New EP for R.W. Grace
In a year that has included the release of single ‘Shell’, support slots for Glass Animals and Jarryd James and multiple festival appearances, R.W. Grace returns with a brand new single and the announcement of an EP release for November. The Perth-via-Sydney songstress’s newest single is ‘All The Friends I Lost’. The track began to take shape one New Year’s Eve, as R.W. Grace reflected on relationships gone by. Despite its dark...
The California Honeydrops
By LACHLAN BRYAN There’s something undeniably authentic about The California Honeydrops. Hailing from the Bay Area (Oakland, CA), the band draw on a diverse range of archetypal American influences from funk, soul and R’n’B to Delta Blues and New Orleans second line. Having toured regularly throughout the USA and Europe, appearing at dozens of music festivals and supporting the likes of BB King, Buddy Guy, Alain Toussant and Dr John,...
Hip to be Country
By LACHLAN BRYAN It’s tempting to say that November marks the start of festival season, but in truth, for country fans at least, the festivals happen all year round. At the time of writing, I’m making my way from the Mildura Country Music Festival on the Victoria/NSW border to the Dashville Skyline Festival in the Hunter Valley. I’ll follow these two immediately with an appearance at The Murwillumbah Country and Roots Fest (just...
Solo Gomez
By LACHLAN BRYAN For the musical children of the 90s and early 2000s, British band Gomez stand tall as one of the most innovative and eclectic indie rock acts of the era. Still active today, the band began in 1996 and quickly achieved success with the help of Virgin Records and Britain’s taste-making BBC 1 radio station. In 1998 the band won The Mercury Prize for Music (Britain’s top musical award) and all of their seven albums have...
Beauty of simplicity
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Sandi Faulkner works quietly away in her idyllic Mount Martha pottery studio. Over the course of her career, she’s worked with some of the finest masters in the ceramics field from Europe, the UK, Japan and Australia pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with clay, porcelain, heat and glazing. In addition to ceramics she also teaches and practices Sumi-e; the Zen way of the brush, a Japanese technique...