Disco Sucks!
In times of hopelessness and despair, the glittering beats of disco never seem too far behind.
Review: Euterpe EP launch at the Factory Theatre
With their shaggy hair and electric sound, the quartet seemed like a relic from the 1970s rock scene blended with 21st century anxieties.
Mash or pass: An abridged history of mashups
Though it’s gone through periods of both mainstream success as well as being on the fringes, mashups have exploded in online popularity in recent years.
Why is Chinese popular music so sad?
Themes of loneliness, heartbreak, and loss are commonplace, but for some reason they felt more sorrowful and melancholic than their English-language counterparts.
Dunedin Sound
The Dunedin Sound represented the undervalued cultural vibrancy of a remote yet sublime city.
The re-imagination of the riot grrrl
From the virtual shores of TikTok to the underground spaces of Sydney, riot grrrl has evolved into something new.
Home is where the emo is
“These bands kind of operate in these houses. They play live shows in basements, they don’t play at bars.”
I went to Dark Mofo and all I got was...
Dark Mofo felt tired, pretentiously pretentious, and oppressively Melbournian.