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Little Rope (Sleater-Kinney) – music review

Sleater-Kinney’s album Little Rope is one of the most delicately layered records in the band’s nearly 30-year career. It explores…

Malevo (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

Electrifying rhythm, dance, drums and more, Argentina’s Malevo is mesmerising machismo. 13 artistes extraordinaire and a four-piece band hold the audience…

Cahokia Jazz (Francis Spufford) – book review

British author Francis Spufford travels to America in 1922 for his latest novel, Cahokia Jazz, but it is not an…

Dangerous Goods (Polytoxic) – theatre review

It’s a case of feathers meeting fluro when performers in Polytoxic’s new work, Dangerous Goods, initially ensemble in movement of…

New music round-up (for w/e 19 January 2024)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 19 January 2024. Madeline…

Sophia = (Wisdom): The Cliffs (New Theatre) – theatre review

For those who like the unconventional, Sophia = (Wisdom): The Cliffs is heaven-sent. Promoted as “Part dada, slapstick comedy, part…

Seventeen (MTC) – theatre review

Do you remember what your last day of school was like? You’d just finished your final exams and freedom was there…

Priscilla – movie review

It’s been a boom time for new films from some of cinema’s great stylists. In the past 12 months, we’ve…

All of Us Strangers – movie review

The sensitive fantasy-romance All of Us Strangers concerns two lost souls. Based on a novel by Taichi Yamada, the film…

The Giant’s Lawn (Wurld Series) – music review

Wurld Series hails from Christchurch, New Zealand, and The Giant’s Lawn is the group’s third LP. The history of that…