Articles by Brian Yatman
THE RUMJACKS – GANGS OF NEW HOLLAND
This is music to break things to. Music to get drunk to, especially if you like folk, ... Read more
THE BOOK OF SHIPS – DARK CONTINENT, COLD CENTURY
Sour yellow sunlight, tattered photographs, and faded linoleum. The close, sharp smell of dust and memories. Book of ... Read more
TRACEY BUNN – BY THE WAYSIDE
Tracey Bunn is a Darwin native, a singer-songwriter best known for her work with the Toe-Sucking Cowgirls. ... Read more
LOBI TRAORE – RAINY SEASON BLUES
The Malian guitarist Lobi Traoré died suddenly on June 1st, 2010, at the age of 49, not ... Read more
NIC DALTON AND HIS GLOOMCHASERS – PLAY ALL NIGHT
On the cover of Play All Night (the latest disc by his Gloomchasers), Nick Dalton beckons to ... Read more
TEARS AGAIN – JANE BADLER WITH SIR
You couldn't make Jane Badler up. A Toorak housewife and mother of teenage boys, a Miss America ... Read more
Tue February 8th, 2011 - 3 Comments
KENT EASTWOOD – THE CORKTOWN SESSIONS
Kent Eastwood is a 21st-century troubadour. He worships at the altar of the Holy Triumvirate of Dylan, Cohen, ... Read more
Tue February 1st, 2011 - 3 Comments
WARTIME SWEETHEARTS – PANCAKE ORION
"Take me out to the brink of all things", sings Louise Nutting on The Sea Ceiling, a ... Read more
Mon January 24th, 2011 - 2 Comments
WYATT MOSS-WELLINGTON – GEN Y IRONY STOLE MY HEART
This is the tale of two albums. One is called Gen Y Irony Stole My Heart, by ... Read more
MOON HOLIDAY – MOON HOLIDAY
Alex Ward, AKA Moon Holiday, is from Sydney, but spent at least part of her childhood in ... Read more
Wed December 22nd, 2010 - 2 Comments
Arts & Entertainment
Music
DEATH GRIPS - THE MONEY STORE
After attracting a lot of attention for ...
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JULIA HOLTER - EKSTASIS
Swirling sounds of multiple melodies and many ...
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THE BLACK SEEDS - DUST AND DIRT
New Zealand reggae-soul hard hitters The Black ...
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Theatre
STRANGE INTERLUDE
Known as American dramatist Eugene O’Neill’s 1923 ...
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WHEN DAD MARRIED FURY
When your banker dad who has a ...
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REASONS TO BE PRETTY
Reasons To Be Pretty certainly opens with ...
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Events
SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL: your week sorted with our shortlist
May 14: National Biography Award It’s hard to ...
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THE WRITER'S PLAYROOM: BENITO DI FONZO
Playwright, poet and performer Benito Di Fonzo ...
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WEATHER FESTIVAL
MY 21st birthday party involved a lot ...
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Comedy
BOB DOWNE'S 20 GOLDEN GREATS
Bob Downe is back and with him ...
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THEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Leave the maroon and blues at home ...
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TOMMY DEAN
It’s hard to forget this United States-bred, ...
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Books
THE PRIVATE, THE PUBLIC, AND THE LINE IN BETWEEN
You know that old line, ‘whoever invokes ...
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BEHIND THE LINES
Published in newspapers, journals and online, cartoons ...
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AN EVENING WITH RICHARD DAWKINS
Richard Dawkins is not one to shy ...
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Exhibitions
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
While Harry Potter die-hards may still be ...
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HUNTERS HILL ART EXHIBITION
Hunters Hill, the little suburb that could. ...
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EXPOSED
It’s fitting that the Latin root for ...
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Movies
DARK SHADOWS
Every yahoo off the street knows you ...
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THE DICTATOR
Critics will tear this film apart. The ...
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: INFINITE STORIES
When you’re faced with a film festival ...
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