T's most recent reviews
Kollegah
Monument, 2018
The last few years have seen a good amount of great German hip-hop albums, however, now there is Monument. Kollegah’s previous emissions are outstanding, but the way he bookended the ...
Jesse Fink
Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC's Back in Black, 2017
Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott.Lyrics, the personality and presence – it is not merely because of his vocal range and the band he headed that he is considered to be one ...
Daniel Miller and Terry Burrows
Mute: A visual document from 1978 – tomorrow, 2017
For the uninitiated, and if you are, you might want to look at changing that immediately – shame on you: Mute Records (commonly known, referred to and stylized as “mute”) ...
NOFX
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories, 2017
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories is a comprehensive autobiography from one of the world’s most prominent punk bands that worked its way up. New aficionados as well as die-hard ...
T's most recent features
Regular Columns Hip-Hop vs Punk
Posted May 26, 2019, 11:58 a.m.Hmmm, anti-authoritarian views and addressing social concerns and issues related to the government and public affairs? Tick! DIY ethic? Tick! Attire that deliberately deviates from society’s norms? Tick! Rebellion ...
Music Audio = ground zero
Posted Sept. 9, 2018, 1:14 p.m.Audio = ground zero First instalment - Sonos. Unfamiliar with Sonos yet you enjoy listening to music? Shame on you. They make speakers. They also make smart speakers. You know, “smart” as ...
Regular Columns Musings on the need to be ...
Posted Sept. 9, 2018, 12:02 p.m.Afterimages Wreckages of the pastEternally damned to repeat it.Exploded views incinerated by the electricity of truthPierced by the arrow of time keeping everything from happening at onceWhile the tombstone ...
Music Dark Mofo Festival 2018
Posted July 2, 2018, 3:44 p.m.Hobart, Tasmania Australia Dark Mofo is unlike any other festival on this earthround. Never merely l’art pour l’art. Dark. Weird. Sexy. Transcendent. Joyous. Provocative. Unapologetic. Curious. Challenging. Surprising ...
T's most recent news stories
Tours Steve Martin and Martin Short schedule Australian tour
Posted May 16, 2019, 5:20 p.m.
Steve Martin is known for many things with his musical prowess being just one of them – not least he is known for establishing that literally everything sounds funny when you ...
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Shows Australia's Blues & Roots Music Festival 2019
Posted April 10, 2019, 3:53 p.m.
Showcasing music from every corner of this earthround – not at all merely limited to Blues - on the Easter long weekend close to the beauty that is Byron Bay, Bluesfest serves ...
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Tours Hugh Jackman: The Man, The Music and The Show in the flesh
Posted Feb. 26, 2019, 8:59 p.m.
One of Australian’s more prominent exports apart from vegemite and Crocodile Dundee is everyone’s darling and accomplished entertainer Mr Hugh Jackman. Needless to say that due to his ...
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Tours Eddie Izzard's Wunderbar
Posted Feb. 2, 2019, 11:30 a.m.
Eddie Izzard is a conferencier par excellence and apart from that a veritable renaissance man. Not only being a cunning linguist and marathon runner, his on-point observations and quips make ...
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T's most recent blogposts
Water of Life – Kavalan Concertmaster
Posted June 14, 2019, 7:51 p.m. by T
Water of Life – Kavalan Concertmaster If you have followed my previous advice and have tried Kavalan’s Solist as well as other expressions, you would not find it further ...Water of Life - Koval bourbon
Posted June 12, 2019, 8:42 p.m. by T
Water of Life - Koval bourbon Ah, Chicago you windy city with your colourful underbelly history. It has been a few moons since the days of prohibition, the moonshining it ...FKA Twigs @ Carriageworks
Posted June 10, 2019, 9:47 p.m. by T
FKA Twigs Carriageworks Sydney, Australia June 9, 2019 Full disclosure, up to tonight I had not been exposed to the microcosm that is FKA Twigs – a circumstance I ...Energies in the Arts by Douglas Kahn
Posted June 9, 2019, 9:58 a.m. by T
Energies in the Arts by Douglas Kahn The MIT Press Hmm, “energy”. . . the good ole indestructible conserved quantity that is convertible in form and can be transferred ...
