Nakhane | The Rechabite | 5th March | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ South African musician Nakhane arrived on stage at The Rechabite dressed in army gear; camouflage trousers, green military jacket and beret, paired with aviator sunglasses. The stage was filled with several laptops, microphones, guitars and drum kits. Their offsider took to one of the drum […]
Peaches | The Rechabite | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Peaches is Canada’s queen of electroclash. As one of the most prolific and enduring artists to pioneer the subgenre, Peaches’ art explodes at the intersection of electronica and rock, brimming with energy, defiance and sexuality. 23 years after the release of her breakthrough sophomore album, The Teaches of Peaches, […]
Some of my favourite concert experiences are those I’ve walked into blind. Fortuitous timing at 2006’s Big Day Out exposed me to the electrifying sounds of Sleater-Kinney, whose albums have remained on constant rotation almost two decades later. Ahead of this Perth Festival season, there was a buzz about Soccer Mommy, the alter ego of […]
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | His Majesty’s Theatre | til Feb 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It was hard to ignore the air of anticipation when my companion and I entered His Majesty’s Theatre – a majestic Edwardian building that has been graced by countless performances over its long history. We were […]
Many of us millennials have a shared experience, perhaps fear, of our Myspace profiles still lurking in the ether of the world wide web, waiting to be uncovered. East London based writer Tabby Lamb and I both confirm our Myspace pages that we’d lovingly customised with HMTL code and auto-starting music players must still be […]
Provocative musician Peaches is bringing her The Teaches of Peaches Tour to Perth in 2023 as part of the Perth Festival. An iconic feminist musician, producer, director and performance artist, Peaches has spent more than two decades pushing boundaries and breaking barriers, dramatically altering the landscape of popular culture as she forged a bold, sexually progressive path […]
Blueback | Dir: Robert Connolly | ★ ★ ★ ★ Western Australian author Tim Winton lives in a small coastal town a couple of hours from Perth and is an outspoken critic of ecological degradation that results from human neglect. Many of his widely successful novels are set on the coast and in the ocean. The novel […]
Avant-garde icon Björk is bringing her musical, visual spectacular Cornucopia to Perth Festival 2023 in March. The Icelandic artist returns for the first time in decades for this magnificent Australian exclusive. Last appearing down under at 2008’s Big Day Out in celebration of her 2007 album Volta, the mystical songstress is returning to mark the release […]
Local sensations Alter Boy are playing a massive show for the Festival Perth this Saturday. The six-person powerhouse, comprising three deaf/hard-of-hearing members, continues to influence a greater understanding of how deaf/hard-of-hearing individuals experience the power of music through their dark, shiny pop hits all performed in Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Celebrated for transforming the […]
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 […]
