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We reviewed Riff Raff's new album for the lols
There some questions that philosophers have been trying to answer since the dawn of time. For Plato, “What is the meaning of life?”, for...
genevavalek
Jun 23, 20142 min read


Bad//Dreems at Black Wire Records - 23/5/14 - Live Review
Bathed in dim sanguine lighting, Bloods are compressed into the corner of Black Wire Records on an obscure Friday evening, consumed by a...
genevavalek
Jun 6, 20141 min read


The Smith Street Band at the Lair 29/3/14 - Live Review
The thumping drumbeat of Smith Street Band’s Sunshine and Technology resonated through the entrance of Sydney’s Metro Theatre and out...
genevavalek
Apr 3, 20143 min read


30 Seconds To Mars at the Sydney Entertainment Centre 29/3/14 - Live Review
What do you do when you have a little sister who loves Thirty Seconds to Mars? Take her to their Sydney gig, of course. After making...
genevavalek
Apr 3, 20142 min read


The John Steel Singers and Jeremy Neale at the Lair 23/2/14
A change in routine is always welcome. Recent streams of Sunday afternoon shows at the Lair are consequently welcome. The John Steel...
genevavalek
Mar 8, 20141 min read


Real Feel - The Holidays - Album Review
The Holidays sophomore album Real Feel has been a long time coming. The Sydney three pieces well received debut LP Post Paradise was...
genevavalek
Feb 24, 20141 min read


Kerser at the Hifi 8/2/14 - Live Review
Lads? Check. Ladettes? Check. South Sydney? Check. Police? Check. Security? Check. Toilets smelling less of urine and more of “other...
genevavalek
Feb 24, 20143 min read


She Only Loves Me When I'm There - Ball Park Music - Single Review
Hear the single here while you have a read Valentine’s Day brought the world something a tad more exciting than chocolates, roses and 12...
genevavalek
Feb 14, 20142 min read


Talk Is Cheap - Chet Faker - Single Review
The worst thing about releasing your first album single 48 hours before Valentine’s Day is, quite simply, that you don’t leave enough...
genevavalek
Feb 14, 20142 min read


CHVRCHES at the Metro Theatre 4/2/14 - Live Review
If you look at the word “hype” for long enough, it slowly morphs into “CHVRCHES”. This “hype” is confirmed by the man pacing the alley...
genevavalek
Feb 11, 20142 min read


D At Sea at the Bald Faced Stag 2/4/14 - Live Review
Doyle Perez - better known by his pseudonym D At Sea - has come a long way since he first posted his acoustic cover of Parkway Drive's...
genevavalek
Feb 11, 20144 min read


Sun Structures - Temples - Album Review
James Edward Bagshaw and Thomas Edison Warmsley sound like 2 fictional characters from some Downton Abbey-ish show, but funnily enough,...
genevavalek
Feb 7, 20142 min read


The Brink - The Jezabels - Album Review
I first heard The Jezabels on a community radio station in 2011 just after the release of their debut LP Prisoner. I fell in love...
genevavalek
Feb 6, 20142 min read


Big Day Out - Live Review
There's not a whole lot of AA festivals in NSW but out of the small handful, Big Day Out is certainly the most noted and arguably the...
genevavalek
Feb 2, 20144 min read


Vampire Weekend at the Hordern Pavillion 8/1/14 - Live Review
Donning inside jokes and their hearts on their sleeves – Undying support for frontman Ezra Koenig’s once serious rap band L’Homme Run,...
genevavalek
Jan 13, 20142 min read


We would like to start a Bombay Bicycle Club club.
British indie quartet, Bombay Bicycle Club, are putting out another album! Earlier they released a killer single called Carry Me (and you...
genevavalek
Dec 5, 20131 min read


The Jungle Giants at the Metro Theatre 22/11/13 - Live Review
Brisbane’s own indie-popsters, The Jungle Giants have gained nationwide recognition with the release of their first (fingers crossed of...
genevavalek
Nov 24, 20133 min read


Shangri La - Jake Bugg - Album Review
Since I heard that the follow up to Jake Bugg’s hugely successful debut would be blessing my ears by the end of this year, I was...
genevavalek
Nov 24, 20132 min read


Neutral Milk Hotel at the Enmore 14/11/13 - Live Review
It is likely that if your dad was a university student in the nineties or if you are part of some obnoxious internet music forum, that...
genevavalek
Nov 24, 20132 min read


Government Plates - Death Grips - Album Review
My writing, like the music Death Grips produces, is an acquired taste and hard to follow, this is my first review and the ramblings of a...
genevavalek
Nov 18, 20134 min read
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