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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 Mouldy Lovers - Yonder Ruckus
There’s no denying the entertainment factor, and musically, this album is a feast of delights.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Lowrider - Black Stones
There are still some truly likeable gems, like the imbued danger in What Happened To You and the so daggy it’s cool falsetto and funk keys of Little Darling.
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Album Review: Yothu Yindi - Healing Stone: The Best Of
In garnering eight ARIA Awards and touring the world alongside the likes of Midnight Oil, Tracy Chapman, Neil Young and Santana, this retrospective collection perfectly highlights Yothu Yindi’s legacy
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Big Day Out
One of the biggest and best instalments of the long-running institution to date, bring on next year!
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kora - Light Years
he middle section seems to lack the same punch offered at the start but fortunately Bad Thing checks in towards the end for its bombastic but creepy horns and live kit under Francis Kora’s vocal gymnastics.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Claude Hay - I Love Hate You
Overall, it’s a likeable rogue of an album and an ultimate treat.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines & The Jungle Giants
Three bands belting out three such performances in one night is a rare treat and a healthy start to the new year.
Features / Music
Writer's Poll - Carley Hall
Kimbra and The Presets won Carley Hall's vote for 2012.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Full Tote Odds - Place Your Bets
Where FTO get it most right is in continuing to experiment, thereby making the album as a whole interesting and worthy of a holistic listen rather than for simply its very likeable single releases.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Swedish House Mafia - Until Now
Inherent in everything is an organic approach to crafting, plain and simply, ripping tracks to get one’s self moving.
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Album Review: Evil Eddie - Welcome To Flavour Country
While the ultimate reward is Eddie and his chops, which do bust out some melodic and quite decent singing, the music itself just sits under parity with it.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Calvin Harris - 18 Months
But sadly Rhianna, Example, Ellie Goulding and Ne-Yo probably needn’t have bothered turning up