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Cyclone Wehner, Contributor

Cyclone Wehner

Cyclone Wehner is a Melbourne journalist writing about R&B, hip hop, dance music, synth-pop, and film/TV. She's interviewed everyone from Beyoncé to Daft Punk to Jane Campion. Cyclone has also DJed at feted clubs like Revolver. She is obsessed with vampires and, currently, curating concept playlists.

Reviews / Arts
Margaret Cho: PsyCHO
"There are salaciously OMG confessions - like how Cho nabbed prescription painkillers from the late glamour model Anna Nicole Smith."
Features / Music
Blu Cantrell
Why Blu Cantrell Scared Men With 'Hit 'Em Up Style'
"Some guys would come up to me and say, 'Oh, 'Hit 'Em Up Style' - I'm afraid of you!'"
News / Music
Blu Cantrell Says R&B These Days Is 'Played Out' And 'Ridiculous'
She's heading down under with Nelly, TLC and co. for that huge R&B reunion!
Reviews / Arts
Disgraced
"This narrative remains a deeply unsettling portrait of both Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in contemporary America."
Features / Music
A.B. Original Are Doing More Than Making 'The Blackest Album Ever'
"'Hey Trials, we're already making the blackest music that ever happened - let's put the blackest name on it and then be black.'"
Features / Music
L-FRESH The LION On Distancing Himself From Afrika Bambaataa
"[Afrika Bambaataa]'s said some very questionable things, which I don't agree with."
Features / Arts
How The Gender-Bending Feral Fable Makes A Rumble In The Jungle
"I think everyone feels like an outsider, or they feel 'othered' in some way..."
Features / Music
From Hip Hop Purism To Picking Up Instruments
"Learning the trumpet is a very challenging thing for the rest of the family. I do hear, 'Oh Dad!' - I get some of that 'dad shit'..."
Features / Arts
The Interterrestrial Manifestation Of Bertie Blackman
"It is a character that I have been developing for a while that I feel will turn into something musical."
Features / Music
Crystal Castles
Why Crystal Castles Should've Called It A Day
"There is no mention of Glass' past membership, or even existence, in the press blurbs."
Features / Arts
The Importance Of Wielding A Pen In The Political Arena
"It's horrifying - it's the rise of a genuinely fascist candidate."
Features / Music
There's Only One Plan: Do Something Over The Top
"We've been working on some soul, some funk... Over the last year we've just been on an adventure doing anything but dance music."
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