Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 9 June 2023. Jayda G, the Grammy-nominated writer, producer, DJ, environmental toxicologist, campaigner and broadcaster, returns with her new full length album Guy; co-produced with Jack Peñate (who has previously worked with the likes of SAULT, David Byrne and…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 2 June 2023. Pianists Rebeca Omordia and Martin Jones present Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano & Orchestra, a world premiere recording of works for piano and orchestra by three major composers. Joining with the BBC Concert Orchestra…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 26 May 2023. Baby Rose makes healing music for the aimless and heartbroken. The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and producer’s uniquely rich voice naturally lends itself to her powerful, smoke-filled ballads lamenting lost loves and broken futures. “I make music to…
Nosferatu meets The Devil Wears Prada meets Analyze This! in Renfield. In the hands of director Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie), Renfield has a lot going for it, but also has a few bats loose in the belfry. The film cleverly takes a minor character from Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula – the count’s deranged…
The HSBC Spanish Film Festival presented by Palace is an annual celebration of film and culture from Spain and Latin America. The 2023 edition will be screening at Palace Cinemas around Australia, from this June to July. The festival is celebrating 25 years in 2023 and befitting such a milestone, will be presenting a thirty-two-film…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 19 May 2023. An 11-time GRAMMY-nominee and CMA Award-winning artist, Brandy Clark is one of her generation’s most respected songwriters and musicians. Produced by Grammy winner Brandi Carlile, her new self-titled album showcases Clark’s versatility with eleven songs that…
For a film featuring several brutal murders, Neil Jordan’s Marlowe is oddly bloodless. That’s not to say it’s bad – it has many fine things going for it – but it lacks the grit those familiar with Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective may be expecting. That could have something to do with the fact the source…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 12 May 2023. The Courettes are an explosive garage rock duo from Denmark/Brazil, highly praised by the world’s coolest music magazines. Since the blasting debut album Here are the Courettes (2015), the band has amassed three albums, multiple singles…
I don’t know about you but I’ve felt a bit jaded going to the movies lately. I mean, there’s only so many explosions, car/boat/spacecraft chases or unlikely romances a person can take. Which is to say, if you want an antidote to all that, you really should consider the terrific French thriller November. Co-writer and…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 5 May 2023. Over three decades ago, Peter One was a STAR – a country music star – in West Africa. With his singing partner Jess Sah Bi, Peter played in sold-out arenas. In 1985, Our Garden Needs Its…
