On today’s menu cooked up by Anthony Lewsam, Ruby Thomas, Haidyn Vecera, Grace Dudley, Maddi Green and Zac Dowdell: ☕️ News ☕️ Refugees ☕️ Pill testing ☕️ Ultimate frisbee ☕️ Flower Market ☕️ And more!Continue readingThursday 30 March, 2023
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On today’s menu cooked up by Lila Greyling, Zac Dowdell, Sarah Grieb and Haidyn Vecera: ☕️ news ☕️ circus ☕️ comedy ☕️ Muesli and Lemons ☕️ Karens ☕️ and more!Continue readingWednesday 29 March, 2023
6 Festivals is an Australian film released at the perfect time, post-COVID in late 2022 as young adults across the country looked to escape the immediate past and go back to the beauty of dancing, drinking and partying with their mates. Coming-of-age films are a staple of the Australia film landscape, with 6 Festivals being an absolute contender for the best one yet.Continue readingThe euphoric beat of Aussie music can nearly solve it all: ‘6 Festivals’ review
For more than a decade, The Smith Street Band have been producing hard-hitting, heart-wrenching, and heavy-sounding music for the seemingly iron-hearted, but actually soft-centred youth.Late last year, the band released their latest edition to an evolutionary series of albums: ‘Life After Football’.Continue readingEncapsulating emotion: ‘Life After Football’ review
For Country music artist Billie-Jo Porter, an appearance at the Tamworth country music festival was just a distant dream growing up near the country music capital, but come January 2023 it will be a reality. Having now released 4 singles on Spotify with her most recent single ‘Let It All Roll Out’ reaching country town Australia’s Hot 50 chart, Billie-Jo is really starting to get traction in her music career.Continue readingFrom dreams to reality: an interview with country music artist Billie-Jo Porter
It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal for Australian musicians. A survey by I Lost My Gig Australia revealed that over 32,000 events were canceled during July and August 2021 alone resulting in $94 million in lost income for the Australian music industry. What is the state of live music after two years of lockdowns and misery for musos in the nation’s capital, and should more have been done?Continue readingLive music after lockdown
The last festival The Owl’s Liam Jennings went to was Good Things Sydney 2019 when Australia was in the middle of the Black Summer Bushfires. And thanks to COVID-19, it was his last for 24 months. It’s been a long time between sets but live music and the Australian festival scene is back!Continue readingA metalhead’s guide to surviving mosh pits ft. GTM Canberra 2022
Drake is one of the biggest artists in the world right now, so it’s no surprise that his long-awaited sixth studio album, ‘Certified Lover Boy’, made waves after it dropped on September 3, 2021. Let’s be real, though, you can’t beat some old-school Drizzy, so it was always going to be hard to measure up against his previous work on ‘Scorpion’, ‘Views’ and ‘Take Care’. The Owl’s Sonia Emanuel rates the album track by track.Continue readingCertified Lover Boy: did Drake hit or miss?
After more than a decade spent apart, John Frusciante is back in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. This has brought a glimmer of excitement from even the most cynical of Peppers fans who have been nothing short of disappointed by their past two albums, ‘Getaway’ and ‘I’m With You’. After all, the last time John returned to the band, we got ‘Californication’, an album that defined the band’s sound during their most prolific decade. ‘Unlimited Love’ however, is much subtler and you have to look deeper to find its appeal.Continue readingUnlimited Love: the Red Hot Chili Peppers reunion album
This was the first National Folk Festival since the beginning of the pandemic, so in 2022 The Owl’s Sara Garrity attached her media pass to her unused 2020 festival lanyard. The showground buzzed with excitement from both attendees and volunteers that the festival is back again; people came from all over the country to attend the five day event which was celebrating its 55th year. A celebration of all things folk, the festival is an experience unlike any other, combining both music and culture that leaves absolutely nothing out.Continue readingA ‘good old fun time’ at the National Folk Festival