When I was first approached to review White Rabbits’ third record Milk Famous, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The Brooklyn-based band has been around for about five years, but I had never really listened to them outside of some singles heard at bars or parties. I knew that White Rabbits has two drummers, which…
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Look out across the ocean and you’ll see a planet hovering above the horizon line. Its swirling clouds and green-brown rivulets of land closely resemble our own. In fact, this planet is our own, a parallel Earth. The night the discovery of “Earth 2” is announced and 17-year-old Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling) has been partying…
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Ahead of her appearance at Festival of the Sun this weekend, the lovely Sydney-bred, London-based songstress, Larissa McKay, had a chat to Lip about moving across the world, playing festivals, and writing. How are you feeling ahead of your set at Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie next week? It feels kinda surreal to…
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You want your celebrities to have some brain power, right? Or at least have decent taste. Wear some Ray Bans, for instance, and a floral dress. Hold a Penguin Classic for when the need to read strikes, or carry some vinyl LPs in their second hand bike baskets… Well, the ‘famous tides’ turn all the…
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The Sydney Underground Film Festival is just around the corner, so be prepared for some unique, independent and experimental films. Every year there’s a selection of documentaries, features, Australian premieres and shorts. The quirky comedy Super, starring funny man Rainn Wilson along with Liv Tyler, Ellen Page and Kevin Bacon, will open the festival on…
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