Hannah Story, Journalist

"I find it kind of strange that we live in this age where we’re so blinded by information and stuff that we don’t look at anything but ourselves."

"You know when your friend’s personal and business [lives] collide, it’s kinda tough."

"Ultimately the crowd gathered were here to worship at the altar of Warpaint."

"We don’t really think about, ‘Is this song going to be a chart smash’ or whatever..."

"The family dynamic is a big part of the chemistry of our band."

"What we’re trying to work out is what direction do we really take the album musically because the scene in Australia is quite different…"

Piano-based bonus track Marianne is slow-burning and caps off an album that proves that The Jezabels remain one of our biggest indie-pop exports.

Sometimes production-heavy albums don’t quite translate when played live. Unfortunately, that was the case when our very own Jagwar Ma brought their widely acclaimed Howlin’ to the Metro Theatre stage.

"It’s nice to have the freedom to work on something where song structure isn’t necessary and it doesn’t have to be played on the radio."

Warpaint won’t win over many new fans, but those who enjoyed 2010’s The Fool will be pleased. After all, they’ve been waiting for this follow-up for a long time.

Beyonce’s fifth LP is exactly what one would expect from the biggest pop star in the world: a masterpiece no one saw coming.

These huge songs really captured attention, the atmosphere heightened by roving strobe lights, a wind machine and Haines’ on-stage bounce.