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Review: Mastodon & Kerry King @ Roundhouse (Sydney)

Dec 4, 2024 | scenestr.com.au | David Young

The last time Kerry King stood on a stage in Australia circa 2019, it was to farewell Slayer – the pioneering thrash metal band that he co-founded nearly 40 years prior. His return to Australia last night (3 December) while celebrated, is also under awkward circumstances.
Album Review: The Cure, 'Songs of a Lost World'

Dec 3, 2024 | conemagazine.com | David Young |Jess McKinney

Words by: David James YoungFor the first three minutes and 20 seconds of Songs of a Lost World—The Cure’s first new album since 2008—listeners are thrust into a freefall of sorts. With ambient textures and atmospherics reminiscent of the band’s 1989 game-changer Disintegration, Jason Cooper’s slow-motion drum pattern is moored by Simon Gallup’s signature, steely basslines, while layers of Roger O’Donnell’s keyboards spiral around them.
Alice Ivy discusses using the gear that makes her happy

Nov 25, 2024 | mixdownmag.com.au | David Young |Lewis Noke-Edwards

That’s not a judgement call, either – that’s straight from the horse’s mouth. Alice Ivy is a Melbourne-based producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter is Zooming into her chat with Mixdown from the front seat of an Uber, running behind schedule as she embarks on a songwriting camp. She is promoting her third studio album Do What Makes You Happy, which itself is running behind schedule following delays in its production leading to its release date being pushed back.
Meg Washington Makes Her Screenwriter Debut With New Music Also On The Way

Nov 12, 2024 | scenestr.com.au | David Young

Although it's coming close to a half-decade since Meg Washington released a new album of original material, the ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter has not spent 2024 under cover of darkness by any means. In fact, she's probably been busier than ever – not least of all because her debut as a screenwriter, a film adaptation of Paul Kelly's 'How To Make Gravy', has been one of the country's big talking points in the lead-up to its release next month.
CMAT Isn't Afraid To Showcase Her Personality And Thus Controls Her Own Narrative

Nov 7, 2024 | scenestr.com.au | David Young

When the Zoom connection to Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson – the Irish singer-songwriter better known as CMAT – activates, she welcomes us as if we're an old friend. Ciara's chatting away about her day in the studio in New York, and enjoying her downtime by reading 'Intermezzo' by fellow Emerald Isle native Sally Rooney. "I'm the most qualified to be reading this," she jokes.
Downsyde: The Aussie Hip Hop OGs Remain In Love With Beats & Rhymes

Oct 17, 2024 | scenestr.com.au | David Young

In 1996, at a high school in the northern suburbs of Perth, two hip hop obsessed students decided to put pen to paper and start their own rap group. One of those two students, Scott Griffiths – or, as he would come to be known, MC Optamus – could not have possibly predicted he'd still be fronting what is technically still that very rap group, Downsyde, some three decades later.
10 Iconic Damien Rice Songs We're Hoping To Hear On His Australian Tour

Oct 17, 2024 | themusic.com.au | David Young

More Damien Rice “Warm and inviting”. “Homely”. “A great lost hope”. “A man of prodigious talent.” These are all glowing accolades given to beloved Irish folk singer-songwriter Damien Rice – and that's just from one review The Music did the last time he was in Australia.
Gut Health – ‘Stiletto’ review: Melbourne post-punks dig their heels in on sharp-dressed debut

Oct 11, 2024 | nme.com | David Young

“Best-kept secret” was never going to be a title that suited Gut Health. Their dynamite live show instantly became an “if-you-know-you-know” insider tip in the Melbourne music scene following their early 2020s emergence. Anyone who caught so much of a glimpse at these shows soon knew that the urgency and energy of this dynamic sextet could only be contained for so long.
Jamie xx: 'I Wanted To Mess With People's Brains A Little Bit'

Oct 4, 2024 | themusic.com.au | David Young

More Jamie xx It has been almost a decade between Jamie xx's two solo albums: 2015's game-changing In Colour and the freshly-released In Waves. A lot of the intervening years can be accounted for – another album and tour with the band that literally gave him his name, The xx, as well as extensive touring and DJing on his own accord.
Lior Is Ready To Present His Next Sonic Chapter 'The Blue Parade'

Oct 3, 2024 | scenestr.com.au | David Young

Though it's been over half a decade since Lior's last studio album, the indie-folk singer-songwriter has not let the intervening years go idly by – even the ones derailed by COVID. He formed a new band, Air Land Sea, who released their self-titled debut album in 2019. He created a collaborative symphony, entitled 'Compassion', which premiered at Adelaide Fringe in the early stages of post-lockdown live activity.