LIVE REVIEW: TAYLOR SWIFT AT ROD LAVER ARENA 16/02/2024
That feeling after a concert you’ve been waiting for, for so long finally being over; the band leaving the stage and the house lights coming back on. That is a feeling not foreign to me. But to be speechless and with nothing going on in my brain except the genius lyrics and graphics of the concert I just witnessed? That’s rare.
ALBUM REVIEW: Faye Webster’s ‘Underdressed at the Symphony’
It’s a return to her established sound, carrying on the intelligent restraint of her previous album I Know I’m Funny haha with her trademark so-subtle-you-don’t-always-notice-it’s-so-cutting, self-deprecating edge that should appeal to fans new and long-time. If by the time someone is halfway through album opener Thinking About You, they aren’t on board with Webster’s way of storytelling, when the six-and-a-half-minute track finally finishes, they should have gotten the point - …
LIVE REVIEW: LANEWAY 2024
Just before midday on my favourite day of the year (Laneway day), I find myself in an Uber to Flemington Racecourse. It’s my first Laneway in Melbourne, though I haven’t missed the festival since 2018. Depending on who you ask, I was too early for anyone worth seeing, such as headliners Dominic Fike or Stormzy. But, as I prepared for my fifth Laneway, I knew I was in for a marathon day of the best up-and-coming local acts sharing the stage with some of the world’s finest talent.
LIVE REVIEW: PARTY IN THE PADDOCK 2024
While I overlooked the vibes town stage with the stunning backdrop of Tassies natural beauty, I knew I was in for an adventure. Exhausted from the 4am plane ride and the 20kg loads of camping gear on our backs, we set up camp in the 30-degree heat, filled with excitement for the day ahead.
ALBUM REVIEW: SENTIMENTALISM - THE SLINGERS
And The Slingers, a group of rag-tag, swoon-worthy, romantic bushrangers, well, they refer to this modern age through dualities and dichotomies; an age of both “great compassion and crucifixion” of both “creature comfort and constant pain and numbness,” an overall age of loneliness.