Make room on the coffee table for a new tome on Madonna’s full and massive discography
Unless you’ve been hiding under a (very large and heavy) rock recently, you’d have come across a heck of a lot of Madonna posts online these…
Bret Easton Ellis – author of ‘The Shards’ and co-executive producer of the new FX series – says he’s sad for Millennials: “Obviously there’s pain there; this is not the happy generation”
Bret Easton Ellis gets into much strife over the things he says. Usually the critics are a third his age (he’s 59 at the time of…
Madonna has released a mini movie to promote her new album ‘Confessions II’ and it stars a cast of hundreds doing very stupid things
Leave it to culture icon Madonna to go next-level with the publicity for her new album Confessions II, which is set for release July 3, and…
‘The Vinyl Factory: Reverb’ is a multi-sensory experience delving into vinyl culture across music, fashion, art and the social realms
Two of Melbourne’s leading cultural institutions — RISING and ACMI — have announced The Vinyl Factory: Reverb, an ambitious new exhibition opening on May 22 to…
Never Was a Cornflake Girl: a classic Cream interview with Tori Amos, new album ‘In Times of Dragons’ out now
This year, Tori Amos will release a new album In Times of Dragons out on May 1st – and she has just announced a global…
Really saying something: 50 Fabulous Quotes about Women by Women on International Women’s Day
This weekend, Cream looks back at some of the damn-right brilliant things many of our favourite women have had to say about women and, well, just…
How ‘The Moment’ has made me admire Charli XCX more, plus win double passes to the movie
Charli XCX is quite the conundrum. She’s been at the music-making game since ye olde Myspace days yet many think she’s just an overnight success. She…
Delta Goodrem announced as Australia’s representative in this year’s Eurovision contest so all is now fixed on the Aussie music representation front
Delta Goodrem has got it pretty good. She gets to record and release music when the time is right, can feel warm and fuzzy about mentoring…
Details of Lily Allen’s Australia & NZ Tour: excitement abounds and new shows added for Sydney and Melbourne
Racing to top of mind in even the most conservative of magazine editors, Lily Allen’s album West End Girl has been receiving a great amount of…
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,…
