Arts You can now take and edit Polaroids straight from your smart phone by Louise Osborne Let’s be honest here, we all love the idea of a vintage Polaroid camera, and in a lot of ways, one physical copy of a photo holds more value than…
Arts Get your bucket lists out, a David Bowie themed cocktail bar is opening by Louise Osborne Pull out your bucket lists, a David Bowie themed cocktail bar is opening in London this month, inspired by one of the most iconic personas of his entire career. When…
News Happy Mag’s guide to the Hear65 BIGSOUND showcase by Louise Osborne Brisbane’s BIGSOUND Festival is nearly here and as you know, it signifies a huge annual showcase of some incredibly diverse and eclectic talent from across the country, and around the globe….
News Check out Mac DeMarco’s newest cover, a Japanese jazz fusion classic by Louise Osborne Mac DeMarco has just released his cover of Haruomi Hosono’s Honey Moon, after previously live streaming it on his super top secret YouTube channel CAM TONY. Honey Moon originally featured on…
News Spicks & Specks fans get ready, the OG cast is coming back this November by Louise Osborne ABC has just announced that our favourite music quiz show, Spicks & Specks, will be returning this November to help celebrate Ausmusic month. Host Adam Hills plus team Captains Alan…
News Clover Moore suggests lockout law exemptions for “well-managed” live music venues by Louise Osborne In a recent statement, Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore stated that she is working towards making specific live music venues, bars and other nightlife spots exempt from lockout laws if…
News Spotify is hosting its first live playlist event in Australia and it’s free! by Louise Osborne UPDATE: Spotify has announced King Princess as their international headliner. Spotify has dropped some pretty huge live music news for all us dedicated followers in Australia. They’ve announced their first…
News Watch Destino, the lost short film by Walt Disney and Salvador Dali by Louise Osborne In 1946, over 58 years ago, Walt Disney and Salvador Dali began collaborating on animated film, Destino, together. The project came to an abrupt end after only eight months of…
News Get your Camp Cope fix with their epic Tiny Desk performance by Louise Osborne NPR’s Tiny Desk concerts have hosted no shortage of brilliant local and international acts, and last week’s feature performance of Melbourne favourites Camp Cope was no exception. The trio is…
News 50 years since Folsom Prison: a 15-storey mural of Johnny Cash has been unveiled by Louise Osborne On the 50th anniversary of the iconic performance by Johnny Cash, Live At Folsom Prison, American artist Shepard Fairey has created a mural honouring the artist. The 15-storey artwork was revealed…
Arts News See tracks by David Bowie and Talking Heads reimagined as mid-century pulp fiction covers by Louise Osborne Hits from Talking Heads, David Bowie, Elvis Costello and many more iconic artists have been recreated into pulp fiction magazine covers by Todd Alcott. Songs including Young Americans, Alison, Life…
News “It’s a dying industry”: The Rubens and KLP slam NSW government for a lack of music industry support by Louise Osborne During last week’s NSW State Government music inquiry, various iconic Aussie musicians banded together to discuss the jeopardised state of the current Australian music scene. Drummer of The Rubens, Scott…
News LAUREL’s DOGVIOLET is an antidote for all the crazy shit love does to our minds by Louise Osborne I’m going to be pretty honest and tell you that this wasn’t even close to my first time listening, and just straight up doting over LAUREL. But I will say,…
