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Returning to Melbourne, Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders affirmed ‘Hurtsville’ as a modern classic Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders In celebration of Hurtsville’s tenth anniversary, Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders delivered a triumphant display of writerly rock music at Melbourne’s Forum. Released in 2011, Hurtsville was a turning point in Jack Ladder’s career. The Sydney artist’s third LP was the recorded document of a stylistic shift that began when Ladder teamed up with guitarist Kirin J Callinan a couple of years earlier. Ladder was obviously eager...

A huge festival is going down at the Abbotsford Convent this weekend Makepesi We give you the full rundown of The Boite Singers’ Festival. Victoria’s iconic multicultural music organisation The Boite has been providing a platform for artists from diverse cultural backgrounds for the last 42 years. The organisation grew out of a concert held in The Rocks, Sydney in January 1978. The following year, The Boite established headquarters in Melbourne, where its operations continue to this day. Along with the intimate café concerts for which it is best-known, The...

Featuring new releases from Gwen Stefani, Tkay Maidza and Luke Steele’s new project, H3000. After an extended period of hibernation, our singles column returns giving you the best and worst new tracks from the last fortnight. We’ve split the column up into four categories to give you something more to sink your teeth into, and […]

Review: Blake Everett and Oliver Coleman defy the odds in ‘Dig Their Own Graves’ Words by August Billy Oliver Coleman’s 2019 Fringe Festival show, Poolside, was a revelation, introducing the young Melbourne comedian as a gifted performer who could easily switch from elaborate sketches to tongue-in-cheek stand-up. Coleman also displayed an easy, offhand penchant for crowd work and wasn’t afraid to stir up awkward energy. All of these ingredients are transferred into Dig Their Own Graves, a work of narrative sketch comedy that sees Coleman teaming up with fellow Melbourne comic and ac...

Forbidden love and LGBTIQ+ activism intersect in Mark Salvestro’s riveting play, ‘The Will to Be’ Image by Sare Clarke Photography Words By August Billy The Will to Be reveals the legacy of systemic homophobia. The 1960s is typically romanticised as a time of personal and cultural liberation driven by youth counterculture, feminism, civil rights and free love. But in much of the Western world, the laws regarding homosexuality were positively barbaric. England and Wales decriminalised same-sex sexual activity for people over the age of 21 in 1967, while Il...