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Ben Harvey
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Review: BENEE Ushers In A New Era With Genre-Blending Project ‘Lychee’
New Zealand/Aoteroa-based singer BENEE, known to her mum as Stella Rose Bennett, is back. On her latest EP ‘Lychee’, she well and truly leaves TikTok virality in her dust and…
Review: Tirzah’s New LP ‘Colourgrade’ Is A Masterclass In Experimentation
Over the last near-decade, Tirzah Mastin has carved out a singular sound existing in her very own spot somewhere in the nebulous realm of indie pop. On her latest LP…
Review: Little Simz’s Fourth Album ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ Is An Exquisite Navigation Of Self
Lena Dunham’s nauseatingly self-obsessed character from her show ‘Girls’ speculated, “I might be the voice of my generation? Or, at least, a voice of a generation.” “I might be” is…
12th April | Simona Castricum and Ara Koufax | The Capitol
Simona Castricum’s performance of ‘Panic/Desire’ at RMIT’s The Capitol felt like something of a homecoming. With it’s beautiful and dramatic theatre interior and state of the art audio-visual capabilities, there…
Review: Equally Zesty, Vibrant, And Nostalgic, Disclosure’s New LP Is The Calculated ‘ENERGY’ We Need In 2020
Howard and Guy Lawrence can take a lot of credit for the sound of popular electronic music in the 2010’s. Their debut album as Disclosure, 2013’s ‘Settle’, was an arguably…
28th February | Dorian Electra | The Gasometer
It’s telling that Dorian Electra’s first show in Melbourne sold out within a matter of days. Removed from the corporate humdrum of Sydney’s Mardi Gras, of which Electra’s tour was…
2nd December | Carly Rae Jepsen | Forum Theatre
Resplendent with classical statues and atmospheric night-sky ceiling, Melbourne’s Forum provided a magical setting for the sold-out final show of the Australian leg of Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Dedicated Tour’. The…
20th June | Empress Of | Northcote Social Club
LA native Empress Of, or Lorely Rodriguez as she’s known to her mum, began her set at the sold-out Northcote Social Club with “Trust Me Baby”, a bilingual tune honouring…