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Joe Dolan, Journalist

Joe Dolan

In 2016, I was studying professional writing when an email dropped into my inbox with an opportunity to intern with a budding street press magazine (those were a thing back then). By the end of the eight-or-so-week course I was hooked - and for some bizarre reason,The Musicdecided to keep me around.

Since then I’ve gone on to review countless live gigs, albums, standup sets, theatre shows and gotten to interview some bone fide legends along the way too. Nowadays, I even perform and work on the occasional show myself, but I still like to find time to get out amongst the action whenever I can.

If it weren’t forThe Music, I can genuinely say my life would be totally different. Definitely more boring, to say the least.

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sex On Toast - Ready
"The Melbourne ten-piece manage to make it work without making it a joke."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jamie Lawson, Ryan Keen
"The beautifully simple 'All Is Beauty'... brings into question the necessity for a full band at all."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Vincey - Everything Was Singing... Everything
"Lyrically, the album is underwhelming and constantly returns to a syncopated vocal style."
Reviews / Arts
Kyle Kinane
"While restricting his performance with US-heavy material, Kinane still manages to identify with his audience, and vice versa."
Reviews / Arts
Amos Gill: Netflix & Gill
"Gill calls himself 'mildly Adelaide famous' and subsequently rises above his own title."
Reviews / Arts
Ash Williams: I've Done Some Bad Things
"Williams has something here, but it clearly needs work."
Reviews / Arts
Tanyalee Davis: Actual Size
"The majority of Davis' show is reserved for a plethora of jokes about her own stature."
Reviews / Arts
Simon Taylor: Human
"Taylor sees the world in a way that very few comics can, and plays on classic tropes of humour with an invigorating point of view."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Slowly Slowly, Flour, Worm, Space Panic
"This is mates, beer and music. Exactly what punk needs."
Reviews / Arts
George Dimarelos: George & Co (The Solo Tour)
"...he simply watches the world around him and the funny seems to find him."
Reviews / Arts
Bridget Everett
"The faint of heart need not apply to this riotous and downright hilarious one-woman party."
Reviews / Arts
Becky Lucas
"Lucas is keenly observant of the world around her."
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