News Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney are releasing a heap of raw recordings of their 1980s collaborations very, very soon by Agnes O'Dwyer Prolific songwriters and rock gods Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello look back on their 1980s Flowers in the Dirt Sessions, where the pair teamed up to form probably the greatest…
News The Shadowy Overlord who approves new Emojis is a 63 year-old man by Agnes O'Dwyer Today we will dive deep into the legend of the crying-laughing, eggplant-peach and red-dress-tango-lady Emojis. O.M.G. Unicode Consortium is made up of mostly volunteers from tech firms, and votes on…
News There are a million reasons why you should head to The Gum Ball this year, but here are our top 5 by Agnes O'Dwyer The weather is finally chilling out, and we bet you feel like doing the same. If that’s the case, make sure you head to the 12th instalment of The Gum Ball…
Interviews Music Origin stories, mystery albums and sick onstage bottle flips: we chat to San Cisco’s Jordi Davieson by Agnes O'Dwyer One of the biggest and fastest growing Aussie exports of the last five years has been Western Australian locals San Cisco. Typified by an earnest quirkiness and a tough-to-beat onstage…
News Take the tour and meet the tenants: the iconic One Way Jesus building is opening it’s doors for Sydney Art Month by Agnes O'Dwyer We all know it: the brutalist building known for it’s iconic “One Way Jesus” sign and strange step-like structure. For many, the apartment block brings back childhood memories of road trips…
News Studies reveal Chimpanzees are rock n rollin’ into their very own stone age by Agnes O'Dwyer Scientists around the world have confirmed that chimps are catching up to us in intelligence, pretty freaking fast. Yep, they are firmly in their stone age. A report from the…
News A new mural in NYC is making sure nobody forgets the blatant sexism of powerful politicians by Agnes O'Dwyer Bold artists have dedicated a huge mural to all the politicians who thought they got away with their shockingly sexist statements. Artists Zoë Buckman and Natalie Frank have collected a…
News NASA are stoked to announce they found 7 planets just like earth, all clustered around an ‘ultracool’ star by Agnes O'Dwyer In a galaxy far, far away (40 light-years away to be exact), the TRAPPIST-1 ultracool dwarf star resides. If you’re picturing a giant sun with “cool guy” sunglasses on, you’re…
News It’s high time: home grown medicinal marijuana will be available in 8 weeks by Agnes O'Dwyer Within the next 8 weeks, medical marijuana will finally be available to Australian sufferers of long-term or painful illnesses. This marks the opening of a legal marijuana trade system in…
Music The mystery of rural Australia is beautifully unveiled through Dag’s debut album, Benefits of Solitude by Agnes O'Dwyer Dag songs are the otherworldly tunes we hear in our dreams; the dreams we don’t want to wake up from. Having just finished their debut full-length album, Benefits of Solitude,…
Music Smoother than the skin of their namesake fruit, Papaya Tree deliver on their debut tune Disorderly by Agnes O'Dwyer If this weather is well and truly cooking you and you’re finding it hard to move from your couch, we’ve got the perfect blues and roots tunes to ride that chill…
News Too far, man: anti-semitic jokes have landed PewDiePie up shit creek without a paddle by Agnes O'Dwyer In an age where someone can earn millions of dollars and celebrity status by just yelling into a microphone whilst playing video games, one can’t really be surprised when these…
News Haters gonna date: check out the new dating app that matches users based on common dislikes by Agnes O'Dwyer It may be a sad reality that we bond most with the people who share a common dislike of something. As soon as you find a person who hates nature…
