Articles by Aidan Roberts
THE WAIFS – TEMPTATION
As soon as this record opens, you know you're in familiar territory - this is The Waifs, ... Read more
LATE NIGHT TALES – MIDLAKE
The Late Night Tales series of compilations is an admirable venture in the digital age, when everyone ... Read more
JEFF MARTIN – THE GROUND CRIES OUT
Wherever you stand with the output of Tea Party chieftain Jeff Martin, with his multi-necked guitars and ... Read more
ADALITA – ADALITA
Adalita has risen from relative silence with an album that portrays a newer, slower character; a weary ... Read more
IRON & WINE – KISS EACH OTHER CLEAN
Sam Beam is best described as a musical explorer, and he looks the part of the common ... Read more
SWEET INSPIRATION – THE SONGS OF DAN PENN & SPOONER OLDHAM
Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham were at the outer edge of the elite in the heady storm ... Read more
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – THE PROMISE
Bruce Springsteen has amassed a vast fan-base, from die-hard blue-collar American rockers, to skinny hipsters. His desolate ... Read more
GABBY YOUNG & OTHER ANIMALS – WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
All flaming red hair, hairpieces, swinging hips and Weimar sass, Gabby Young certainly has a lot going ... Read more
ROBY LAKATOS
Roby Lakatos is a singular character in music; born into a highly musical family in Hungary ... Read more
TWO HOURS TRAFFIC – TERRITORY
In the wrong hands, the genre of power-pop can get very exhausting, very quickly. Thankfully the songwriting ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
JIM KEAYS - DIRTY DIRTY
When he told you to "Turn up ...
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SUZY CONNOLLY - NIGHT LARKS
It could be said that Suzy Connolly ...
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THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
Claiming their new stuff is about, "feeling, ...
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Theatre
THE VOICES PROJECT 2012: THE ONE SURE THING
There are, as they say, two sure ...
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BABYTEETH
Otherwise known as reborner or deciduous teeth, ...
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THE JINGLISTS
Tamarama Rock Surfers’ The Jinglists is a ...
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Events
YARN STORYTELLING
If you’re a yarn spinner or a ...
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THE OXFORD ST DESIGN STORE
Aesthetes, crafters, design geeks and shop-a-holics stand ...
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THE POETRY OF MARDI GRAS
From its humble beginnings on the Eastside ...
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Comedy
RAW COMEDY 2012
If you can reel off the likes ...
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LAUGH YOUR TITS OFF
Laugh Your Tits Off promises a, “very ...
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WIL ANDERSON
Get ready for the witty, gritty and ...
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Books
BETTY CHURCHER
Like a surgeon losing the functionality of ...
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THEATRE, DEMOCRACY & THE END OF DISTRACTION
In my interview with 67-year-old Aboriginal actor ...
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GUWANYI - POETRY IN THE PARK
The National Aboriginal Writers’ Festival is still ...
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Exhibitions
BRONWYN BANCROFT: POWER, PASSION, POLITICS
A Bundjalung artist of the Djanbun clan, ...
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CRASH PAINTINGS
It may seem like an unlikely source ...
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SAMUEL HODGE
Watching the red 'sold' dots breaking out ...
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Movies
