Fancy phrases such as “visual tone poem” and “audiovisual album” accompany the latest release by American experimental pop quartet Animal … More
Category: Music Writing
The Australian | Review: Deaf Wish
The title of Deaf Wish’s fifth album is at once sardonic, evocative and forthright. It makes a point but doesn’t … More
The Australian | Review: East Brunswick All Girls Choir
On its second album, this Melbourne quartet juxtaposes heavy, sinister elements against lighter, more delicate moments. Following its 2014 debut, Seven … More
Difficult Fun | Sarah Mary Chadwick: The Case for Melancholia
[Kim] Sometimes people walk out of Sarah Mary Chadwick’s shows because they deem them too depressing. There is something in … More
The Australian | Review: Gabriella Cohen
What does it mean for Gabriella Cohen to call her second album Pink is the Colour of Unconditional Love? Does it … More
Difficult Fun | Totally Mild: How limitlessness is not a given condition
The images are strong. The album cover shows a slinking, naked woman, half-submerged in a bathtub of green water. The … More
Difficult Fun | Jen Cloher Review: On love and the willingness to be fooled
And what of quieter revolutions? That’s what I want to know when it comes to Jen Cloher. Her fourth album, self-titled … More
RealTime Magazine | Xiu Xiu and Twin Peaks: Derivatively original
Though it’s known for its mysterious imagery and disquieting phenomena — chevron stripes, inexplicable crying, clairvoyant logs, lessons of adolescence, … More
Swampland Magazine | New music again? On the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre
In 1981 Melbourne band Essendon Airport released their second album Palimpsest. If you’re lucky enough to have the original vinyl, … More
Overland | One baby to another: twenty-five years of Nevermind
This piece originally appeared on Overland (online). Twenty-five years since the album’s release, it is very easy to become wistful … More
