DXMON (pre)debuted earlier this month with cool hairstyles but a song that echoed many of K-pop’s familiar shouty boy group tropes. I had my fingers crossed they’d have something new up their sleeves for their official debut track, but although Spark brings the intensity down… Read More »Song Review: DXMON – Spark
The West Indies are probably not going to beat Australia at the Adelaide Oval. They’re probably not going to get close. For all the grit and skill of Kirk McKenzie with the bat, and the speed and raw enthusiasm of debutant Shamar Joseph with the… Read More »COMMENT: What’s the point in playing the Windies? Only the future of Test cricket itself
The latest edition of the Big Bash League, BBL13, has been a resounding success, with improved TV ratings on both Channel 7 and Fox Cricket and consistently big crowds across the country. Adelaide Strikers captain Matt Short has dominated with the bat, striking at over… Read More »Five simple ways to make the Big Bash 10 times better
Back in 2022, I premiered a track from NYC doom project Witnesses. In that premiere, I commented that multi-instrumentalist Greg Schwan’s approach to doom “shapeshifts from unsettling ambient to a sound that’s equal parts Peaceville doom and post-metal.” Two years later, we learned that Witnesses… Read More »Track Premiere: Witnesses – “Joy (Beyond the Sound of My Voice)”
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was bundled out of the Australian Open in straight sets at the hands of Paula Badosa – but before departing the tournament, the Russian veteran had surely the strangest criticism of the Melbourne Park fans yet. Complaints have flown in thick and fast… Read More »‘Really disturbing’: The bizarre way ‘Courtside Bar’ hecklers got under Aus Open star’s skin