The Go-Betweens
As The Go-Betweens release their most comprehensive retrospective to date, Quiet Heart: The Best of The Go-Betweens, Sean Sennett sits down with Robert Forster and asks the songwriter to discuss […]
Lanie Lane
Given that only a few years ago Melbourne-based songstress Lanie Lane was without a record deal and working as a florist, squirreling away cash to finance the recording of her
Oh Mercy
After four months in the United States, Oh Mercy are back on home soil with a new album, Deep Heat. This album sees the quartet moving out of the sun-
Grey Ghost
Jeremy Koren, AKA Melbourne hip hop experimentalist Grey Ghost, talks us through his debut EP. “The Grey Ghost debut EP is my first offering of what I’m calling Post-Rap,” says
Nervo
The twin sisters of dynamic duo NERVO have lived out of Australia for nearly a decade. We asked Liv Nervo to compile a list of her favourite Australian tunes: in
Julia Stone
Back in 2010, with remarkably little promotion, pomp or pageantry, Julia Stone released her first solo album, The Memory Machine, a darkly exquisite and unnervingly assured longplayer. Though it later
Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson stars in the new David Cronenberg film, Cosmopolis. The film is adapted from a work by the novelist Don DeLillo. Here Pattinson talks about the experience. TOM: Were you familiar
Elton vs Pnau
On the eve of Australian dance duo Pnau’s latest album, Elton John vs. Pnau: Good Morning to the Night, debuting at number one on the UK album charts Heidi Maier
Katy Perry
When Katy Perry invited two young filmmakers to document her life on the road during an epic, at times gruelling, world tour, she gave them access to all areas. Nothing,
Kimbra
There are certain times in our lives that define us; moments, days, months, years. These defining moments are often only realised in retrospect, once we can reflect and consider
Marina & The Diamonds
The London-based singer/songwriter talks to Heidi Maier about creating a performative persona, writing songs in “stolen moments” and exactly what it took to create the concept behind her recently released
Marina & The Diamonds Read More »
Tina Arena On Tour
Though Australian songstress Tina Arena makes her home in France nowadays, she returns to Brisbane this week for two performances at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre. She has collaborated with the Queensland
Tina Arena On Tour Read More »
Ladyhawke
Speaking to New Zealand songstress Pip Brown, better known to music lovers as Ladyhawke, about her recently released, much-anticipated second album, Anxiety, one thing is clear: though it was a
The Audreys
For Taasha Coates, the winsome and witty frontwoman of Australian alt-roots and blues band The Audreys, the last year has been a self-described “trip.” She’s become a mum for the
Children Collide
When bands break up and members leave, as fans and listeners, we`re often left with the ambiguous, recycled publicist`s statement riddled with annoying cliches like ’artistic differences`. However, Aussie rockers
Seasick Steve
Mojo magazine, the respected U.K. music monthly, didn`t hold back when it recently appraised Seasick Steve as ’’probably the greatest bluesman on the planet.’’ The 71-years-young blues troubadour has captured