There’s no shortage of talented acts around the country right now. Here’s 25 of the acts we’re expecting big things from in 2021. ASHWARYAIf you’re not already across ASHWARYA’s Psycho Hole, you need to stop reading and immediately rectify that. OK, welcome back. You see what we mean. Citing artists like SZA, Kanye West, Travis Scott […]
WORDS BY WILL BREWSTER Tame Impala, Kylie Minogue, Something For Kate and Tones & I have scored nominations. Following last year’s virtual event, the ARPA Awards will be returning to a physical format in 2021, with the industry body today sharing details of the event in addition to revealing the shortlist of nominees for the […]
Wednesday Feb 3, The Cell, Nhulunbuy, NT. Comedy is quite the compelling challenge…How does one person engage a cohort of strange human beings, and tickle each and everyone of their jocular nerves with sufficient hilarity to have them smiling inanely throughout the show? That of course is a rhetorical interrogative statement, and is a very […]
High Ground, the spectacular and confronting instant Aussie classic— “not a Western, but a Northern”, as its director describes — first gripped audiences at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. Then a global pandemic hit, and the story that reimagines Australia’s frontier war had its debut on home soil delayed. That debut comes today […]
The Bureau of Meteorology has today raised its El Niño-Southern Oscillation Outlook to La Niña ALERT status, meaning the chance of a La Niña occurring this year has increased to 70 per cent, roughly three times the normal likelihood. The Bureau’s Manager of Climate Operations, Dr Andrew Watkins, said La Niña typically results in above-average winter-spring rainfall for […]
The alt-rock standard-bearers’ 10th album is the most upbeat music they’ve ever made By Kory Grow – Rolling Stone Foo Fighters have been a reliable alt-rock institution for more than 25 years. A band with that kind of august track record could get bored or complacent with their job. But Dave Grohl and Co. just […]
‘All Our Parents Are Divorced’ album by The Lulu Raes Reviewed by Rob Stewart I didn’t have to listen to a single track to know that I was going to add this new EP by the Lulu Raes to the Feature Album pile… It’s flammin well called ‘All Our parents Are Divorced Now’ and accompanied […]
Dallas Frasca / King of the North / Papa Said Live @ TAC August 12 Reviewed by Rob Stewart Dallas Frasca are one seriously popular band around these here parts, band shirt to punter ratio is at an all time high whenever this charmingly brutal trio of lovable troubadours grace us with their ever lovin […]
Battle of the Bands Live @ TAC June 25 By Rob Stewart As part of the Family Fun Festival that was held at the Arnhem Club last Saturday the Battle of the Bands was nothing short of an epic success. 8 local acts came, and they sung, rhymed, shouted, sweated, danced, bled, played and even […]
‘Barra Band’ live at the Arnhem Club May 13th Reviewed by Rob Stewart Friday night at the Arnhem Club had a delightful atmosphere, there was a real sense of family, a fun sense of expectation weaved and bobbed around the Cazbah. Smiling faces were excitedly conversing in friendly clusters with one eye casting furtive glances […]
