REVIEWS

Paul Dempsey storms QPAC with a masterful Shotgun Karaoke set, turning iconic songs into powerful reinterpretations. Carla Geneve opens the night beautifully.

30 years on, Up To Our Necks In It still slaps. Skunkhour hit the road to celebrate their cult classic with funk and fire

In Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Jeremy Allen White steps into Bruce Springsteen’s solitude — not to imitate, but to inhabit it.

Waxx Lyrical's Forever Five with James Smith — five albums he can't live without.

Annette Geneva revisits the chaos and charm of MySpace’s TOP 8, exploring friendship warfare, glitter fonts, and the internet’s last real romance.

Waxx Lyrical's Forever Five with Joe Camilleri of The Black Sorrows — five albums he can't live without.

Olivia Dean and St Paul & The Broken Bones take different routes to the same destination — modern soul with heart, muscle, and melody.

Following the passing of D’Angelo at 51, musician and songwriter Andy Bull reflects on the artist who changed his life — a visionary who redefined soul, rhythm, and spirit for a generation.

A deep dive into Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life — the snarling, swaggering 1977 comeback album born of chaos, camaraderie, and resurrection.

On West End Girl, Lily Allen trades hooks for heartbreak, turning her post-divorce pain into pop confessions that cut deep.

At the Sydney Opera House, Gordi bridged medicine and music in a show that felt both intimate and transcendent.

Geese’s Getting Killed is a feverish, poetic burst of post-punk energy where panic meets beauty and youth crashes into genius.