From the Vault: Boy George on bisexuality, butch versus tenderness, and the difficult side of drag
Boy George has a new album out called SE18. With its cover art emblazoned in red, green and gold motifs, you can expect to hear a…
Steve Kilbey of The Church says he prefers to be wired for sound but he’s not too keen on this thing called ‘electromagnetic pollution’ (apparently you can get it from an iPhone!)
Formed in Sydney in 1980, The Church are one of Australia’s most enduring and influential alternative rock bands, known for their lush, atmospheric soundscapes and poetic…
Where have all the good songs gone? A critique on the sad postmodern state of contemporary pop music
Despite some great, hospitable times had working within the music industry, I see the insidiousness of much of it more clearly now, especially all the mental…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of a heap of great Bowie songs: here, then, a gallery of the Starman the way comic book illustrators see him
AN ABSOLUTE BOWIE CLASSIC WHILE YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ… This year marks the 50th anniversary of three of David Bowie’s most well-known songs: Fame,…
More iconic Kylie costumes and accessories on display at the Australian Music Vault
“When you can’t find the music To get down and boogie All you can do is step back in time Ball of confusion When nothing is new and There’s nothing doin’ Step…
Art for the taking: An unofficial Banksy exhibition arrives in Perth, but will you be able to take it all in?
It’s ironic that the current Banksy art exhibition that’s been making its way across Australia is subtitled ‘Without Limits’. For a street artist (his exact identity…
Boy & Bear announced to play Wanderer Music Festival – an interview with band member Jon Hart
Having formed in 2009, Australian outfit Boy & Bear quickly began scooping up ARIA awards, receiving five trophies in one year alone, including those for Breakthrough…
Enjoy some munty nostalgia at the ‘Mr Squiggle & Friends’ exhibition landing at the National Museum in July
In the canon of historical pop culture, no era was quite so twisted as 1970s television. Worldwide, viewers were treated (subjected, depending on how you view…
I think we’re about ready to rewatch ‘Number 96’… The notorious Aussie soap series is back on our screens soon
Gossip mongerers, Instagram bitches, anyone who has looked through peaky blinders to spy on what the neighbours are doing, REJOICE. That bastion of all things gossipy…
Fab reissue of a fab album from a fab band that kickstarted my fab career
One night in the spring of 1992, I ventured to Metropolis nightclub in Fremantle where a tightly performing outfit named Voice of the Beehive were playing…
90s wunderkinds Pulp release brand-spanking new single plus a new album is out in June – their first in 24 years
If ever there was a band that epitomised the ironic cool of the 1990s, it’s British outfit, Pulp. Part of the great 90s Britpop explosion, Pulp…
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…
Seemingly infinite genres of literature at cool new bookstore Boundless Books
Oxford Street, Leederville, just a few minutes drive from the Perth CBD, has always been a bustling hub of culture and leisure. It seems that every…
