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Review | Courtney Barnett shows off her range at Perth Festival

Courtney Barnett | The Rechabite | ★ ★ ★ ★ A crafter of forceful bangers with interesting insight to the world around us, a somewhat unexpected range of emotions came of Courtney Barnett’s performance at The Rechabite on Saturday night. Perth Festival proving to be the perfect occasion for the Melbourne indie rocker to change pace. The […]

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Review | Don’t miss Palme d’Or winner ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ at Perth Festival

Review | Don’t miss Palme d’Or winner ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ at Perth Festival

Anatomy of a Fall | Dir: Justine Triet | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½  Successful German writer Sandra (Sandra Hüller) likes to mix truth with fiction. She has been living for the past year in a remote part of the French Alps with her French husband Samuel (Samuel Theis) and their eleven year-old son Daniel (Milo Machado […]

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Music of Perth Festival’s spectacular ‘Djoondal’ now streaming

Music of Perth Festival’s spectacular ‘Djoondal’ now streaming

The original soundtrack of Perth Festival’s 2023 special opening spectacle Djoondal is now available on all streaming platforms. The six-track collection of brand-new Noongar songs formed the heart of Djoondal, the immersive light, laser and drone show that opened Perth Festival 2023 on the shores of Lake Joondalup. The tracks on Djoondal take listeners on a […]

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Review | Nakhane danced, flirted, and delivered at Perth show

Review | Nakhane danced, flirted, and delivered at Perth show

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 […]

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Review | Peaches tears up anniversary show at The Rechabite

Review | Peaches tears up anniversary show at The Rechabite

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, […]

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Review | Soccer Mommy brings soul-soothing set to The Rechabite

Review | Soccer Mommy brings soul-soothing set to The Rechabite

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 […]

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Review | ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ exceeds expectations

Review | ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ exceeds expectations

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 […]

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Writer Tabby Lamb shares their ‘Happy Meal’ with Perth Festival

Writer Tabby Lamb shares their ‘Happy Meal’ with Perth Festival

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 […]

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Peaches adds second Perth Festival show after selling out initial date

Peaches adds second Perth Festival show after selling out initial date

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 […]

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Review | ‘Blueback’ urges us to protect our local aquatic wonderland

Review | ‘Blueback’ urges us to protect our local aquatic wonderland

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 […]

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