Summer Makes Perfect Scents To Me…
I’m a sniffer and have been for as long as I can remember. I smell clean laundry straight from the washing machine and line dried, I smell the pages of books both new and old, I smell my morning...
View ArticleIntuition by Paul Fenton-Smith
A beautiful tea party setting coupled with French-inspired macarons, mini pastel cupcakes and pink champagne at designer Cristina Re’s gorgeously girly Where a Girl Goes Collingwood store, provided...
View ArticleFrom Australia to Spain, For the Love of Food
I catch homegrown Aussie Casey Death returning from her weekly Saturday market shop at El Palo in downtown Pedregalejo – a small picturesque Spanish town and the birthplace of Picasso – just outside...
View ArticleEat With Me: It’s A Social Network Thing
I am lucky enough to attend the first restaurant hosted Eat With Me event at Brunswick East’s Baba and admit to feeling a little nervy; only two hours ago I signed up online, received an event...
View ArticleThe Hello Morning
Kendall Munns reviews The Hello Morning at the Northcote Social Club in Melbourne for the launch of their single Stone Cold Lover and chats to Steven Clifford about their upcoming debut album. Moving...
View Article3XY or I Die: A Portrait of Melbourne Punk Rocker Ron Rude
The man best known for instigating a hunger strike in a local record store and threatening to drown himself in a bucket of water because Melbourne radio station 3XY would not play his songs is the...
View ArticleThe Hello Morning
Melbourne rock outfit The Hello Morning have not taken a breather since the release of their debut album in February, setting off on their first national tour to launch new EP Without You supporting...
View ArticleArchie Roach: Into the Bloodstream
After losing life partner and soul mate Ruby Hunter in 2010, storyteller, songwriter and singer Archie Roach feared he had lost his creativity without his right hand lady around the kitchen table,...
View ArticleRegina Spektor: What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
The opening piano driven track Small Town Moon is distinctly and uniquely Regina Spektor. Her beautiful vocal range, with hints of whoos, oh-o’s and other bursts, reminds us just what the Russian-born...
View ArticleRiverboats Music Festival
Give me a festival among the gum trees, with lots of portable loos, no drink queues, local produce, reasonably priced food and wine and quality Australian musical talent in an idyllic natural...
View ArticleKaty Steele at The Toff in Town
Fresh from New York City, singer, songwriter and guitarist Katy Steele of Perth-outfit Little Birdy has returned home to Australia to give her new solo material a spin and fans a taste of her...
View ArticleBen Lee: Ayahuasca – Welcome to the Work
Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee is about to release his ninth studio album Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work and although it has the theme of love like his other releases, the new record is worlds...
View ArticleThe Rubens at the Forum Theatre
There is something special about the Forum Theatre. Its blue ceiling with painted stars gives the impression of an open-air theatre, as ancient looking gargoyles and Greco-Roman statues stare down...
View ArticleLittle May
Sydney indie-folk trio Hannah Field, Liz Drummond and Annie Hamilton were brought together by a love for music and songwriting to create the sweet and heartfelt melodies of Little May. Forming only a...
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