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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.

Features / Music
The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Carley Hall
Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Bare Bones – Rival Minds
"[T]he band's best to date."
Features / Music
What Does It Take To Get Rex Orange County's Sound? ABBA, Kanye & Blink-182, Apparently
Alex O’Connor, aka Rex Orange County, makes music riddled with neurotic optimism. But, as he tells Carley Hall, he’s still trying to stay upbeat.
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Album Review: Rex Orange County – Pony
"O'Connor pulls us into his head with highly engaging and relatable lyrics."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Bec Sandridge – Try + Save Me
"[A] bold statement from an equally bold artist."
Features / Music
Holy Holy Might Be A "Logistical Mindfuck" But This Is How They Make It Work
The tyranny of distance has become the norm for Holy Holy. But singer Timothy Carroll tells Carley Hall their trans-city set-up helped them take the reins as producers on their latest album.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Delta Riggs – Modern Pressure
"[J]angly riffs, sunny outlooks and Hammond’s Mick Jagger-esque, ranting vocal."
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Album Review: DZ Deathrays – Positive Rising: Part 1
"[T]here is no shaking that DZ swagger."
Features / Music
Frontman Marcus Bridge's Dark Childhood Leads To Northlane's Rawest Record
Vocalist Marcus Bridge endured a childhood punctuated by violence and addiction, but he tells Carley Hall laying it all bare on Northlane’s latest album could create something positive from the negative.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Northlane – Alien
"[R]eveal[s] another facet to the rough diamond that is Northlane."
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Album Review: Holy Holy – My Own Pool Of Light
"[T]here are pretty sonic details in the form of drum loops and synth bursts dotted throughout."
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Album Review: Bleached – Don't You Think You've Had Enough?
"It's easy to let the [sharp guitars and punchy keys] sweep you up and dump you in a sweaty, carefree push-and-shove pit."
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