Live Music is Dead, Long Live Live-Streamed Music
The arts industry might be in a state of lockdown and the future of live music in limbo, but through the magic of the Internet the community is keeping the flame alive.
Album Review: 03.15.20 by Childish Gambino
Not many people in 2005 would have guessed that an up-and-coming comedian attempting to remix Sufjan Stevens in his dorm room would headline Coachella.
Concert Review: James Blake on IGTV
“Wow, hi guys. Thanks for tuning in. Is that what you say on Instagram Live? ‘Tuning in?”
Coronavirus Victim #000: The Music Industry
Fears of coronavirus have swept the country, and although no industry has been entirely immune, arguably one of the heaviest-hit has been the Australian music and entertainment industry.
Boot Up Your PC’s The World’s First Online Nightclub Opens TONIGHT
In these most uncertain of times, the music industry has been hit harder than most with ubiquitous cancellations leaving artists, event organisers and ancillary staff everywhere out of work.
Concert Review: Pat Metheny @ The State Theatre
Pat Metheny and his bandmates delivered a night of creative expansion and musical immersion.
Album Review: Everything is Beautiful / Everything Sucks by Princess Nokia
Across two jarringly-seperate yet inextricably-linked albums released together as a double, Princess Nokia displays their sensibilities as both musician and human as two sides of the same coin.
SURG’S Top Picks for Record Store Day 2020
The annual time for vinyl hipsters and diehards alike to rejoice in limited releases, special compilations, and exclusive re-pressings is once again upon us!
G Flip’s ‘Lady Marmalade’ Like A Version Is A Girl Power Dream
She didn’t have to go that hard, but she did. She did it for us. Yeah the girls.
Album Review: Man Alive! By King Krule
Man Alive! is a reworking of King Krule’s familiar woozy and aggressive sound, with an added touch of tenderness.