Live, Music, News & Commentary Live music venues need financial disaster relief, not loans Jon Perring Federal Arts Minister Paul Fletcher’s assertion in The Guardian on Friday, that the creative sector can be saved without federal …
Live, Music Underground Lovers take to the stage (Photo essay) Steve McKenzie Every once in a while the photojournalist’s stars align! So it was recently upon learning that my favourite local act, …
Festivals, Live, Reviews Perth Festival Postcard 4: Meow Meow and Rufus Wainwright Humphrey Bower The word ‘cabaret’ originally referred to the ‘little room’ – typically a tavern, pub, café, restaurant or nightclub – in …
Live, Reviews Amanda Palmer review (Enmore Theatre, Sydney) Benjamin Woods American singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer is a firm favourite with Australian audiences and the feeling is mutual. She recorded her masterful …
Live, Music, Reviews U2 Joshua Tree Tour review (Sydney Cricket Ground) Benjamin Woods Are U2 still relevant? Surely, if rock n roll is a serious art form, artists must continue to be innovative …
Live, Music, News & Commentary Cultural Control is out of Control: Why we need cultural policy to guide regulatory development. Jon Perring Music, art and cultural practice have long been the target of state social control. It’s an old story. Be it …
Live, Music, Reviews Brian Cox: A Symphonic Universe review (Hamer Hall, Melbourne) Annemarie Mitchell According to Douglas Adams, the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything is 42. To Professor Brian …
Live, News & Commentary Taikoz’s Ian Cleworth on the artist lifecycle, collaboration and new show ‘Seven Flowers’ Anders Furze The flower is the mind and the seed is the technique. So said 15th century Japanese playwright, actor and theoretician …
Film, Live, Music, News & Commentary, Reviews Orchestrated mid-winter yearning brings music of Cave and Ellis from screen to stage Sasha Geyer Subtle notes of angst, despair and deep yearning defined a powerful union of the work of musicians Nick Cave and …
Live, Music, Reviews King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Live review (UNSW, Sydney) Benjamin Woods Melbourne’s King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are a rare breed in that they are post-Generation X hard rockers who are actually doing …