CD | Miss Kittin and The Hacker | TWO
The first mistake I made listening to Miss Kittin and The Hacker was to read their press release first. Note to those who care: succinctness is a wonderful thing. The use of phrases such as “glamorous space disco” and “sexy androgyny” had me rolling my eyes in an ‘I had my fix of open-mindedness during the Fringe&rsquo...
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CD | Delta | THE SECOND STORY
After his imposing 2006 debut, you’d imagine Delta would have a hard time topping The Lostralian – but with The Second Story he just might have. Three years on from The Lostralian, Delta unleashes a stronger, more deliberate and politically-charged rhetoric on your ear drums. Still prevalent on The Second Story is the artist’s com...
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BOOK | On The Road by Jack Kerouac
King of the Beats. That’s Jack Kerouac and his magnificent second novel is the Beat bible. A seminal text of the twentieth century and a book that is said to have sold a million pair of Levis and sent a million pair of feet hitch-hiking across the country. Narrated by Sal Paradise (Jack Kerouac) it follows his picaresque adventures with Dean ...
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DVD | The Wrestler
Hopefully with The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky can shake his association as “That Requiem For a Dream guy” (a movie that was, incidentally, a terribly over-the-top preachy wreck). Because The Wrestler is a magnificent piece of cinema, and it’s what Aronofsky deserves to have his name associated with henceforth. Focusing on ...
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DVD | Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Ahhhh, Woody Allen. It’s easy to forget how tremendously awesome he is (especially when he churns out Scoop and Cassandra’s Dream), so it’s good to get a reminder every few years when he creates a film like Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Set in Barcelona and among the typical Allen faire of society’s upper strata (where even the ...
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DVD | Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire was the film where Danny Boyle cemented his profile as a “good but not great” director. Sure, it’s got a heart-warming story that you might have seen during an Oscars recap – a young man goes on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in order to track down his childhood love. Sure, it’s got a photogenic bac...
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CD | Metric | FANTASIES
I’ve never seen an indie band so incorrectly labelled. The very premise of indie music is that it is limited, secret – unknown even. But Canadian four-piece Metric have already beaten Kings of Leon to the number one spot in the Canadian charts, with their newly released single ‘Help I’m Alive’. Of course labels and gen...
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CD | Phoenix | WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX
It really shits me that people aren’t familiar with this band. Phoenix played here two years ago with the Pixies and Jarvis Cocker; still no one in Adelaide went to see them. Hence, we haven’t had any V-Fest side shows back here, and quite frankly we don’t deserve it. I flew to the Gold Coast for that line up Godammit! Anyway&hell...
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CD | Two Fingers | TWO FINGERS
The two-fingered salute used to be an offensive gesture. Now however, our society and culture have moved to such a point where you could almost give your Mum this symbol as a mark of respect. Unfortunately Two Fingers seem to hail from the former time, where parents told their kids not to associate with those who smoked cigarettes or said ‘na...
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CD | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | IT'S BLITZ
Firstly, the lead singer Karen O is ridiculously hot. Her voice is nothing short of astounding and truly deserves to be in a band that could produce better music. Actually, that’s a bit harsh. There are some classic tunes scattered randomly throughout their three album catalogue, but there just isn’t enough of them. ‘Zero’ i...
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