Music
Live Gallery: Lauren Spencer Smith Brings The Art of Being a Mess to Life at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 4.11.2025
At the Hordern Pavilion, Lauren Spencer Smith brought The Art of Being a Mess to life with unflinching honesty and soaring vocals, supported by Maisy Kay and Henry Moodie in a night of emotion and connection.
Live Review: No Cigar and the Art of Outgrowing The Room You’re Standing In – Eora Land/Sydney, 29.10.25
You could tell before the doors even opened that it was going to be a tight squeeze. Both Lansdowne shows had sold out, the first so quickly that a second was added, only for that one to disappear too. Aotearoa’s No Cigar have been quietly gathering word-of-mouth momentum that’s now anything but quiet. Inside, it …
Album Review: Emma Rawicz –‘Inkyra’: Bold, widescreen, dynamic jazz from the irrepressible saxophonist and her explosive band.
You could say prestigious young saxophonist Emma Rawicz is on a roll right now. Just a few months ago she was turning jazz-heads with her exquisite and sumptuous ‘Big Visit’, a duo album with the phenomenal Gwilym Simcock and now in hot pursuit comes her new set ‘Inkyra’ via the ever-discerning ACT. To be completely …
Live Gallery: BBNO$ turns Halloween into a hyperreal party at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 31.10.2025
At the Hordern Pavilion, bbno$ transforms Halloween into a kaleidoscopic party of sound, humour and collective release—part rave, part fever dream, all heart.
Say Psych: EP Review: Rhys Bloodjoy – Evils Highway EP
Rhys Bloodjoy is a one man noise machine, using sophisticated loops, echo drenched harmonies and reverb soaked melodies to create a truly unique style all of his own. His new EP is something special, and we had to see what all the fuss was about! His debut album Human.Pattern.Repeat. at the start of the pandemic …