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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 / Live
Live Review: Parkway Drive, Polaris
"It's hot, stifling and damp, but when McCall commands the pit to 'spin it', it spins."
Features / Music
How The Belle Miners Struck Gold With Their Debut Album
"It's such a magical record. We're very excited to share it with the world."
Features / Music
The Music 2017 Writers' Poll: Carley Hall
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Yusef/Cat Stevens
"The entire room is on a glorious high."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Eat Your Heart Out - Mind Games
"Clean guitar riffs and neat kitwork make it a pretty steady ship."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Tigertown - Warriors
"What it lacks in track listings it more than makes up for with massive stadium anthems and the odd pared back number."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ecca Vandal, Midas.Gold, Dangerpenny
"Her voice is so dynamic it's like its own little big band; every staccato, crescendo and trill is precision perfect."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Suicide Swans - Augusta
"Suicide Swans are ever-embracing and trusting of whatever sonic muse they choose to heed."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Something For Kate, Slowly Slowly
"There's no 'Deja Vu', but the parting promise of more shows and an album next year is a solid consolation."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Timberwolf - Ikaros
"... It's what powerful music is capable of and oh so wonderful when one chances upon it."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Toehider - Good
"If the tunes don't reel you in, then the artwork will."
Features / Music
Welcome To The Kingswood Hotline For Child Support Payment Demands & Callers Simply Saying 'Chicken Salt'
"It was just amazing to sit back and listen to all these people ring up and tell us these stories."