LIVE REVIEW // Carissa goes to see Emo Phase
BY CARISSA DYALL Emo Phase: Dan Thorpe in FocusForest CollectiveIndustrial School, Abbotsford Convent, 24 April Emo Phase: Dan Thorpe in Focus was an exploration of […]
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Dan Thorpe is going through an emo phase, and it’s “shreddy, emotional, and virtuosic”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think of the word “emo” and you might be propelled straight back to your youth. Long black sleeves. Eyes lined. Ears blasted […]
“Presenting works of our time in an accessible and unexpected way”
BY KIYA VAN DER LINDEN-KIAN New music is a broad category, and one that redefines itself every few years. The genre has come to […]
Songs they never play on the radio
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Some describe Nico’s story as “tragic”, according to cabaret artist Danielle Asciak. But in the life of this composer can be […]
EVENTS // Nico – Songs They Never Play On The Radio
CONTENT COURTESY FOREST COLLECTIVE Thirty years since Nico’s death, Forest Collective debut a contemporary music cabaret concert for 2018 Melbourne Fringe Festival. Contemporary music […]
Live review // Forest Collective presents Berceuse
BY ANNI KALCO Berceuse Forest Collective Church of All Nations, Carlton, 6 July It’s a cold Melbourne night, and we are inside a […]
Jessica Fotinos will challenge your perception of the harp
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We often consider the harp to be an instrument that’s a little rare, a little beautiful, a little mysterious. But could […]
SoundSCAPE: An Australian in Italy
BY NAOMI JOHNSON Contemporary music is full of juxtapositions: great flurries of notes and ethereal suspense, the intimacy of a single instrument and the […]