tal... Read More...

Kris Barras Band – Light It Up Review

Kris Barras and his band make rock music. Hairy guitars, lusty Hammond organs, gravelly vocals, thumping drums, giant riffs. It’s big, it’s dumb, and it’s a lot... Read More...

Film

And Then We Danced Review

The Truth Review

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Music

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

Line-up released for Boomtown Festival 2020

Jai Thep Review: A gem of a festival in Thailand

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Book Review: The Map from Here to There by Emery Lord

Book Review: Foul Is Fair by Hannah Capin

Book Review: You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce

Music Reviews

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

The Lumineers at the O2: one big celebration

Grapevine Gathering Festival Review

Festival Review: One hell of a weekend at Maho Rasop 2019

Live Music Review: Flyte soar at Village Underground

Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms of Surrender Review

The Lumineers – III Review

Kris Barras Band – Light It Up Review