Album Reviews
Robert Forster “Strawberries”
Forster’s ninth album finds him in a happier place as he finds solace in Sweden. The ghost of The Go-Betweens continues to hover over the solo career of Robert Forster, one half (one third really when […]
The Go-Betweens
Live Reviews
Live review: Robert Forster, Lafayette, London – 20th March 2023
With over four decades in the industry Robert Forster has lived through a lot. When the Go-Betweens started at Brisbane University in 1977 Americana wasn’t yet a thing and their artistic and indeed commercial dilemma for […]
Album Reviews
Blackbirds FC “Magiclands”
Blackbirds FC are as Australian as it is possible to be and could be the next Antipodean musical export. It is not hard to find 21st-Century bands who claim inspiration from the jingle jangle pop of […]
Columns
Shuffle: Australia, the finale
I never meant this to turn into such a long series but, once I started to look in detail at all of the great music coming out of Australia my enthusiasm got the best of me. […]
Columns
Shuffle: Australia Part Three
In this (what was to be) final look at the music coming out of Australia I’m going to concentrate on The Ocean Party and the many offshoots from the and then finally I’ll take look at […]