Arts News Banana duct-taped to a wall sells for $120,000 in Miami by Patrick McKinnon Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has sold two editions of his latest minimalist artwork Comedian this week – for $120,000 each at French contemporary gallery Perrotin. The pieces of his work…
Music News ‘The Soft Bulletin’ gets the orchestral treatment on new Flaming Lips live album by Patrick McKinnon Earlier this year, The Flaming Lips brought their stage show spectacular to the Sydney Opera House, celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of indie rock’s most far-out albums, The Soft…
News LISTEN: The Chemical Brothers – ‘Out of Control’ (The Avalanches’ Surrender to Love Mix) by Patrick McKinnon Australian plunderphonic force The Avalanches, who recently supported The Chemical Brothers on their Australian tour, have contributed a gorgeous low-key remix of 1999 track Out of Control. It features New Order’s…
News Definitive disco champions Boney M. to tour Australia in 2020 by Patrick McKinnon Put on your dancing shoes, haven’t you heard? Boney M., the definitive euro-disco juggernaut, will be coming to our shores in 2020 to give us a serving of that carefree…
News Harry Styles dropped mushrooms while recording his new album by Patrick McKinnon Handsome boyband heartthrob turned handsome ex-boyband androgynous icon Harry Styles is set to release Fine Line, his second studio album for Columbia Records, on December 13th. The album he explained…
Film and TV News Gorillaz announce one-night-only documentary, ‘Reject False Icons’ by Patrick McKinnon The two latest Gorillaz releases Humanz and The Now Now plus their subsequent world tour will be receiving the ‘behind the scenes’ treatment in upcoming documentary Reject False Icons, showing…
News Coldplay vow not to tour until their concerts are environmentally sustainable by Patrick McKinnon This week, Coldplay dropped their eighth studio album Everyday Life, a double album that boasts some of the most sprawling arrangements and sonic experimentation the band has toyed with to…
Music News Eddy Current Suppression Ring return, announce new album ‘All In Good Time’ by Patrick McKinnon It’s been too long! Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Melbourne-based garage punk gems, have come out of nowhere this week the announcement of a forthcoming new album. All In Good Time…
Film and TV News Nicolas Cage could play Nicolas Cage in a film about Nicolas Cage by Patrick McKinnon “In the film about the life of Nicolas Cage, who do you reckon could play Nicolas Cage?” It’s a good question, which is why we were relieved to hear the…
News Vinyl Noel Fielding is cooking up a new Netflix show about a “Magical Record Player” by Patrick McKinnon Odd and handsome writer/comedian, Noel Fielding, said in an interview during BBC 6 Music show that he’s making a new TV show for Netflix. “Basically a guy gets hold of…
Features Music DJ Shadow, ‘Our Pathetic Age’, and 30 years of breaking new ground by Patrick McKinnon DJ Shadow has been turning heads for 30 years, and that’s no easy task. From birthing the concept of records comprised only of samples in 1996 with his critically acclaimed…
Music LISTEN: Gavilán Rayna Russom – ‘The Envoy’ by Patrick McKinnon New York based transdisciplinary synth wizard, Gavilán Rayna Russom (known for her work in LCD Soundsystem) has dropped an eerie 40-minute slab of rough ambient tunes. Listen today.
News Unleash your inner Freddie Mercury with this new online challenge by Patrick McKinnon The passion of belting Bohemian Rhapsody with your mates at the party is all too familiar. It’s a song that sends aspiring rockstars charging to the living room, or whatever…
