Dumbhead, live at phoenix central park, 22 September 2026.
Lucy Horton and Calista Burrowes review It was hard not to revel in the air of self-concocted mystery on the rainy Tuesday night that experimental trip-hop three-piece Dumbhead (Naarm) graced Judith Neilson’s Phoenix Central Park. Chippendale creatives decked out in slim-fit leather and work-spons
God bless the theatre-law kids …. SURG Reviews the 2026 Sydney Uni Law Revue
God bless the theatre kids: Even through the throes of a law degree, when there is a will, there’s demonstrably a way. The Sydney University Law Revue has long been a staple of the University of Sydney’s revue lineup and this year’s production, Now You Sue Me, Now You Don’t, was another stro
Don’t Call Them Twee Bro!
… But don’t call them Indie Sleaze or Hyperclash or Electroclash Revival or Indietronica or Bloghouse either … Jesse Carpenter has some words for the taxonomical sleazebags. At the concert you see a guy wearing a D&G shirt: standing for Deleuze and Guattari, or maybe Drain and Gang? Yo
An Interview with James Litchfield and Lucinda Reynolds of Alphabet Lane (2026)
Charlotte (Vice President, FilmSoc) and I (Digital Content Director, SURG) sat down with James Litchfield and Lucinda Reynolds, the writer-producer duo behind Alphabet Lane (2026). You can see it on screen on Saturday September 5 as part of the Sydney Opera House’s Australian film program. Sho
Life during wartime: on massive attack at afterpay arena, August 9 2026.
Orpheus carefully yet assuredly steps toward his reflection in the mirror. He thinks not of his recently murdered wife, Eurydice, but of the princess of death with whom he has fallen in love. He makes contact with the mirror’s surface, which breaks and ripples. His body and reflection converge
“We’re friends first and a band second”: Deadshowws discuss the release of their new album, You In Colour
Deadshowws discuss the release of their new album, You In Colour.
I was the “Rat” in the “Bin” that was Jim E Brown at Mary’s Underground
I expected Friday the 26th of June 2026 to be about a lot of things: The last gig at Mary’s Underground ever. My friends’ dual birthday party. Faux-Pom post-punk synth-pop. Millennial-style self-deprecation. 9-11. (All things hyphenated to death.) Instead, my night was about the pristine McChick
Maddie’s secret at the Sydney Film Festival
Alex Steen reviews … When, a few weeks ago, I went to see the Australian debut of John Early’s Maddie’s Secret, there was a palpable sense of good-will in the audience. One got the sense that this was a movie people were excited to see, not just one they went to because they needed to [&he
The birth of Christ or the birth of Unknown Pleasures?
Felicity Errington reviews 24 Hour Party People … When I am alone, either on the bus to uni or just before bed, I think of a scene from 24 Hour Party People: Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) walks through a shadowed alleyway and is heckled by a homeless Mancunian (Christopher Eccleston) who monologu
Wednesday, live at at the metro theatre 3/6/26
Alize Viner and Lucy Horton mow the leaves … Alize With Sydney hearing Bleeds, Wednesday’s 2025 album, live for the first time, it felt fitting for the band to kick off the concert with a passionate rendition of the first track ‘Reality TV Argument Bleeds’. Swells of buzzy guitar