For those of us who fondly remember shoving disc after disc into our car CD players for company on our long drives, the audio book has certainly come a long way. From the first days of single voice actors narrating entire novels, the audio book has evolved into an aural universe complete with full musical…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 17 April 2020. Roots artist The White Buffalo – real name Jake Smith – has just released his long-awaited sixth studio album, On The Widow’s Walk.The album is a loosely linked collection of dark thrills produced by two-time Grammy…
It’s been long enough since the 2016 EP Future Present Past (which was little more than a solid single with a couple of extra B-sides) to have concluded that the return of The Strokes at the top of their game on a full-length release was not in the books. With long-standing stories in the press…
In this closed-door new world where readers have become the smug go-to gurus of iso entertainment advice, may we point you in the direction of your App store. Photos x 2 by Jessica Lewis from Pexels If your local council library service is modern and amazing like mine, you will have a whole host of…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 10 April 2020. April was supposed to be when The Dandy Warhols went on the road to play a US tour. Instead, like so many of us, they find themselves bunkered down in isolation, beginning the journey of adjustment…
So you’ve subscribed to last week’s 5 Australian podcast recommendations and you’re looking to listen to socially distance yourself with something different. You don’t want to lean in to the pandemic, you’d rather lie down in a dark room with your eyes shut and your ears fully immersed in all the bells and whistles of…
It’s too easy to look at a band (long established as an arena-filling commercial force) in its 30th year with cynicism when they release their 11th studio album as an attempt to hold on to past glories or as tired veterans taking advantage of fans with one more attempt to cash in. Here in a…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 3 April 2020. When Anna Burch introduced herself on her 2018 debut Quit the Curse, and now follows up with If You’re Dreaming (released 3 April). The new album takes a different path from its predecessor, shedding some nervous…
Black Market Brass perform their own brand of originally composed Afrobeat/Afrofunk music, and Undying Thirst is the group’s sophomore album. The instrumental group is comprised of eleven musicians that form such a powerful force together that this record will blow you away. Some might think that you need to be really into Afrobeat or soul…
One thing to add to the list of our new first world problems is the lack of commuting time that we’d normally have to devote to podcasts. Maybe that’s been on the drive in, or as you studiously ignore making eye contact with anyone on the train. You may have to get a little more…
