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Music Release
Seekae - +Dome
Simon Winkler
The second album from Sydney three-piece Seekae is a masterful synthesis of electronic and organic elements, combined to form a balanced and tremendously satisfying full-length recording.
Film
Film review – In a Better World (2010)
Thomas Caldwell
In A Better World explores the nature of learned behaviour and how easily violence can escalate, especially when self-justified.
Book
Blue Skies by Helen Hodgman (Text Publishing)
Emmett Stinson
This book was originally published in 1976, but has just been reprinted this year by Text Publishing under the idea that Hodgman’s novel is something of a lost classic (which it, indeed, legitimately is).
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Adalita
Live at the Triple R Performance Space
The lovely Adalita graced the Triple R Performance Space playing songs off her debut self-titled LP, including these track 'Hot Air' and 'Perfection'
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The Clean interview
Golden Plains 2011
Legendary Flying Nun act The Clean appeared at the 2011 Golden Plains festival, and Triple R was fortunate enough to speak to them backstage.
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Sergio from Os Mutantes
Golden Plains 2011
Sergio from Os Mutantes talks to Triple R right before heading on stage at Golden Plains 2011
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Jamie XX interview
Breaking and Entering
The unique and prolific beatmaker Jamie XX is on the line to Simon and Lauren on Breaking and Entering.
Music Release
J Mascis - Several Shades Of Why
Simon Winkler
Well known and regarded as the singer and songwriter from Dinosaur Jr for the past twenty-five years, J Mascis has just released his debut solo album.
Book
Three Paths to the Lake by Ingeborg Bachmann (Holmes & Meier)
Emmett Stinson
Ingeborg Bachmann’s fame rightfully stems from the simple fact that she was a phenomenal prose stylist, who has had a profound influence on several generations of Austrian writers.
Music Release
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
Simon Winkler
As a solo artist, and in his work with The War On Drugs, Kurt Vile skilfully evokes the sonic hallmarks of classic American rock.
Film
Kaboom (2010)
Thomas Caldwell
So much of Kaboom is classic Araki from the extremely cool post-punk and shoegazer soundtrack to the hyper-real look of the film, created by dramatic overexposure and bold colours.
Book
Coda By René Belletto (University of Nebraska Press)
Emmett Stinson
From the opening pages, we know that Coda is going to be an unusual book, since it’s epigraph, which reads, ‘From her lovely delicate hands/I take the book and I look’, is actually attributed to the very book we are reading.
Music Release
Collarbones - Iconography
Simon Winkler
Collarbones create fascinating tracks together influenced by their shared love of fractured hip hop, warped RnB and glitched electronic production techniques.
Film
Rango (2001)
Thomas Caldwell
Rango is essentially a western that adopts all the recognisable iconography, themes and characters from the distinctive genre and yet functions more as a sophisticated homage rather than a self-aware parody.
Music Release
Adalita - Adalita
Simon Winkler
The debut solo album from Adalita, one of the founding members of Magic Dirt, is a record of incredible depth and beauty, capturing Adalita's exceptional skill as a songwriter and performer.
Film
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Thomas Caldwell
As much as Uncle Boonmee is about life and harmony with nature, it is also about death and the forces that deliver death...
Film
Rabbit Hole
Thomas Caldwell
Rabbit Hole is a very sophisticated and moving family drama, comparable to Rachel Getting Married...
Film
Restrepo
Thomas Caldwell
The overall impact of Restrepo is to neither demonise nor glorify the American soldiers, but to convey their experiences and give them a voice to tell their own stories...
Music Release
Toro Y Moi - Underneath The Pine
Simon Winkler
Where Toro Y Moi's debut album 'Causers Of This' exhibited an interest in abstracted disco, electronic, and digital hip hop sounds and textures, second LP 'Underneath The Pine' feels like a more expansive and organic series of songs.
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Bradford Cox
Breaking and Entering
Deerhunter and Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox has a frank chat with Lauren and Simon of Breaking and Entering, covering everything from his live show to his unwavering love of making music.
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Ariel Pink
Kinky Afro
Ariel Pink himself is at Triple R with Karen of Kinky Afro, while on his second tour down under
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!!!
Kinky Afro
Nick and Mario of !!! join Karen Leng in the Triple R studios while in Australia for the Laneway festivals; comparing their live and studio output and how they've learnt to exploit the advantages of each.
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Andrew WK
Kinky Afro
Karen Leng interviews professor of partying Andrew WK ahead of his 2011 Australian tour, and is particularly candid about management aspects of his live act.
Music Release
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Simon Winkler
Let England Shake is a complex and captivating album from one of England's most consistently challenging and compelling songwriters.
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