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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
Difficult Times & A New Perspective Translating Into The 'Most Satisfying' Album To Date
"Even though things had been really difficult, all of that difficulty and life shift is inevitably what made this album so satisfying."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Dimmu Borgir - Eonian
"Dimmu Borgir have kept a firm hand on the rudder to give 'Eonian' depth, if not the fierceness and complexity they once proffered."
Features / Music
It Looked A Bit Touch & Go, But Bleeding Knees Club Are Alive & Kicking
"Someone would say, 'Go and do an album,' and we'd be like, 'Well, we have to do it the way they want it.' We just didn't know."
Features / Music
Less Beer & More Chords, Together Pangea Are Growing Up. Maybe.
"I think when we started out with the band we'd go out and things were a little hectic and we were kind of jerks. But no, we're a lot more tame these days."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's
"George Ezra's pipes sure are something else."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jarrow - Expensive Hugs
"Jarrow is criminally underrated."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Fratellis - In Your Own Sweet Time
"A fun, accomplished, if not safe, return to form."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mama Kin Spender - Golden Magnetic
"Gentle but stirring collection of stories and fables."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sarah Blasko - Depth Of Field
"A beautifully rich and complex album."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Pianos Become The Teeth - Wait For Love
"A dim, emotionally taxing listen that requires stamina."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Bennies - Natural Born Chillers
"... Easily relatable, honest and in the sort of cynical language we all speak."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Foo Fighters, Weezer, DZ Deathrays
"Dave Grohl with his blue guitar bursts from the shadows and bolts down the runway stage."