Music News Adrianne Lenker – ‘songs’ and ‘instrumentals’ Album Review by Luka Simonetti On songs and instrumentals, Adrianne Lenker has captured intramural isolation at a time when it’s soaring within all of us, more than ever before. Adrianne Lenker settled in to make…
Music Video WATCH: Viagra Boys – ‘Ain’t Nice’ by Luka Simonetti Viagra Boys have announced their new album, Welfare Jazz, set for release early next year (January 8). In anticipation, the Swedish post-punks have dropped Ain’t Nice as a single alongside…
Music News A powerhouse compilation album will be released in response to the Burger Records scandal by Luka Simonetti All proceeds from Hands Off! will be filtered into “nonprofits that focus on the empowerment of young women”. Hands Off! is a new compilation record aiming to celebrate the roles of…
News Science Space Weird Nokia is teaming up with NASA to install a 4G network on the moon by Luka Simonetti Nokia, as a key telecommunications partner, sealed the $14.1 million deal with NASA to advance their Tipping Point technologies to the moon. If you’re old enough, you may still pair…
Drugs News Nick Cave reveals he wouldn’t have survived his heroin addiction without Narcotics Anonymous by Luka Simonetti “Narcotics Anonymous was this thing, steady and ever-present, that just never ever went away, a place I could come crawling back to, again and again,” Nick Cave describes. Nick Cave, in…
Interviews Music The Dolphin Show chat their ‘Thick Black Brain Blood’ EP and why Reschs still refreshes by Luka Simonetti We sat down for a backyard chat with Sydney’s most underrated band, The Dolphin Show, about their highly anticipated second EP. I found myself in the backyard of a brick…
Music LISTEN: Adrianne Lenker – ‘dragon eyes’ by Luka Simonetti Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker has released the second single from her forthcoming solo records, songs and instrumentals, both out next month. Lenker’s voice wobbles on dragon eyes, grasping at the…
News Did Led Zeppelin steal ‘Stairway To Heaven’? The enduring copyright saga is finally over by Luka Simonetti The court has spoken: Led Zeppelin did not plagiarise Stairway to Heaven from the melody of Spirit’s instrumental track, Taurus. We’ve all heard the Stairway to Heaven riff countless times…
News Politics Pop Culture Eminem’s Shady Records just reworked the presidential debate with Biden as B-Rabbit by Luka Simonetti Eminem’s record label lip-synced Joe Biden with 8 Mile‘s protagonist B-Rabbit in this hilarious rap battle. Just weeks out from the US presidential election, Eminem’s record label have offered up…
Features Desolation Center (1985): a desert-dazing frenzy laced with LSD and experimentation by Luka Simonetti Desolation Center was the 1985 desert festival that punched authority in the teeth, taking art-rock and LSD-laced sound experimentation to the next level. Picture this: you’re high tailing it to…
Music A. Swayze & the Ghosts – ‘Paid Salvation’ Album Review by Luka Simonetti A. Swayze & The Ghosts fit a post-punk aesthetic, donning hard eyeliner, cropped leather, and occasionally bleached mohawks on stage. A. Swayze & The Ghosts are possibly the best thing…
Music LISTEN: Aloe Vera – ‘On My Own’ by Luka Simonetti Aloe Vera is the new project of Harry Barwell, a multi-instrumentalist who delivers on his debut track. Elated by soothing vocals and dream pop swirls, On My Own reminisces on the hollowness…
Music LISTEN: Mildlife – ‘Automatic’ by Luka Simonetti Mildlife have dropped their long-awaited sophomore album, Automatic, and it transcends us to the realm of the otherworldly. Meandering with levitation and zero gravity, the synth-pop funk masters make you…
