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SHARON VAN ETTEN – REMIND ME TOMORROW (4.5 STARS) Having taken time off from to explore careers avenues, including acting, scoring films and a psychology degree, while also becoming a mother for the first time, Sharon Van Etten has returned with a laser-focused album that sees her flourishing as a musical artist. While much of her
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WOMADelaide: Adelaide’s leading music festival opens on March 8 for three days and four nights. Program manager Annette Tripodi talks with Murray Bramwell about this year’s line-up. It is a fact of life for annual festivals that no sooner has one taken its final curtain than next year’s model, not only begins, but is well
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Ingredients were ripe for A Day on the Green at Victoria’s Rochford Winery: balmy skies, light breezes, full strength drinks and an eclectic bill headed by the king of cool, Bryan Ferry, supported by a trio of local acts. The well-oiled event ran to the minute, with chair hire, food trucks, multiple bar stalls, clean
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Sean Lennon and Les Claypool have had distinguished careers in music. Both have followed their own sensibilities regardless of trends, and their talent and independent spirits have won them admirers around the globe. Sean Lennon, son of John and Yoko, grew up a fan of Claypool’s band Primus and was stoked to find himself on
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A friend sent me a random message some time ago about “this great song that I think you’ll like called ‘Jolly Fucker’ by the Sleaford Mods”. I looked up the song and was instantly hooked. It was my anthem for a while. It is the standout track on the collection of their early singles called
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By JonPerring
I am a survivor of the ill-conceived liquor licensing policy that nearly wiped out live music in Victoria in 2010. I now see with horror the same regulatory mistakes being made in NSW in reaction to the 1% of accidental drug overdose deaths that happened to occur at music festivals in NSW this year. Premier
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The Five Best Albums of 2010 With the crepuscule of the decade approaching, Daily Review will cast its eye back across the years prior. Each month we’ll look at some of the best albums released each year, starting with 2010. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Arcade Fire’s lead singer, songwriter and band leader Win Butler always
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Four years ago Joni Mitchell’s voice fell silent to the world, the victim, with her body, of a brain aneurysm. Mitchell turned 75 last November. A tribute concert was held over two nights in her honour. A film of the shows was given limited release in American cinemas in the past few days. A CD
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By Shane Murphy
Tonight is a bit of a first for me, an opera and ballet in one piece performed as part of the Midsumma Festival. Composer Evan Lawson’s aim is to review the Orpheus myth by emphasising the relationship between Orpheus and his lover Calais, in contrast to the usual story that revolves around the tragic love tale
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Album of the month: James Blake – Assume Form (4/5) James Blake has always been difficult to pin down to a particular sound. His vocal and musical talents allow him to hold his own as a pure, old school singer-songwriter; his post-dupstep production skills see him mentioned with the likes of Jamie xx and Mount
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