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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: The Baker Suite - Still Life
"Gayle Buckby and John Baker's vocal pairing is magical."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Eastward - Laurie Came Home
"The man knows his way around a guitar and it's put to good use throughout."
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Album Review: Bleached - Welcome The Worms
"The late '80s vibe with blazing guitars, suspended keys and pent-up attitude run rife..."
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Album Review: Tinpan Orange - Love Is A Dog
"...there's some earthy substance beneath the glossy surface."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Big White - Teenage Dreams
"The five-piece are dishing out dreamy pop motifs cut with their underlying surf punk vibe."
Features / Music
Joining Ranks With The Giants Of Prog
"The Parisians were all like 'well fuck you, I've got shit to do'."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Yeasayer - Amen & Goodbye
"More regular structures which give the album some breathing space to take it all in."
News / Music
Caligula's Horse Drop New Music Video Following QMAs Win
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Reviews / Album
Album Review: Radical Face - The Family Tree: The Leaves
"The Florida native once again regales and revels in acoustic strums, atmospheric beats and multi-tracked vocals, which is what the man does best."
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Album Review: Elliphant - Living Life Golden
"Sassy tracks with husky vocals and snappy beats ... prove that Elliphant can more than hold her own, on her own."
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Album Review: Wax Witches - Memory Painting
"There's a bunch of shoegazey, lo-fi surfer gems that show how far a small-town misfit has come."
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Album Review: The Goon Sax - Up To Anything
"It's these little oft-forgotten insights that lend this debut bag loads of vulnerable charm and affability..."