Features / Music

It’s been more than two decades since The Pogues’ only visit to Australian shores, and founding member Peter “Spider” Stacy explains to Steve Bell how the more things change, the more they stay the same.

The Swedes may be dominating dance music with their pumpin’ electro house, but the now UK-based Peo de Pitte (aka Peo Häggström) is building his own thing.

Born Israeli of Yemenite and Iraqi parents, the music Mosh Ben Ari makes is a heady cosmopolitan mix of rock, soul, reggae and world music.

To say she’s been busy of late would be to greatly understate the creative energy of Holly Throsby.

‘Fuck it – just keep writing it and see where you end up!’