Short story: An Incident at the Glove Factory

Pelican MagazineJuly 31, 2015

Nosing at the Selangor canals in the industrial zone of Setia City, there is a large, grey, squat building of a dour aesthetic which one passer-by of no consequ...

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Railsea by China Miéville

Pelican MagazineJuly 30, 2015

An imaginative reworking of the classic tale of Moby Dick by a daring and experimental author, Railsea (2012) is a fantasy work steeped in false science and the...

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Gentlemen And Sledgers: A History of the Ashes in 100 Quotations and Confrontations by Rob Smyth

Pelican MagazineJuly 30, 2015

Some of the most stunning works of sport history in recent times have come not from historians but from the cabal of talented writers who have circled the offic...

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Meet Adriane Daff

Pelican MagazineJuly 29, 2015

Having worked for a role-call of notable theatre companies, including Side Pony Productions, Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Weeping Spoon Productions, 30-yea...

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French Rockets – Arc (Independent)

Pelican MagazineJuly 29, 2015

Perth’s French Rockets have never been a band to embrace minimalism, and in keeping with this their latest album is heavily layered - seemingly held together ...

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Eduardo Cossio – The Work Of Days (Independent)

Pelican MagazineJuly 29, 2015

Perth’s own folk/jazz musician (and cutest man) Eduardo Cossio is back with his second solo EP, The Work Of Days. Consisting entirely of instrumentals, these ...

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Muse – Drones (Warner Bros/Helium-3)

Pelican MagazineJuly 29, 2015

Everyone’s favourite space rockers are back, this time treading unchartered waters. Muse’s Drones is a concept album, in which a protagonist falls out of lo...

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Mining Tax – Degenerational Report (Workplace Safety CDRs)

Pelican MagazineJuly 29, 2015

You might expect a band with such a specific ‘analogue synth meets economic mismanagement’ vibe to rely too much on gimmickry, but past the initial gag lies...

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Everything Everything- Get to Heaven (Sony RCA)

Pelican MagazineJuly 29, 2015

Of all the possible indie-rock bands to tackle the thematic content of a world gone wrong, British four piece Everything Everything would have to be one of the ...

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Wings Over Hollywood

Pelican MagazineJuly 29, 2015

What do Battleship, Star Trek IV (the whale one), Birth of a Nation and Karate Kid II all have in common? They were all filmed with the assistance of the US Dep...

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