GOLDILOCKS AND…THE TWO BEARS?
There comes a time in some musicians’ careers — after they’ve served whatever apprenticeships, paid their dues, hung tough and...
There comes a time in some musicians’ careers — after they’ve served whatever apprenticeships, paid their dues, hung tough and...
DR CUZ featuring NIKI NUMAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE Ever one for a colab, Perth’s Dr Cuz bunkered down...
CERVIDAE MORTALISREGAN MCVEIGH Reviews are like funerals. While outwardly the ritual of that final send off logically seems to be...
Saying, ‘yes’ to a review before listening to the music can be risky business. I mean, The Plum Trees’ Shannon,...
Mayatrix and the PsychicsBadlands 28 October 2023 Going-on NoiseI came out of retirement for this one. I’d quit reviewing live...
“I’m just a cis white woman,” said Jenna Hardie, the focal heart of Perth band Unicorn, when I asked her...
STRAKERBARLOW‘ALL YOUR PRETTY HORSES‘ Like most of what we do post-pandemic, Strakerbarlow, the solo project of Perth singer and songwriter,...
OJAY‘CREEP IN THE NIGHT’ A song about serial killers just in time for Halloween? That’s got one/no hit wonder written...
Did you hear the one about the Perth band that spent $15,000 recording a killer album but turned their noses...
LINES OF CONVICTION‘OPEN HEARTS’ Busselton’s Lines Of Conviction are a band in that delicious stage of development when everything is...
SHANNON SMITHDANCE THE NIGHT AWAY (DO DO DO DO) If I tried to count the ways the world is currently...
The single’s cover art is a photo of the Hollywood sign, you know the one, with palm trees in the...
Holly Norman is what happens when government doesn’t invest enough in the arts. Even though the arts, in particular music,...
I think I have to count Lindsay Rose as one of my most complex subjects. I came to meet the...
Anita Downes’ story should be a straightforward one. Woman writes songs. Woman plays songs. Audiences turn up to see her...
Sometimes music calls you to do things you thought you were done with. It’s one of the things I love...
This is a cautionary tale. You know that metal music with the screamo vocals where you have no chance of...
One of the early contenders for a piece on the reincarnated Around The Sound was Fran Veltman, who sent me...