This Sunday: BBQ Day

It’s going to be a helluva time this Sunday at CERES, with the folks from Supernormal Canteen joining the Eat It crew; live performances from Waari and Kee’ahn during Still Here; and JVG’s All-Star Melbourne Barbeque Orchestra.

Max Headroom: Revisit the Magnificence that Was Beloved Rockin' Bluesman Chris Wilson

The late Chris Wilson graced Australian music stages for over 30 years, both as frontman for Crown of Thorns and as a collaborator with local musical greats, including Paul Kelly, David McComb, Charlie Marshall and Shane O’Mara. Treat your ears to some rare live recordings of Chris at his best, including what Max Crawdaddy describes as ‘a dynamite performance’ at the 1995 Big Day Out.

The Native Cats Live at Triple R

Subscribers: catch The Native Cats live from the Triple R Performance Space during The Cave on Friday 1 March. The Tasmanian duo, Chloe Alison Escott and Julian Teakle, will play tracks from their fourth album (and former 3RRR Album of the Week) John Sharp Toro.

Deeper Read: Meet the Players in Melbourne’s Indie Videogame Scene

Ever heard of Necrobarista, a visual novel game about the living dead set in a Melbourne café? Or what about Bush Bash, an arcade cabinet made out of the front half of a Mitsubishi sedan? These are just some of the works coming out of our city’s thriving independent videogame scene. The Byte Into IT crew introduce us to some of the talented individuals behind the scenes.

Album of the Week: Crushing

Julia Jacklin's lyrics explore human connection, loss, the constraints we face, and the catharsis of breaking through. The country, rock and folk arrangements in her new album, Crushing, are spacious, allowing each element room to breathe and expand as we listen.

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Becoming a Bass Guru with Felix Pastorius on Get Down

‘Most artists […] do what they love regardless of anyone’s opinion.’

Felix Pastorius is the son of legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius and a bass legend in his own right. He dropped in on…

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SmartArts: Why Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play Is Richard Watts’ ‘Stand-Out Independent Production of the Year So Far’

In The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative, Thomas King, a writer of Cherokee and Greek/German-American descent, astutely observes that ‘we’ collectively are no more than the stories we tell about ourselves and…

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‘People Have Much More Power Than They Realise’: How to Fix the World with Rutger Bregman on Uncommon Sense

If you haven’t heard of Rutger Bregman you can think of him as a kind of Robin Hood for the Influencer Age: taking from the rich and giving to the poor, one dissenting…

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Max Headroom: Revisit the Magnificence that Was Beloved Rockin' Bluesman Chris Wilson

Max Crawdaddy and Neil Rogers pay tribute to the legendary Chris Wilson, sharing two rare live recordings from 1995 and 1998 that showcase his brilliance as a singer, songwriter, harp and sax player…