February 28, 2019
The Monthly music wrap: February 2019
Culture
On the precarious state of live music in NSW and the impact of proposed festival-licensing laws
Anwen Crawford
By this author
December 1, 2018
Female fandom and Jessica Leski’s ‘I Used to be Normal’
Culture
They’ve been dismissed and patronised, but Beatlemaniacs, Directioners and other fangirls are very self-aware about their boy band ‘affliction’
March 1, 2019
Clicks, plinks, hoots and thuds: Matmos’s ‘Plastic Anniversary’
Culture
The American experimental duo embrace the ‘sounds’ of a ubiquitous material
November 8, 2018
Twisted sisters: Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’
Culture
Sentimentality ruins the magic of this otherwise unsettling and actively cruel film
September 5, 2018
‘McQueen’: a vivid portrayal of a galvanising personality
Culture
The first feature documentary on fashion designer Alexander McQueen is unlikely to be the last
September 1, 2018
Low’s ‘Double Negative’: studies in slow transformation
Culture
Twelve albums in, the Minnesota three-piece can still surprise in their unique way
August 24, 2018
Remembering Aretha Franklin
Culture
The Queen is dead; long live the Queen
July 31, 2018
Tragedy eclipses talent in ‘Whitney’
Culture
Kevin Macdonald’s documentary inadvertently downplays Houston’s impact on pop music history
August 1, 2018
The disappointment of The Carters’ ‘Everything Is Love’ and Kanye West’s ‘Ye’
Culture
New albums from Beyoncé and Jay-Z and Kanye West bare all yet share nothing
July 1, 2018
Angélique Kidjo reinvents Talking Heads’ ‘Remain in Light’
Culture
This remake of the 1980 classic insists on the connections between musical traditions
June 8, 2018
Opportunity wasted in ‘Ocean’s 8’
Culture
The female-led blockbuster is a squandered chance to better represent women on screen
June 1, 2018
The Cure’s permanent twilight
Culture
Robert Smith and co. are celebrating 40 years of the band. Why do they still inspire such love?
May 1, 2018
The Monthly music wrap: April 2018
Culture
Gurrumul’s ‘Djarimirri’ makes history