In an overcrowded scene brimming with cheap Tame Impala knockoffs, Perth psych rockers Usurper of Modern Medicine (UOMM) continue to set themselves apart with their avant-garde approach to making music. Following up from their album launch and Augmented Reality vinyl announcement at The Bird earlier this month, the...
The final night of the Revelations Film Festival made time to showcase a collection of Australian-made short films. Overall, the quality of the output was high – the acting was uniformly excellent, the directorial visions were mostly clear and effective, and the generous budgets for each were...
There have been moments throughout pop-culture history so powerfully felt upon their reveal, and now so deeply ingrained within the collective consciousness of the populace, that it’s actually possible to chart how life changed from that moment onward. And not just for those who witnessed the moment,...
Acclaimed English director Ben Wheatley has revealed himself to be one of the nation’s most interesting practitioners. He seems to feel a palpable discontentment pertaining to any sort of audience expectation, instead choosing to violently buck against good sense and restraint in favour of delving into some...
Following a huge run of shows including a headline appearance at Byron Bay’s Splendour in the Grass, Simon Green, AKA Bonobo graced Perth’s Metro City stage with a fully orchestrated set off the back off his new album, Migration. The highly anticipated return of the legendary...
Endearingly named “Australia’s King of Synthesisers”, Luke Million is riding an unstoppable disco-fuelled train to fame. Having just wrapped up his 19-day national tour supporting Client Liaison and a stellar performance at Splendour In The Grass, the Adelaide producer has just announced a new nationwide tour and...
With great apprehension, and with expected criticism from my fellow culture loving cohorts, it pains me to say that I did not enjoy David Lowery’s A Ghost Story. That is not to say it is not a film worth watching. Like all great art, the audience’s response...
‘A Tender Dissolution’ is a project designed by top local photographer Aaron McPolin as exploration of the self, of others and of the acceptance of people’s differences. The series has been described by those within as a journey that is, in itself, a personification of the...
1984. It’s one of those novels that everyone seems to have an opinion about. George Orwell’s well-known dystopian hall-mark of literature, ‘1984’ has recently been re-created as a stage production for an Australian tour during a time where some might say we need it most. Directed and...
When he’s not busy writing criticism for VICE, Perth’s Lenny Bruce can be found performing satire in bars and stirring up mayhem across WA’s comedy scene. Patrick Marlborough‘s comedic flair is ensnaring yet frenetically intelligent as he challenges audience’s cognitive dissonance towards the world and their Australian abode. Marlborough...
When I heard this song for the first time, I thought of the movie Fight Club. I wasn’t just reminded of the anarchic pounding beats of the Dust Brothers upon the soundtrack, though. It was in the way the movie tricks its way into the depths of...
What started as a myth shrouded in mystery soon turned to a reality last week, with Jay-Z delivering his 13th studio album in the form of 4:44. Limiting his fans to track features and the occasional politically charged song over the last 4 years, what Jay would bring to...
Opera is a diverse and captivating genre. It often gets a bad reputation as mere melodrama but opera needs to be experienced to be understood. There’s no way of understanding the depths of a novel without cracking open the book and, with opera, you really need to...
Former tennis player Margaret Court’s astoundingly homophobic comments have sparked a fire with Icelandic legends Sigur Rós. Margaret Court, a 74-year-old Christian pastor and former tennis player, has recently stated that homosexuality will lead young people to “destroy their lives” and the “gay lobby” is only to...
There are no rules dictating that a tremendously influential band must also make for pleasant listening. When a band is described as visionary or ahead of their time, it does not mean you will feel good once the experience of listening to them is over. Some bands,...
