Mina Kitsos
GALLERY :: Yours & Owls 4th Birthday
Yours & Owls sure know how to throw a birthday bash. The boutique Woollongong venue blew out candles for their fourth year with a sold-out festival in the heart of their hometown, with over 2,000 punters vibing out amid a glorious sunset and stellar visual installations.
Review :: No Lights, No Lycra – The Presets-curated ‘Keep Everything’ Edition
“It’s a strange feeling, no one spilling alcohol down your favourite shirt or munting out in the corner, no one eyeing you down on the DF or tryna get all up in yo grill. It’s freeing.”
Watch :: Gang Of Youths ‘Poison Drum’ video
With their debut album on the horizon, GOY have released a clip for lead track ‘Poison Drum’, condensing the 6.5 minute sonic cavalcade into a promenade through American side-streets.
Interview :: Camille Walala, UK designer behind the Lo-Fi revamp
Camille Walala and Romance was Born conceived a love child. Now the new baby Lo-Fi has been born. Will you christen it with myrrh, incense, or love potion?
Review :: Am I – Sydney Festival
Sean Parker’s ‘Am I’ takes a very visceral journey through existential and evolutionary thought, beautifully choreographed in front of a wall of humming globes.
Interview :: Polica
Poliça front-woman Channy Leaneagh tells us what it’s like to be blessed by the sonic trinity of Kanye, Jay-Z and Justin Vernon, the influence of feminist Shulamith Firestone and Marijuana Deathsquads.
Interview :: Name This Bar
Spring is in the air and the little seed that is Name This Bar has grown and blossomed. Mina Kitsos spoke to owner Simon Mercier about music, art and green fairys.
Bargain Basement Book Club :: Crime
Need something to read but are short on cash? FBi’s Bargain Basement Book Club wade through the bargain bins of secondhand book stores so you don’t have to. This month’s theme is Crime, and we like our detectives hard-boiled…
Q&A :: Gang Of Youths
Gang of Youths pedal ‘EMOTIONAL-ASS, 10-TRACK CONCEPT ROCK’ with a Springsteenian charm and the visceral charge of a seven nation army on speed… and caps-lock firmly ON.
Bargain Basement Book Club :: Science Fiction
Need something to read but are short on cash? FBi’s Bargain Basement Book Club wade through the bargain bins of secondhand book stores so you don’t have to. This month’s theme is science fiction – it’s books Jim, but not as we know them…