Kate Kingsmill, Journalist

"Breakbeat over the years has been given a hard time.”

Freelancer

Imaging the spirit of this year’s Festival Of The Sun, graphic artist Jimbo Phillips was about gettin’ the vibe.

Elbow own Melbourne (jn the best way possible) at the Forum Theatre.

“I feel like amber is like a mild form of time travel”

Craig Potter on perfectionism, life in Manchester and fellow Elbow member Guy Garvey.

“The last album was just crazy, non-stop party the whole way through, but this album has more of those reflective moments – it’s more of this storytelling-type journey"

The Naked & Famous are a band not really sure of what they want to be. And we’re left feeling very confused.

“It was a really great experience to spend a bit more time on songs"

"I didn’t know if I wanted to put it out or not, because it’s all over the place."

"I guess funk was not that big in the ‘90s, but it’s not that big yet in the 2000s. I consider it’s still very underground. Osaka Monaurail is an underground band.”

"What’s been really good about it is basically lots of the songs on the album are just acknowledging that human beings go through shit, and everybody goes through shit."