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 […]
Albert Hammond Jr: interview
I was supposed to interview Albert Hammond Jr in 2007, some time around the release of his catchy second record ¿Cómo Te Llama?. But that interview was mysteriously cancelled and never […]
Abbie Cornish: interview
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of speaking with actress and rapper Abbie Cornish. I noticed online that today is her 33rd birthday, so it seemed the perfect time to […]
The Peeping Toms
Where does the day go? I feel like I’ve asked myself this question every night before I fall asleep. When I’m working, creatively, the passing of time seems a heavier […]
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 […]
Peaches: interview
The contrast between the wild stage antics of Peaches and the musician and visual artist Merrill Nisker is at once vast and also makes perfect sense. They are, of course, two […]
Spiegelworld impresario Ross Mollison: interview
Ross Mollison’s observation that the United States was unfamiliar with Belgian spiegeltents saw him build an entertainment empire. The Melbourne-raised promoter now lives half his year in America, growing and developing […]
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 […]
Meadowlake Street 