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

Jellyfish Review

Cold Pursuit DVD Review

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part DVD Review

TV

Tales of the City review: A delightful, absorbing series with a bountiful heart

What/If review: A soapy drama that struggles to keep the right momentum

Why you should be watching It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Music

Night Flight soar on debut LP

Fatboy Slim kicks off Live in The Wyldes

DeWolff – Live & Outta Sight II Review

Books

Book Review: Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain

Book Review: Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Book Review: The Body Lies by Jo Baker