Gareth Liddiard: aliens, rap and weirdness
To say The Drones have entered darker and weirder territory on their latest record, Feelin Kinda Free, is a foreboding statement. The band, officially now a five-piece, have been gleefully mutating into […]
Tag Archives: interview
Lizzy Plapinger: interview
Singer. Songwriter. Entrepreneur. The delightful voice of electro-pop duo MS MR, Lizzy Plapinger, spoke to me on a cold and rainy night in New York City. Where abouts are you at the […]
Joey Burns: interview
Calexico properly entered my consciousness with the release of their gorgeous, dark and startlingly cinematic 2008 record Carried to Dust. I’d heard of them, often mentioned in the same breath as […]
The Revenant: film review
THE REVENANT Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu 4/5 The comfort of a home cooked meal and a long hot shower is essential after enduring 156 minutes of The Revenant. Writer-director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s follow-up […]
Jonas Bjerre: interview
In winter of 2006, during my brief but rewarding time as an entertainment writer for boutique women’s mag Frankie, I listened to an album by a Danish band I had never […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Meadowlake Street 