Vinyl record sales set to surge again over Record Store Day 2025
Saturday 12th April is Record Store Day, and since winter is coming, what better way to pass the time than popping on a vinyl album and…
Conversations with Culture Icons: an anthology of unconventional interviews from a mixed-up, muddled-up music scene
Antonino Tati, editor of Cream Magazine Australia, brings together three decades of music journalism in this compelling anthology of interviews with some of pop culture’s most iconic…
Lady Gaga has officially announced an Australian concert tour for December
Lady Gaga has today announced her next concert tour of Australia – her first tour here in over a decade. While the artist only hinted of…
‘Death of a Unicorn’: too much mish-mashing of themes, not enough originality – and there really ought to have been
We’ve been witnessing a lot of sub-genres and crossover formatting in cinema of late. I was watching Anora just the other night and I wasn’t quite…
Sony Pictures announce the final casting of ‘The Beatles’ – the four-film cinematic event directed by Sam Mendes
Unless you’ve had your head in the sand, you’ve probably heard by now that director Sam Mendes is in pre-production stages for, not one, but four films…
Forget Charli XCX’s naff ‘brat’ art – Kesha’s new album wins for cleverest minimalist marketing. Period.
Always one to do things her own way, Kesha is set to make waves independently once more this year. An undeniable pop icon with 10 top…
Wonder World: Interview with ‘Wonders Under the Moon’ author Tai Snaith
While we’re all laying in bed on balmy summer or windy winter nights, there’s a heck of a lot of action going on under that everchanging…
National Library of Australia hosts new exhibition of photojournalism from the Fairfax archives
The National Library of Australia has invited renowned Australian photojournalist Mike Bowers to select some of his favourite images from the Fairfax Photo Archives, displaying an…
Latest Looney Tunes feature stands out like an ACME anvil-hit sore thumb
I’m not sure why or for whom Warner Bros. made their latest animated feature, The Day the Earth Blew Up. Don’t get me wrong, so far…
‘Black Bag’ makes for a great spy flick although the way-posh accents occasionally convolute the storyline
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the enigmatically titled Black Bag marks a triumphant return to the director’s wheelhouse of weaving intricate thrillers. As with the Oceans series…
Really saying something: 50 Fabulous Quotes about Women by Women
Why leave our tributes to women to just International Women’s Day? This week, Cream looks back at some of the damn-right brilliant things our favourite gals…
New Order Live: Just what the doctor ordered while a contemporary music scene is suffering from AI overload
When Joy Division morphed into New Order, following the passing of troubled frontman Ian Curtis, it felt to many followers like a clearer picture and sound…
‘The Face’ hosts an exhibition of images that helped shape ’80s, ’90s and early noughties culture
Few publications had an impact on 1980s and ’90s culture as The Face did – up until 2004, actually, when the magazine ceased being printed and…
