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Alasdair Belling, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders – Get The Money
"[S]uccinct and original."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Half Moon Run – A Blemish In The Great Light
"[A]n exciting collection."
Features / Music
Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird Invite You To A Smoky Cocktail Bar With New Record
Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird frontman Lachlan Rose tells Alasdair Belling that, thanks to the support of the wider industry, the future no longer looks "like this big, shining, distant dream".
Reviews / Album
Album Review: We Lost The Sea – Triumph & Disaster
"[A] triumphant follow-up."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Busby Marou – The Great Divide
"[I]nfectiously hooky."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Kate Miller-Heidke
"[A]n evening of colour and excitement."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Wednesday 13 – Necrophaze
"[O]ne of the more unique heavy releases this year."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Girlpool, The Buoys, Egoism
"[V]ulnerable yet somewhat cathartic."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kyle Lionhart - Too Young
"[B]ackground listening at best."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Gay Paris, City Rose, Slugpunch
"[E]ach track earn[ed] a rousing reception from the leather jacket-clad throng."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ainslie Wills, Bri Clark
"[T]he upper room of the Lansdowne transformed into a silent mass for closing cut 'All You Have Is All You Need'."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird – New Romancer
"[M]ashes together indie, progressive and space-rock with some disco and a good ol’ pinch of Nick Cave."
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