Music Mundane miracles: Courtney Barnett remains a storytelling hero on Tell Me How You Really Feel by Riley Fitzgerald Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit presented a poet, rock folkie, and slacker hero. Courtney Barnett put across something about the…
Features Magazine Raw Power: is the sexual misconduct of transgressive artists a veil we’ve yet to pierce? by Riley Fitzgerald When Mark E. Smith passed away, something struck me as kind of funny. No one really mentioned it in the obits, and I wasn’t really…
Interviews Music Painted Ruins and Golden Oldies: a chat with Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen by Riley Fitzgerald In 2004 Ed Droste convened a group of four likeminded eccentrics to follow on from the success of bedroom recording Horn of Plenty. Instinctually skirting…
Features News The end of an era: a eulogy for Rolling Stone Australia by Riley Fitzgerald Thanks for the rock writing, but it’s time to move on. In the case you hadn’t heard, Australia’s long-running edition of Rolling Stone is bottom…
Interviews Music Punk Cosmic Consciousness: a conversation with Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream by Riley Fitzgerald At 55 Bobby Gillespie may have put the more hedonistic elements of his lifestyle behind him, but fuelled by the attitude of punk and feral…
Features Magazine The Payola Blues: New Technology, Same Old Tune? by Riley Fitzgerald The power of curated streaming playlists cannot be understated. With their capacity to break unknown artists on an international scale, the recording industry is using…
Music Can we love in the time of Syria? Brainbeau negotiate a world in crisis with their nebulous LP Hold On by Riley Fitzgerald Brainbeau is the pairing of Brisbane’s Kat Martin and Chelvis Chesley. Their partnership is longstanding; they’ve been recording and releasing music independently since 2005. Kat…
Interviews Music The Go-Betweens, Mikey Young and the 86 tram: a chat with RVG at BIGSOUND by Riley Fitzgerald When we ran into Jess Locke, Body Type, and Jade Imagine at this year’s BIGSOUND we noticed something. As diverse as their individual musical tastes…
Interviews Something different this way comes: Hatchie reflects on her breakout single, and looks to the next by Riley Fitzgerald As Hatchie, Brisbane’s Harriette Pilbeam embraces the mood setting formlessness of ‘90s shoegaze and the sonic adventurism of post punk alongside her longstanding love of…
Interviews Music “How much shit can we throw against the wall?” Finding melody in the caustic chaos of Party Dozen by Riley Fitzgerald Music’s history is littered with improvisational outfits which have worked their way toward the centre of pop, yet Sydney duo Party Dozen are a slight…
Interviews What lies ahead for Lupa J? Chatting artistry, aesthetic and future affections with Imogen Jones by Riley Fitzgerald Taking cues from contemporaries within Sydney’s bustling underground electronic scene, Lupa J’s latest cuts also suggest she’s striving for a conceptual aesthetic akin to Björk…
Interviews Music Shared songwriting and seeking the common denominator: a chat with Spirit Bunny at BIGSOUND by Riley Fitzgerald Released in May, Spirit Bunny’s self-titled debut was a brilliant wash of ideas. The Brisbane trio’s long-player reveals a mess of styles, found instrumentation and…
Interviews Music Part donkey, part zebra: Jade Imagine chats her endless career as a creative collaborator by Riley Fitzgerald Jade Imagine made an impressive debut with What The Fuck Was I Thinking? When it dropped earlier this April, released via Milk! Records, the EP collected…
