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Carley Hall, Journalist

Carley Hall

Carley Hall is a Gold Coast-based writer who loves spinning a good yarn. She’s worked in print news rooms for more than a decade and now juggles young family life with a busy career in research communication, promoting all types of science from the dire and necessary to the weird and wonderful.

When she’s not doing all of the above, she’s dancing around her living room trying to brainwash her kids into liking her taste in music or getting out to see some gigs. Carley likes the heavy stuff most, but if it’s got hooky melodies, clever lyrics or off-kilter beats nothing is off limits.

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sam Weston - Never Been In Love
"Soundtrack the buzzing night life vibe with a dash of some urban feels."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: She & Him - Christmas Party
"Those cheery, old school sentiments soar."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: AB Original - Reclaim Australia
"Briggs and Trials uniting last year... was a godsend."
Features / Music
Discovering Birds Of Tokyo Have Always Been Heavy At Heart
"The band realises we're a vehicle, we have a voice and we have something to say."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Deftones, Karnivool, Voyager
"Deftones are on a mission to traverse as many of their eight-album catalogue of hits as they can."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Lamb Of God - The Duke
"One can't help but feel a little teased with a very scant promise of more to come."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Darling James - Theory Of Mind
"Likeable and unapologetic pop."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Little Cub - Loveless
"With more imagination these boys could have fleshed out their obvious knack for songwriting."
Features / Music
Josh Pyke and Bob Evans
Touring In Golf Buggies At 70, Having Jebediah Posters & Oil Wrestling
"I had to slowly admit to him that I was a huge Jebediah fan in a way that wouldn't make him feel like I was a creepy stalker..."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Darren Middleton - Lightning Halos
"Never to be found resting on his laurels."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Foreign Fields - Take Cover
" ...highlights like single 'I' bind this album into a cohesive whole."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Zeds Dead - Northern Lights
"A mixed bag of electro goodness."