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Music Release
Sonny & The Sunsets - Tomorrow Is Alright
Simon Winkler
The latest album from San Francisan songwriter, musician, and artist Sonny Smith is an expertly crafted collection of timeless pop.
Film
The Social Network
Thomas Caldwell
The Social Network could have been a deathly dull film but Fincher’s impeccable direction and the smart and surprisingly funny script by The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin make it utterly engaging.
Interview
Sinead O'Connor
Vital Bits
Tim & Elizabeth speak to Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor - revealing how she found her voice as a child, how the music industry initially responded to her image and what is in store for her upcoming release.
Music Release
Mystery Twin - Mystery Twin
Simon Winkler
The debut, self-titled LP from Cailan Burns' Mystery Twin project is a masterful exploration of electro-acoustic pop, sampledelic psychedelia, and immersive textural ambience.
Interview
Peabody
Simon Winkler
Sydney garage rock four-piece Peabody are about to drop their fourth LP 'Loose Manifesto' (Oct 2010), and RRR's Simon Winkler hears about how they recorded that album
Interview
Tim Rogers
Incoming
Tim Rogers, frontman of Australian rock stalwarts You Am I, speaks to Richard Moffat on Incoming about the band's latest LP. Their ninth album, which is self-titled, is out now on vinyl and CD.
Interview
P.K. 14
Breaking & Entering
Lauren from Breaking and Entering chats to Yang Haisong (杨海崧) - the frontman of Chinese indie rock mainstays: P.K. 14. He offers an insight in to the Chinese underground music scene and P.K. 14's influences.
Book
Leaving Home with Henry
Emmett Stinson
Phillip Edmonds’s Leaving Home with Henry may be a physically small book, but it’s one filled with big and important ideas about contemporary life, politics and the continuing importance of Australian literature.
Film
Summer Coda
Thomas Caldwell
Part road movie, part romance, part drama about overcoming grief, Summer Coda is the striking debut feature film by writer/director Richard Gray.
Music Release
Warpaint - The Fool
Simon Winkler
Warpaint take some elements of traditional shoegaze and slowcore, but create a unique synthesis of sound with surprising melodic shifts, unpredictable rhythms and enigmatic lyrics.
Interview
Low
Kinky Afro
Alan & Mimi from minimal US three-piece Low join Tristen Harris for a chat on 'Kinky Afro' ahead of their performance at the Melbourne Festival.
Book
The Literary Conference
Emmett Stinson
This novella, ultimately, is a comic farce that employs wilfully absurd plot twists in a way that would almost certainly appeal to fans of writers like Flann O’Brien and Jorge Borges.
Interview
Sage Francis
Get Down
Sage Francis is on the phone to Chris Gill's 'Get Down' program, in the midst of touring his latest release 'LI(F)E'.
Interview
Dead Meadow
Kinky Afro
Jason and Steve from psychadelic-rock three-piece Dead Meadow speaks to Karen Leng on Kinky Afro, while in Australia for the Melbourne Festival.
Music Release
Gareth Liddiard - Strange Tourist
Simon Winkler
The debut solo offering from Gareth Liddiard, acclaimed songwriter and singer from The Drones, is a starkly beautiful album, comprising Gareth's acoustic guitar melodies and evocative narrative lyrics, and little else.
Book
The Mary Smokes Boys
Emmett Stinson
The Mary Smokes Boys is a beautifully written novel that appears to be much more simple than it is.
Music Release
Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz (Spunk/EMI)
Simon Winkler
Sufjan Steven's first full-length album in five years is a bold, diverse, and experimental collection of songs that reflect Sufjan's immense range of influences as a songwriter and composer.
Book
The Convalescent
Emmett Stinson
In this sense, The Convalescent is, without a doubt, an effective and intelligent entertainment, but it’s too lacking in complexity to be literary in the way that it seems to want to be
Film
Buried
Thomas Caldwell
This is an extremely well crafted film that will keep you on the edge of your seat right up to the very last shot.
Music Release
Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
Simon Winkler
Testament to Edwyn's extraordinary passion and dedication to his craft, Losing Sleep is a deeply affecting album of classic Collins songwriting that stands amongst his best work.
Film
The Tree
Thomas Caldwell
The combination of the stunning cinematography, restrained Magical Realism, strong acting and character driven narrative makes The Tree a mesmerising experience.
Music Release
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest (4AD/Remote Control)
Simon Winkler
The fourth LP from Atlanta, Georgia four-piece Deerhunter is a characteristically brilliant collection of songs.
Book
Like Being a Wife
Emmett Stinson
This is a brilliant collection of short fiction, which tackles contemporary Australian issues with wit and humour.
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