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What’s Sumatra with You? Toby’s Estate

Blog — December 13, 2021

What’s Sumatra with You? Toby’s Estate   Toby's Estate is one of the more prominent and fabled about coffee roasters in Sydney and goes back to the caffeine aficionado legal professional Toby Smith, who inspired by an aversion to mass produced alternatives, decided twenty-four years ago to …

The Formative Years - Tocotronic

Blog — December 14, 2021

The Formative Years Tocotronic  Founded in 1993 and signed by the genre pushing avantgarde label L’Age D’Or a year later, there are few bands that embodied what was labelled “Hamburger Schule” than Tocotronic, not just musically but also visually with their much copied idiosyncratic band uniform comprised …

Anatomica book review

Blog — December 15, 2021

Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy Joanna Ebenstein Laurence King Publishing / Hachette Group   Anatomy is a fascinating area, especially when it traverses into artful realms, which is not a stretch, given the complex interior and intricacies of our bodies that are …

The Formative Years – Krautrock

Blog — December 20, 2021

The Formative Years Krautrock What emerged in Western Germany the late 1960s as a deliberate, experimental departure from the tried and tested formula that was blues inspired rock music, took a while to really resonate with me as during my early teens what was presented to me as …

Public Brewing, King Road & YH’s Beer’a’dise

Blog — December 21, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer Public Brewing, King Road Brewing & YH’s Beer’a’dise Public Brewing Co. has been on my to-try list of Australian craft distillers for the longest time, not just because of the fact that its head distiller Gab Porto previously channelled his alchemy at Akasha …

The Formative Years – Septic Death

Blog — December 22, 2021

The Formative Years Septic Death I vividly remember the first I was exposed to Septic Death.  It was unlike any other hardcore punk, thrash or crust punk I had heard before.  Not only were the songs thematically centred around themes like fear, paranoia, terror, mental illness …

Wonderdome - Sydney

Blog — December 23, 2021

Wonderdome Entertainment Quarter  Sydney, Australia  Until 30 January 2022 The last couple of years have seen the incarnation of quite a few visually immersive experiences on terra australis.  Most of them were interesting, however, not each one managed to actually come close to accomplish …

The Formative Years - Beastie Boys

Blog — December 27, 2021

The Formative Years Beastie Boys My first exposure to Beastie Boys was via a birthday present I received as a prepubescent in form of the Licensed to Ill vinyl album, which constituted first hip-hop vinyl album I owned.  It was not long after that I discovered what …

Pomade and Underground Culture throughout the Ages

Blog — December 28, 2021

Pomade and Underground Culture throughout the Ages Ever since the inception of rock’n roll music, extravagant hairdos have been inextricably linked to underground music cultures. However, some of them also have their trademark go-to products to refine them. I am not necessarily referring to punks using glue and anything …

The Formative Years - Helloween

Blog — December 29, 2021

The Formative Years Helloween As prepubescent in the late 1980s, there was a German heavy metal band that ruled my world long before I endeavoured to get lost in the world of extreme music. I must have been nine when I was gifted Helloween’s Walls of …

Hachette Publishing Special

Blog — December 30, 2021

Hachette Publishing Special Asterix and the Griffin (Asterix No. 39) By Jean Yves-Ferri and Didier Conrad I grew up with Asterix, i.e. the original incarnation of characters created by Rene Goscinny, and it was heart-breaking to see how both the storytelling and wit suffered when illustrator Albert …

to Be Magazine #2 plus Merzbow mixtape

Blog — December 31, 2021

to Be Magazine #2 plus Merzbow mixtape What can a counter-cultural print publication centred around arts, fashion and music be in 2021, in an age where online publishing allows to reach anyone? For myself, the real achievement of a well-curated print magazine lies in its provision of a …

Sydney Festival

Blog — January 15, 2022

Sydney Festival Future Classics and Amyl & the Sniffers Future Classics Speaker’s Corner 05 January 2022 With the label’s roster including such trailblazing acts like Flume, Flight Facilities and Ta-ku, there are few Australian crews that would be better suited to throw a party to ease …

Sydney Festival part 2

Blog — January 16, 2022

Sydney Festival part 2 44 Sex Acts in One Week Seymour Centre Sydney, Australia 13 January 2021 Written by award-winning playwright David Finnigan, 44 Sex Acts in One Week is the story of the journalist Celina Valderrama, who has been tasked to review a book that …

Water of Life – Farmer’s Wife Distillery and Norla

Blog — January 17, 2022

Water of Life Farmer’s Wife Distillery and Norlan  There is something wholesome and unique about Australian craft distilleries, especially the ones outside the confines of the bigger cities. An example par excellence for combining the love of country life, growing food, a proclivity for gardening, a …

The Formative Years – Christian Death

Blog — January 18, 2022

The Formative Years – Christian Death  Formed in 1979, some consider Christian Death as one of the quintessential bands that with their endeavours created the foundation for what was eventually become a mainstream phenomenon, i.e. gothic rock. Personally, I consider the first three Christian Death albums must-haves for …

The Formative Years – The Smiths

Blog — January 19, 2022

The Formative Years – The Smiths Of all the grand bands that emerged from Manchester, The Smiths hold a special place on the firmament in my musical cosmos. Fusing 1960s intoxicatingly melancholic rock music with post-punk sensitivities and a fierce rejection of what was becoming de rigour in terms …

Allen Unwin Publishing

Blog — January 20, 2022

Allen Unwin Publishing A Long Stride: The Story of the World's No.1 Scotch Whisky When it comes to Scotch, Johnnie Walker must be one of the most known brands on the planet and while it is omnipresent in mainstream establishments, the story of the man who started it …

The Formative Years – Einstürzende Neubauten

Blog — January 21, 2022

The Formative Years – Einstürzende Neubauten When I first came across Einstürzende Neubauten in a record store, I blindly bought their recently released Haus der Lüge album as in my mind, the band name in combination with the cover artwork meant that the music must be akin to the …

Tim Minchin @ Enmore Theatre

Blog — January 22, 2022

Tim Minchin Enmore Theatre Sydney, Australia 19 January 2021 If you have so far managed to walk this earthround without having encountered Tim Minchin’s unique brand of entertainment and been enthralled by how the Australian renaissance man channels his alchemy, I pity you not unlike Mr T would, …