The Pelican Fresher Guide 2015
Welcome to UWA! This is Western Australia’s most elite university, as signified by the limestone buildings and rectangular ponds – and you’re finally here. You’ve picked up a copy of…
Since We Left You: A Pelican Politics Recap
As the first month of 2015 sinks in, all of the politicians are anywhere but in Canberra. Although it may be slow at the moment, this is shaping up to…
Pelican Mum Review: Remember Tomorrow
On the 20th of February this year, I took my mum, a former professional violinist, to see Remember Tomorrow by the Australian String Quartet. I asked her to email me…
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba-Clarke
I picked up Foreign Soil because it was on prominent display at Oxford St Books, an independent purveyor of carefully curated wordy things whose taste I trust implicitly. I didn’t…
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
I love everything about you, Miranda July. I love your hair, I love your Facebook presence. I love both of your films – the one everyone liked, and the one…
Vale Terry Pratchett
Words by Morgan Goodman Eight or nine years ago, I came across a worn copy of Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, in a small town library somewhere in WA. It…
Carrie and Lowell – Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty)
The softly spoken Sufjan Stevens from Michigan marks a return to his indie folk roots in Carrie and Lowell. Accompanied by plucked acoustic melodies, now more acoustic than electric, Steven’s…
Strangers to Ourselves – Modest Mouse (Epic)
Its been eight long years since Modest Mouse released an album and arguably another three since they made anything worthwhile, but while the drought is over in a physical sense,…
Jenny Death (The Powers that B pt. 2) – Death Grips (Third Worlds/Harvest)
It’s hard to separate Jenny Death from the hype it’s been receiving for the last year. 2014 saw the release of Niggas on the Moon, ostensibly the first half of…
Inside Out
Director: Pete Doctor and Ronaldo Del Carmen Starring: Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, Phyllis Smith Inside Out sees the return of Up director Pete Doctor, and it’s Pixar’s most…