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Alasdair Belling, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Ocean Grove - Flip Phone Fantasy
"'Flip Phone Fantasy' takes all the risks that many groups looking to capitalise on success tend to avoid."
Features / Music
How A 'Refreshing Kick Up The Arse' Inspired Ocean Grove's Finest Work To Date
Bassist Twiggy Hunter tells Alasdair Belling that Ocean Grove "feel fucking great and more confident than ever", thanks for asking.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: #1 Dads - Golden Repair
"[A] sensitively composed collection of songs."
Features / Music
'The Music Must Come Out': How Songwriting Pushes MONO Closer To The Light
Japanese instrumental rock legends MONO will return to Australia this month to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Frontman Takaakira 'Taka' Goto speaks to Alasdair Belling about the power of music.
News / Music
Jessica Mauboy @ Fire Fight Australia. Photo by Josh Groom.
REVIEW: Here’s What Went Down At Fire Fight Australia
"What followed was a living slice of rock and roll history."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kvelertak - Splid
"This is a group carving themselves a place in the new decade."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Buŋgul
"It’s deeply saddening that we will never again experience these songs sung live by their originator."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: REVIEW: All The Action From Falls Festival
"[Falls Festival in Byron Bay] was characterised by blistering heat, sweat, and sunburn: true emblems of an Australian summer."
Features / Music
The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Alasdair Belling
Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Festival Of The Sun
"[A] real ray of sunshine in the festival calendar."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Free Nationals - Free Nationals
"[J]ust shut up and groove."
Reviews / Live
We Lost The Sea @ Crowbar. Photos by Brendan Delavere.
Live Review: We Lost The Sea, Meniscus, Solkyri
"[A] cavernous expanse of sound and wonder."
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