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
Interviews Laibach
Posted Jan. 27, 2020, 3:11 p.m.Prior to Laibach's incarnation on terra australis, which saw them performing their idiosyncratic take on The Sound of Music, we had the chance to catch up with bandleader and ...
Music Dark Mofo Festival 2019
Posted July 2, 2019, 3:52 p.m.In its seventh year, it should by now be firmly established that the annual Dark Mofo Festival is hard to rival when it comes to pushing the envelope in every ...
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 ...
T's most recent news stories
Music News Fire Fight Australia fundraising festival
Posted Jan. 16, 2020, 10:22 p.m.
Australia is burning and ravaged by blazing bushfires that have left more than a billion animals killed and around eleven million hectares of bushland scorched in its wake. To provide ...
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Tours Terror and Malevolence in Australia
Posted Jan. 7, 2020, 8:05 a.m.
Despite coverage constantly touring, it has been quite a while since the never not stage diving inducing energetic hardcore force of nature that is Terror has held court in the ...
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Tours IRON MAIDEN to incarnate on terra australis in 2020
Posted Nov. 10, 2019, 12:36 p.m.
With what is touted to be their biggest production to date - which is quite something if you are familiar with the spectacle that is an Iron Maiden show -- Iron Maiden ...
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Tours Mandatory Attendance World Tour
Posted Oct. 13, 2019, 9:35 a.m.
A tour with “mandatory” in its title. No really. Tim and Eric, AKA creators of Adult Swim’s best shows (Tom Goes to the Mayor, Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories ...
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T's most recent blogposts
The Formative Years - Weird System Records
Posted July 11, 2020, 11:03 a.m. by T
The Formative Years - Weird System Records This new series will be focussed on bands, labels and people that proved to be immensely influential during my formative years as a ...Hot Stuff - Dingo Sauce Co.
Posted July 8, 2020, 8:09 p.m. by T
Hot Stuff - Dingo Sauce Co. There is no shortage of novelty “hotter-than-thou” sauces that do damage but severely lack in the taste department. How nice is it to ...The Story of Looking book review
Posted July 7, 2020, 6:09 p.m. by T
The Story of Looking Mark Cousins Allen & Unwin We are drowning in images and the accessibility and affordability of smartphones with ever improving cameras has massively changed both ...Water of Life – Kavalan Casks
Posted July 6, 2020, 5:53 p.m. by T
Water of Life – Kavalan Port Cask and Distiller’s Reserve Rum Cask Where do I start with Kavalan to give the uninitiated a faint idea of what they have ...
