REVIEW: Commerce Revue 2022 – Show and Tell
Christine Lai is still in fits over the Com Revue spectacle. They really showed us (up). Taking us back to the early days of school, brimming with a wide-eyed inquisition that knows no bounds, this year’s cast of Commerce Revue: Show and Tell, delivered performances that rivalled Whose Line Is It
The Best and Worst Albums of Q2 2022
Good 90s revivalism, bad 90s revivalism, and songs about pizza. Matthew Forbes spotlights some of the standout releases of the last few months. After a string of fantastic albums in the first three months of the year, the second quarter of 2022 has been a little less impressive. Of course, there’s
RETROSPECTIVE: 5 years on, The Mummy has aged like a rotting corpse
It failed as a reboot, as a starting point for a cinematic universe, and, of course, as a movie. Harry Gay revisits Universal Studios’ disastrous 2017 remake of The Mummy. Last month marked the 5-year anniversary of Universal Studios’ failed Mummy reboot. The Tom Cruise-led film is notorious
Album Review: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever takes a dark turn with Endless Rooms
Australian band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever released their third studio album on May 6 2022 with labels Ivy League and Sub Pop. Their latest release ‘Endless Rooms’, is their biggest one to date, packed with 12 songs and an evolution of their sound into more ethereal and political territorie
Album Review: I’ve walked through 13 rooms of Harry’s House, and I adore them
With an easy charisma and suave disposition, Harry Styles has given us an introspective record that takes a modern day visit into 80s techno-infused pop-funk. The album sweeps through vignettes of his life and gravitates around the pull of desire, growing up and what he considers to be ‘home’. H
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: The Sunday Cartoons carves a unique sonic path with ‘Oasis’
Harry Gay reviews an isolation-inspired track from Sydney artist The Sunday Cartoons.
FLASHBACK: ‘We’re The Good Guys’ By Saving Aimee
“This album is pop-rock made by a bunch of adults that were probably growing through a phase, because they all had the quintessential (terrible) haircuts of the emo times.”