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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: Kid Radio - Kid Radio
"The album sits more comfortably where it taps into more vibrant, house party vibes."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Full Tote Odds - The Chosen Few
Bright beats contrast often to underline the fight-back attitude incorporating a mix of Mex flavour and brassy motifs.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: I'LLS - Can I Go With You To Go Back To My Country
"Clinically precise percussive beats."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Interim - Metanarratives
"’90s territory with fuzzy guitar and moody piano, strings in tow as well as Alec Snow’s smoky pipes."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
"Every song has a purpose and earns its rightful place on the album; not one has the air of being there just to fill the gaps."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jebediah, Screamfeeder
"There is no contrived sentimentality, it’s just about playing what they know and love and sharing it with an insatiable crowd."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Alpine - Yuck
"It’s a reminder that perfection isn’t everything."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Story So Far - The Story So Far
"There are impassioned lyrical outbursts, riffage galore, smart structures, catchy back-and-forth interplay between Cannon and the edgy riffs."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Daniel Johns - Talk
"The assured hands at the helm of this stylish production have made almost certain that there’ll be plenty who remain that’ll love and laud it"
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Album Review: Built From Sticks - Return To Underwater Breathing
"Most listeners may find the drawn-out nature and often lyric-less sections of songs like 'Foghorn Faintly' and 'Amphibian' enough to alienate them"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect
"It’s all brassy motifs and rejoicing vocals"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Dan Cribb & The Isolated - As We Drift Apart
"It’s Cribb’s laconic delivery and jubilance across the board that lift these short, sharp ditties high"