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LATEST READS

Jonesing For This One: Chris Whitley – Living with the Law

Column

Matt Jones returns with Jonesing For This One to revisit Chris Whitley’s Living with the Law, an overlooked 1991 gem of blues, folk and rock.

Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend Under the Stars

Reviews

Annette Geneva heads to Suffragette Records in Hobart for a star-lit first listen to Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend, an intimate, strange and quietly devastating return.

Forever Five: Pinky Beecroft (Machine Gun Fellatio)

Forever Five

Five albums Pinky Beecroft can't live without.

Deep Dive

Everybody knows 'Laid'. Far fewer know Laid. We go beyond James’ immortal title track to discover the strange, intimate Brian Eno-produced album hiding behind the hit.

Deep Dive

August and Everything After didn't arrive with swagger. It arrived with uncertainty. In this Waxx Lyrical deep dive, we explore the stories, songs and emotional honesty that transformed Counting Crows' debut into one of the defining albums of the 1990s.

ARTICLES

7 May 2024
Album Reviews

Dua Lipa's 'Radical Optimism': Creamy Melodies, Mechanised 80's & French Disco

SONGS TO SING WITH. Songs to dance to. Songs to look up and grin at the sky and say I don’t care, none of this is going to dampen me.

1 May 2024
Live Reviews + Photos

An Emotionally Charged Night with Nick Cave and Colin Greenwood in Sydney

It hurt and it soothed. It found solace and it let go of it. It said “The song, the song it spins, the song, it spins, it spins no more.”

26 Apr 2024
Album Reviews

Taylor Swift 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Tara Dickinson, self-confessed "card carrying Swiftie" reviews 11th album, 'The Tortured Poets Department'

1 Apr 2024
Record Of The Month Deep Dives

Caroline Polachek's 'Desire, I Want To Turn Into You' is April's ROTM

"... finds Polachek unapologetically embracing her inner pop diva, purposefully referencing a '90s and early-2000s pop aesthetic. This is...

7 May 2024
Live Reviews + Photos

Stephen Sanchez's Unforgettable and Commanding Live Show Leaves Fans Reeling

Stephen Sanchez and his band are utterly commanding and were from the moment they arrived to the moment they left.

1 May 2024
Record Of The Month Deep Dives

Babitha's 'Brighter Side Of Blue' is May's Record Of The Month

Seemingly emerging fully-formed, Babitha is the moniker of young songwriter, singer and guitarist Imogen Grist.

23 Apr 2024
Film Reviews

'Back To Black', An Intimate Glance At The Late, Great Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse fans can rejoice, as new movie, Back to Black, chronicles the rise to fame of the diminutive songstress.

28 Mar 2024
Live Reviews + Photos

Full Flower Moon Band Bloom Hard For Brisbane

A palpable buzz is in the air at The Triffid tonight. To put it simply, local heroes Full Flower Moon Band are so hot right now.

3 May 2024
Live Reviews + Photos

The Dandy Warhols Offer Fanfare-Free Performance in Brisbane

The Dandy Warhols play a fanfare-free set of ROCKSHAKER songs and a hefty sprinkle of greatest hits.

30 Apr 2024
Film Reviews

The Fall Guy: Roguishly Endearing and Endlessly Entertaining

The Fall Guy is roguishly endearing, endlessly entertaining, and even includes an adorable dog.

3 Apr 2024
Album Reviews

Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter'

Cowboy Carter is offering a service that reclaims that radio station and that jukebox. It’s good, sometimes brilliant.

27 Mar 2024
Album Reviews

Waxahatchee: 'Tigers Blood' Review

Bernard Zuel reviews the latest album from Waxahatchee.

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