More MoreWollombi Music Festival announces 2017 lineup and new location The eighth instalment of the Hunter Valley’s beloved Wollombi Music Festival is coming this September with a great lineup of local acts. One of Australia’s...
More MoreAustralia’s first capsule hotel has opened in Sydney at Bar Century Australia is joining the growing international trend of capsule hotels, with the new hotel now open above Bar Century in the Sydney CBD. Once a...
More MoreNai Palm’s solo Vivid LIVE set was a gutsy statement in songwriting Hiatus or otherwise, the performer known as Nai Palm – real name Naomi Saalfield – isn’t one for convention. The Hiatus Kaiyote frontwoman is an...
Features FeaturesHope Dickson Leach shares the emotional story behind her debut film, The Levelling After the catastrophic Somerset floods of 2014, which destroyed hundreds of acres of land and property, prodigal child Clare is returning to a broken home....
More MoreChastity Belt’s Julia Shapiro says everything is different now, and it’s all for the best There is a sense that Washington’s Chastity Belt are coming of age. Prankish at heart, their loose indie rock of albums past seems to be...
Film & TV Film & TVMeet New Zealand’s creepiest citizens in Spookers, the film that will haunt your dreams Florian Habicht did not want to make Spookers. When the acclaimed documentarian first got the call from the film’s producers offering him the opportunity to...
Features Features20th Century Women is a nuanced film about life, family and feminism 20th Century Women is a slow-burning dramedy about humans of Santa Barbara. Or to put that another way, a pseudo-family of five individuals living amidst...
More MoreThe best new electronic releases you need to hear this week This week, we’re again taking a look at some fantastic new releases, with a focus on Australian producers and labels. Melbourne producer Hymns debuted on...
More MoreSampha’s Opera House show was one of the best Vivid LIVE has ever seen It's a jaw-dropping, mesmerising experience – and as hyperbolic as statements like that come across, they only barely do the man justice.
More MoreCrystal Castles’ Enmore show was a haunting journey through their past and present It’s been three years now since Alice Glass parted ways with Ethan Kath, and despite the years, she still haunts the space.
More MoreThe Avalanches’ Block Party left fans waiting for more of Since I Left You The Avalanches disappeared behind the curtain, and just like they did for 16 long years, left their fans waiting for an encore.
More MoreFleet Foxes’ Vivid LIVE performance was a rare delight of new songs and old Fleet Foxes’ new material is still hallmarked by those incredible harmonies; I’m not sure they could shake that haunted garden folk sound if you put...
