Features / Music

"That’s usually why everybody’s first record is everybody’s favourite too, because that’s the purest version of the band, you know what I mean?"

"It started out of the dead celebrities thing... That track, when he put it on Soundcloud, had a picture of River Phoenix; not necessarily that it had anything to do with him, aside from this sense of reminiscence about the song."

"I was fully expecting to spend the money to bring this band in and have it not work, but it was all fantastic. That was one of those trigger-happy decisions that happened really well on that record."

“Two bottles of Cristal is definitely a ballin’ move. Do I need it? No, but if I can get it… sweet!”

"I would never say instrumental music is limiting, but it certainly is challenging, for the performer and the listener."

"I remember one night backstage though, Sam started having a rap battle with Josh Pyke. Josh was saying all this stuff about Sam’s mum and Sam came back and just destroyed him. It was the whitest rap battle of all time."

Western Australia's Wonderland festival is big, bold and prepared to throw you down a rabbit hole. You better hope your New Year's hangover can handle this!

We were lucky enough to start off our day at Parklife by stealing ten minutes with Citizens! for a quick chat about their last twelve months as a band .

DEERHOOF's ‘Breakup Song,’ their thirteenth album, should be worn out and boring and something we’ve heard before. BUT IT’S NOT.

"When Million Dead broke up, the prospects of me having any sort of future in playing music were dim, particularly if I was going to do a complete stylistic left hand turn."