Review | Selina Jenkins takes the tit out of identity with ‘BOOBS’
BOOBS: Selina Jenkins | His Majesty’s Theatre | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Upstairs at His Majesty’s is the renowned Dress Circle Bar – no doubt you’ve entered the space before a performance in the main theatre and experienced its lush art deco interior. Unbeknownst to many though, is that the space is also an active venue […]
Review | Paul Capsis delivers a masterclass in cabaret performance
Paul Capsis: Up Close and Personal | His Majesty’s Theatre | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If anything, the Covid pandemic has shown us that we as people need and crave live entertainment like never before. Perth is the enviable position to have His Majesty’s Theatre, the only remaining working Edwardian theatre in Australia and the perfect venue […]
Review | Lior nourishes the soul at Perth International Cabaret Festival
Lior | His Majesty’s Theatre | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The first concert I went to without my parents was in 2005. Opening for Missy Higgins was this brilliant acoustic artist I’d never heard of called Lior. Standing on stage with nothing but his guitar, the crowd didn’t take much notice of him at first, but […]
Review | Katie Noonan with strings is sublime
Katie Noonan | AGWA | til Feb 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Entering the space with the Sartory String Quartet, Katie Noonan sits at the baby grand piano on stage in the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Within seconds, Noonan whisks the audience away into her music composing world on Stradbroke Island, giving us […]
Review | POND bring the swirly synths to Fremantle Arts Centre
POND | Fremantle Arts Centre | ★ ★ ★ ★ It was a beautiful night, warm with a little bit of a breeze and wafts of smoke from the audience. The band was bathed in a smoky glow of pinks and blues, contrasting with the serene setting of the Fremantle Arts Centre South Lawn – trees to […]
Needle on the Record: Royksopp, The Weeknd, DJ Shadow and more
The return of Royksopp Norwegian electronic duo Royksopp are back with fresh music. It’s a few years since Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland shared any new music. Back in 2014 the band said their record The Inevitable End would be their final album. While the band said they won’t be making albums anymore they didn’t rule out singles and EPs. In […]
Needle on the Record: Quinn Christopherson, Arca, Sophie and Julius Eastman
Quinn Christopherson shares ‘I Am Bubblegum’ Quinn Christopherson has already shared two outstanding tracks from this EP. The first offering Bubblegum was a slow sing-a-long that pondered identity with it’s refrain of “I don’t know who I am”, the second song Good Boy tackled the topic of calling out bad behaviour among male friends. Now the whole EP is out and […]
Needle on the Record: G Flip, Max Lawrence, Ladyhawke and more
Ladyhawke shares her fourth album ‘Time Flies’ Ladyhawke | Time Flies | ★ ★ ★ ½ Ladyhawke burst onto the music scene in 2008 and scored some big indie hits with tunes like Paris is Burning and My Delirium. Her following albums tapped into Pip Brown’s love for 80’s influences and she presented songs that carefully balanced the elements of […]
Needle on the Record: Infinite Coles, Courtney Barnett and Hoavi
Courtney Barnett delivers more delightful observational jangle pop Courtney Barnett | Things Take Time, Take Time | ★ ★ ★ ★ On her third album Courtney Barnett delivers another serve of jangly guitar based songs filled with casual observations about rubbish trucks and changing the sheets. The album has already been described by critics as “lackadaisical indie-rock” […]
Needle on the Record: Duran Duran, ABBA, Sir Baby Girl and more
Forty years after their debut, Duran Duran are going strong Duran Duran | Future Past | ★ ★ ★ ½ Duran Duran have a new album, Future Past, it’s the fifteenth album of their career, a journey that began forty years ago. This time round their continuing their collaboration with Producer Mark Ronson, who they worked with […]
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