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Water of Life - Headlands Distilling  Company

Blog — November 14, 2021

Water of Life Headlands Distilling Company  With widespread international recognition and appreciation consistently expanding, Australia’s craft distillery scene is growing exponentially and especially the last couple of years have seen distilleries mushroom across the country. While more often than not there are always interesting drops to be found …

The Formative Years - Sonic Youth

Blog — November 16, 2021

The Formative Years - Sonic Youth My relationship with Sonic Youth is an interesting one in that I have been listening to them since the early 1990s and while I never not appreciated them for carving their own niche by redefining what could be done with guitars via their …

(Un-)Becoming Who You Are?

Blog — November 17, 2021

(Un-)Becoming Who You Are? Self-optimisation Kiwi-style. In an age of self-optimisation and an endless strain to get out of one’s own way, supplements that promise to improve your mood, creativity, memory and cognitive ability not unlike the nootropic NZT-48 in The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn are ubiquitious and …

Doug Aitken: New Era @ MCA

Blog — November 18, 2021

Doug Aitken: New Era Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Exhibition: 20 October 2021 – 06 February 2022 Occupying prime real estate at Circular Quay vis-à-vis from the Opera House, Sydney’s home of contemporary art has after a profound overhaul in 2011 redefined itself not only via …

The Formative Years - The Accüsed

Blog — November 22, 2021

The Formative Years The Accüsed Founded in 1981, The Accüsed instanenously became a pioneering underground band in that they merged the best bits of thrash metal, hardcore punk and grindcore to create their very own mélange, i.e. what they referred to as splattercore, and thereby helped to give …

Arthur Jafa - Magnumb book review

Blog — November 23, 2021

Arthur Jafa - MAGNUMB Louisiana Publications Arthur Jafa has made a name for himself as an American video artist with themes like Black American culture, slavery and the opposition Black Americans face to this very day being at centre of his artistic explorations. The release of …

The Formative Years – Slime

Blog — November 24, 2021

The Formative Years Slime  When it comes to quintessential German punk bands, no list would be complete without Slime from Hamburg. Founded in 1979, they evolved from playing rudimentarily structured and simplistic songs modelled after late-seventies British punk rock a la Clash and The Damned to a …

Neighbourhood Earth @ ICC

Blog — November 25, 2021

Neighbourhood Earth ICC Sydney, Australia November 21, 2021 A veritable nightmare for flat earthers and after an award decorated run in the US, the interactive and multi-sensory space extravaganza that is Neighbourhood Earth finally found its way down under to incarnate and to prove an …

The Formative Years – Chaos Z

Blog — November 27, 2021

The Formative Years Chaos Z Inspired by the recent acquisition of the enhance version of Joy Division’s Juvenes book, I revisited the oeuvre of one of my favourite German punk bands of all time, i.e. Chaos Z.  During their short-lived existence from 1980 to 1983, they channeled …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer– Beerfarm, Wayward & Akasha

Blog — November 28, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer Beerfarm, Wayward and Akasha new releases With “Beerfarm” being a telling name in every sense of the word, the Western Australian brewery is not only committed to the creation of great beers but in doing so, has their commitment to sustainability, the minimisation …

Rain Like the Sound of Trains

Blog — November 29, 2021

Rain Like the Sound of Trains As the king of the road and grand seignior of honk-tonk songs, i.e. Roger Miller, put it ever so eloquently, “some people walk in the rain, others just get wet”. Well, others are singing in it in the most blissfully ignorant, cheerful …

Water of Life – Chief’s Son & Bourbon Brothers

Blog — December 2, 2021

Water of Life Chief’s Son Distiller’s Select and Bourbon Brothers’ December box If you have been following this series attentively or, even better, have had the fortunate of sampling a dram from the vibrant, family owned small batch Chief’s Son distillery, there is a high likelihood that you …

The Formative Years – Deichkind

Blog — December 1, 2021

The Formative Years Deichkind There are bands that make complete and utter sense within the cosmos they have created for themselves and the linguistic realm they are thriving in and while they would not lack appeal when it comes to their music being accessible to non-German speakers, there …

Matisse @ AGNSW

Blog — November 30, 2021

Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris Art Gallery of NSW Sydney, Australia November 28, 2021 Henri Matisse has channelled his alchemy in an idiosyncratically fluid, vibrant radically simplified way of painting that had the focus of his draughtsmanship firmly set on …

The Formative Years - Die Fantastischen Vier

Blog — December 6, 2021

The Formative Years Die Fantastischen Vier  I was first introduced to German hip hop through bands like Advanced Chemistry and Die Fantastischen Vier in the early nineties. Both began around the same time and the latter evolved artistically over time to become a reliable entity whose releases I …

Punk and Style – Citizen Wolf

Blog — December 7, 2021

Punk and Style Citizen Wolf As Nick Cave quipped during his brighter moments: “A gentleman never talks about his tailor” and given that his dishevelled Birthday Party days are long left behind, paired with the fact that he has perfectioned his style with bespoke Chriss Kerr designed suits …

The Formative Years - Die Goldenen Zitronen

Blog — December 8, 2021

The Formative Years Die Goldenen Zitronen  When Die Goldenen Zitronen first incarnated in the mid-1980s, it proved to be difficult to find their simple melange of early punk rock, comedic lyrics and at times angry lyrics aimed at rejecting what the music industry stood for and its formulaic …

Oceania Burger Special – Belly Bao

Blog — December 9, 2021

Oceania Burger Special Belly Bao This instalment of our burger specific series will zero in on the combination of two of my favourite cuisines, i.e. burgers and Asian. It was during my stint in China that I first developed a weak spot and appreciation for steamed buns or …

Friendly Fire: The Audio Experience

Blog — December 10, 2021

Friendly Fire: The Audio Experience The Station Museum of Contemporary Arts Having hosted a wide ranging array of comprehensive exhibitions from all corners of this earthround and informed by their mission statement and commitment to free speech and freedom of expression, The activist Station Museum of Contemporary Arts …

Jagged Little Pill @ Theatre Royal

Blog — December 11, 2021

Jagged Little Pill Theatre Royal Sydney, Australia December 9, 2021 After having been heralded in the US and accolade decorate with Grammy and Tony Award winning Broadway musical, inspired Alanis Morissette’s ground-breaking albums, the musical Jagged Little Pill finally carved its way down under to incarnate …