It would be a better world if folk singers synonymous with human rights activism, like Joan Baez, could fade ...
On August 21, 2013 / By KatePerhaps the most surprising thing about Oliver Mann’s blend of opera and folk is that it’s so surprising. Given ...
On August 16, 2013 / By KateNever has a welcome to country felt more genuine and less necessary than at the official opening of Australia’s ...
On June 12, 2013 / By KateIt’s obvious from Hymnal’s first note – a spear of vibration that extends into a quivering drone – that ...
On March 17, 2013 / By KateLunging from the wreckage where the pedal-to-the-metal motorways of punk, hardcore, thrash and metal collide come Copenhagen’s Iceage. Deploying ...
On February 23, 2013 / By KateBrian Eno built his career by being patient with music and impatient with its confines. The former saw him ...
On December 5, 2012 / By KateIt’s no wonder New War named their debut LP eponymously. War aptly describes this record’s overtones of steely, purpose-built ...
On August 15, 2012 / By KateJustin Broadrick (JK Flesh) has loomed large in metal for 20 years because of his disregard for its orthodoxies ...
On July 16, 2012 / By KateVol 2 doesn’t deviate from the Wooden Shjips formula. Mainly, because it’s not a new release. Instead, the psyche-rock ...
On April 18, 2009 / By KateMy name is Kate Hennessy. I am a freelance arts and travel writer and music critic. I contribute to Guardian Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Wire (UK), NME and more.