Fresh Music Friday: Sweetie, RIIKI REID, Daffodils
This week on Fresh Music Friday: Tamsyn Bellew, Olly Keirle, and Harry Gay dive headfirst into the newest tracks from Sweetie, RIIKI REID, and the Daffodils.
The Best and Worst Albums of Q1 2022
With the unending barrage of horrendous news coming at us from all angles in 2022, it’s comforting to know that for every unfortunate or disappointing event that takes place in the music world, there’s a much more pleasing one to balance it out. Valerie may have left Sweet Trip, but Florida Geor
SONG REVIEW: Lime Cordiale prove sex sells with ‘Facts of Life’
Lime Cordiale obviously needs no introduction. Formed on the Northern Beaches in 2009, consisting of brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach, along with touring members James Jennings, Felix Bornholt and Nicholas Polovineo, the band has been topping the charts and winning awards ever since. As a fellow Nort
Fresh Music Friday: BOY SODA, Father John Misty, Dorsal Fins
Hello and welcome back to Fresh Music Friday! In this week's episode, Miya Sywak, Zoe Biggs and Christine Lai tackle tracks from BOY SODA, Father John Misty, and Dorsal Fins, that are so smooth Santana could have written them... hmmm.
FILM REVIEW: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Crab rave?
The latest installment in the critically contentious Harry Potter prequel series, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, drags on like a filler episode of a tolerable TV series. Sure, the performances from Jude Law and Mads Mikkelsen are pretty good and the creature design is interesting but i
Retrospective: A look-back on The hunger games’ 10 year legacy
Last month marked the 10th anniversary of The Hunger Games gracing our cinema screens, and its impact on young adult novels and cinema as a whole is still being felt today. Adapted from Suzanne Collins’ YA series of the same name, the film is set in a dystopian world in which society is divided in
Fresh Music Friday: Barkaa, 5SOS, and Harry Styles
It's Fresh Music (Saturday), a special edition just for SURG's beloved audience, and Andy Park, Harry Gay and Georgina Rafferty are diving in to some of the most highly anticipated new hits from rap legend Barkaa, Australia's own 5SOS (who I once saw at the Sheaf?), and the one and only Harry Styles
‘Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography’ Review – A masterclass in climate
Daniella Ortega & Niobe Thompson’s latest documentary Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography took me on a trip back to high school – not in any physical sense but it made me remember how much fun learning about science could be. Narrated by Succession star Sarah Snook, it’s a 90-mi
FILM REVIEW: Morbius – you’re not you when you’re hungry
Daniel Espinosa’s Morbius is the latest installment of the cultural juggernaut that is the Jared Leto-verse. While largely disconnected from other Marvel films, Morbius does enough to prove it’s titular character is interesting, without leaving me wanting more. It’s a film full of
FRESH MUSIC FRIDAY: SYCCO, ALPHA GOOSE, AND A.GIRL
Fresh Music Friday is back and more Australian than ever, as Katarina Butler, Zander Czerwaniw, and Tamsyn Bellew guide you through the latest (genuine) bedroom pop from Sycco, some funky beats from USYD's own Alpha Goose, and the smoothest hip hop RNB from Sydney's A.GIRL.