Aesop Rock – Cat Food EP (Rhymesayers, 2015)
Abstract rapper Aesop Rock gets 2015 started with a new 2 song EP titled “Cat Food” and shows that this year the California rhymer isn’t pussyfooting around. The first track…
Skullcave- Skullcave EP (Fat Shan)
Skullcave’s 3 members Jay Marriott, Liam Young and Steve Turnock have a wealth experience on the Perth music scene, each of them having been a part of numerous acts in…
Matilda Bay Musings: February
Musings. Oxford Dictionary defines musing as “A period of reflection or thought…” Just kidding – never start a piece of writing with a dictionary.com. Where was I? Oh, yes, the…
Review: Jimmy’s Hall
Director: Ken Loach Starring: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton It’s 1932 in County Leitrim, Ireland. The country is rife with political tensions following the civil war ten years prior.…
Into the Woods
Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods first debuted on Broadway in 1987, predating the recent…
PIAF Review: The Rabbits
The Rabbits, adapted from the picture book by John Marsden and Shaun Tan, is the story of native marsupials having their homeland ravished by invading rabbits, who gradually transform the…
PIAF Review: In An Italian Garden
The concert introduced the works of 17-18th century composers such as Stradella and Banchieri, whose music are emotionally charged by the Baroque doctrine of affections. Indeed the Italian songs sung…
PIAF Review: Black Diggers
Funny and startlingly poignant, Black Diggers is a play which resonates with deliberateness on the centenary of the First World War. Featuring an all-male cast, the performance was powered by…
PIAF Review: The Giants
There was a lot riding on the much-vaunted inclusion of the Giants as headliners for the 2015 Perth Festival. A total cost of $5.4 million ($2 million coughed up by…
Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper (Domino)
Founding Animal Collective member and resident Beach Boys worshipper Noah Lennox comes out with his first Panda Bear album in four years. Lennox hits the sweet spot between past neo-psychedelia…