Unlike previous seasons, which addressed late-last-century-via-suburban malaise (Season 1) and teenage found-families (Season 2), Stranger Things: Season 3 goes big on American excess. The mall hasn’t just come to America, it’s...
Deryck Whibley has seen the news, and if you too tune your feeds to a relentless stream of cynicism, falsehoods, and corruption, you’ll likely find a lot of catharsis in Order in Decline. An almost unyielding torrent of...
Alex Lahey at The Forum, Melbourne, Saturday June 22, 2019. In a recent BuzzFeed interview, Carly Rae Jepsen was asked to rank her own songs. In every bracket where a song featuring saxophone went against one without, Jepsen...
Contrary to the EDM and trap sounds that defined 2015’s Rebel Heart and squarely targeted radio trends, Madame X feels a lot more inquisitive. Inspired by the experiences Madonna had after moving to Portugal in 2017, there’s...
Flying Lotus has always felt like jazz for the internet era – a bewildering scramble of styles and influences that somehow coagulate into something recognisable. His music shares the spirit of some of that humour, as well; it...