Posts Tagged: music

2019 ARIAs Recap
A look back at 2019’s ARIA awards night – cut together for broadcast on News Breakfast.

2019 ARIAs Recap
A look back at 2019’s ARIA awards night – cut together for broadcast on News Breakfast.

Defiant, not divisive: Yungblud on genre-bending punk with a conscience
Originally written for Beat Magazine. At just 19 years old, Yungblud is an exciting, chaotic figure at the peak of a fresh punk movement, boasting social consciousness and talent in spades. Dominic Harrison, as he’s otherwise known, released his debut

Defiant, not divisive: Yungblud on genre-bending punk with a conscience
Originally written for Beat Magazine. At just 19 years old, Yungblud is an exciting, chaotic figure at the peak of a fresh punk movement, boasting social consciousness and talent in spades. Dominic Harrison, as he’s otherwise known, released his debut

Download Festival 2018: Punk and hardcore’s triumphant return to the Australian festival scene
Originally published in Beat Magazine. Australia’s first Download Festival ripped through Flemington Racecourse on a typical Melbourne afternoon, leaving a bunch of poncho-clad then sunburnt punters in its wake. The punk, metal and hardcore festival was born in the UK

Download Festival 2018: Punk and hardcore’s triumphant return to the Australian festival scene
Originally published in Beat Magazine. Australia’s first Download Festival ripped through Flemington Racecourse on a typical Melbourne afternoon, leaving a bunch of poncho-clad then sunburnt punters in its wake. The punk, metal and hardcore festival was born in the UK

Ed Sheeran fans converge on Hosier Lane for surprise performance
Originally written for The Age. Melbourne music fans were treated to a surprise free gig from one of the hottest popstars in the world on Monday morning. As part of an iHeartRadio awards show, Ed Sheeran performs a surprise show

Ed Sheeran fans converge on Hosier Lane for surprise performance
Originally written for The Age. Melbourne music fans were treated to a surprise free gig from one of the hottest popstars in the world on Monday morning. As part of an iHeartRadio awards show, Ed Sheeran performs a surprise show

The performers of Jakarta’s Old Town
A short piece of video journalism filmed in Jakarta’s Kota Tua (or Old Town).

The performers of Jakarta’s Old Town
A short piece of video journalism filmed in Jakarta’s Kota Tua (or Old Town).

Nai Palm on the raw heart behind her debut solo album
Originally published in Beat Magazine. “I’d never been in a band before. A year later, we had a Grammy nomination and were relentlessly touring. It’s a lot on us individually, as people, but also on your creativity, because you don’t

Nai Palm on the raw heart behind her debut solo album
Originally published in Beat Magazine. “I’d never been in a band before. A year later, we had a Grammy nomination and were relentlessly touring. It’s a lot on us individually, as people, but also on your creativity, because you don’t

Rival Fire on the journey to their debut album
Originally published in Beat Magazine. I went to my first over-18 gig in 2015. Drunk Mums were playing at Ding Dong Lounge, and my mates and I got there as the first supports were setting up. Eventually, the band began to play,

Rival Fire on the journey to their debut album
Originally published in Beat Magazine. I went to my first over-18 gig in 2015. Drunk Mums were playing at Ding Dong Lounge, and my mates and I got there as the first supports were setting up. Eventually, the band began to play,

Album Review: ‘Lucid Again’ by Clowns
Originally published in Catalyst Magazine. Before the release of their third album, Lucid Again, I’d never really listened to Clowns. I didn’t know too much about them, either. ‘Destroy the Evidence’ was the only song of theirs that I could name, and they were

Album Review: ‘Lucid Again’ by Clowns
Originally published in Catalyst Magazine. Before the release of their third album, Lucid Again, I’d never really listened to Clowns. I didn’t know too much about them, either. ‘Destroy the Evidence’ was the only song of theirs that I could name, and they were

Melbourne’s music industry and mental health: the system is broken
I wrote a feature piece on mental health in Australia’s music industry – with a focus on the Melbourne scene – for Beat.
This was off the back of a report which showed that those in the Australian music industry are ten times more likely to suffer from anxiety and five times more likely to suffer from depression than the average person.

Melbourne’s music industry and mental health: the system is broken
I wrote a feature piece on mental health in Australia’s music industry – with a focus on the Melbourne scene – for Beat.
This was off the back of a report which showed that those in the Australian music industry are ten times more likely to suffer from anxiety and five times more likely to suffer from depression than the average person.

Sounds of Melbourne: MMW 2016
Originally broadcast on Panorama (SYN 90.7fm). Melbourne Music Week is coming up in November. The annual event prides itself on its connections between music, people, and places – with this year’s performance hub being the State Library of Victoria. This

Sounds of Melbourne: MMW 2016
Originally broadcast on Panorama (SYN 90.7fm). Melbourne Music Week is coming up in November. The annual event prides itself on its connections between music, people, and places – with this year’s performance hub being the State Library of Victoria. This