10 classic prison songs
In weird and wonderful ways, prison has loomed large in rock mythology. Whether it’s stars like Ozzy Osbourne being arrested for public urination – he was nabbed in 1982 for […]
Category Archives: Reviews
Sicario: film review
SICARIO 4.5/5 “This is a land of wolves now… and you’re not a wolf,” warns Benicio del Toro’s menacing anti-hero to Emily Blunt’s heroine. He’s not joking. There are wolves aplenty in […]
Album review: Silversun Pickups – Better Nature
SILVERSUN PICKUPS Better Nature 3.5/5 It’s been almost 10 years since Silversun Pickups appeared with debut record Carnavas, drawing quick comparisons to buzzsaw-guitar ’90s bands like Smashing Pumpkins. But across […]
Top albums of 2015 … so far
Superb records are arriving thick and fast in 2015. The Decemberists dropped their glorious What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World in January, Bjork’s latest masterpiece appeared instantly following its […]
ALBUM REVIEW: THE DECEMBERISTS – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
THE DECEMBERISTS What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World EMI Decemberists frontman and principal songwriter Colin Meloy said in a recent Australian interview that the three children’s books he […]
Top 20 movies of 2014
While the comic book universe remains the main focus for major Hollywood studios – and they are undeniably drawing people back into movie theatres – 2014 was a great year […]
Top 20 albums of 2014
As I started piecing together my favourite 20 records of 2014 list, I thought I had most of my choices locked in by about July. Beautiful and forward-thinking albums, in a […]
10 vinyl albums that changed my life
Until the age of about 16 my musical tastes were rooted almost entirely in records released in the 1970s. The losers in my year at high school teased me for […]
10 Aussie songs from 2014 you need to hear
I’ve been trying to keep up with the best music releases in 2014 and, I’ve got to say, it’s been really difficult. There’s dozens of records released every week that […]
Dungog Festival film reviews
DUNGOG FESTIVAL Last weekend I ventured back to sleepy Dungog for the inaugural Dungog Festival. Similar events have been held in the rural town in previous years, like the Dungog […]
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