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Student musos battle for the spotlight

Swinburne students will be taking the stage at the Leadbeater Hotel for the third annual Inter-Varsity Battle of the Bands this Friday, Ella O'Neill and Matthew Parkhill report. Melbourne's music gig scene is not exactly rock n' roll. Musicians are expected more than ever to fork out cash for gigs themselves and create their own brand, playing a game of 'who you know' to get the ball rolling. Since COVID, venues have seen running costs soar, passing on some of those demands t

Nov 19, 20253 min read

Album Review: Deadbeat

Afia Khan reviews Deadbeat, the latest electro, psychedelic fusion from Aussie indie legend Tame Impala. Tame Impala, the psychedelic music project by Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer Kevin Parker, has released a new album after five years. Titled ‘ Deadbeat ’, the fifth studio album is an ode to the highs and lows experienced at a rave. Recorded in the Californian coastal town of Montecito and at his studio Wave House in Yallingup, Western Australia, it took

Oct 27, 20253 min read

Sold-out student runway showcases tomorrow’s designers

Maggie Papas spoke to student fashion designers showcasing their work today at Melbourne Fashion Week. Talented student fashion designers will showcase their collections at the sold-out Student Collections Runway today in Kensington for Melbourne Fashion Week. Amongst the next generation of designers are Flora Bellemo and Stephanie Hockey, whose inspirations towards their collections are stylistically different, but both challenge social perceptions and issues through creat

Oct 24, 20252 min read

Review: One Battle After Another

Daniel Allen reviews renowned director Paul Thomas Anderson's newest action comedy, starring Leo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn. 'One Battle After Another’ scratches two different spots in my cinephile brain: the absurdist political satire section and the edge-of-your-seat action/thriller section. Loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland (1990), this 3-hour journey takes the audience on a memorable fugitive thriller/comedy epic with gorgeous cinematic sh

Oct 17, 20252 min read

The slow death of Australian comic stores

Brent Lynn reports on the last nail in the coffin for many of Australia's brick-and-mortar comic book stores. James Jagic, owner of Brisbane's ComicsETC, has lost thousands of dollars since the collapse of Australia's primary comic distributor, Diamond Distribution. For owners like Jagic, Diamond Distribution was the first and easiest choice for stock, owning essentially a monoply of the market. But when cracks appeared in their business, Jagec switched early to alternatives

Sep 30, 20252 min read