reupping this since Omar just won the Miles Franklin for his recent novel
Doug Wallen@dougwallen.bsky.social · 3d agoI wrote a book column about Omar Musa's short story collection "The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan" for The Big Issue Australia. Out now!
Doug Wallen
@dougwallen.bsky.social
Arts journalist, band booker & broadcaster in Australia https://linktr.ee/dougwallen
Doug Wallen@dougwallen.bsky.social · 3d ago
Hana Stretton's shares Video for 'From' – made during a dark storm. Stretton opened all the windows and recorded it with her dog Roo asleep next to her, using a hairbrush on the guitar alongside synth and a tiny harp. + News of Special Edition. klofmag.com/2026/08/hana...
Hana Stretton Shares “From”, the Final Single from Forthcoming Album “tiarn”
Hana Stretton shares the video for “From”, the final single from “tiarn”, out August 7th, as Phil Elverum announces a special edition of the album.
klofmag.com
In 1984 writer Barry Gifford created Black Lizard Press. Featuring covers by Kirwan, the Black Lizard line reprinted the novels of forgotten authors Charles Willeford, Peter Rabe, Jim Thompson and David Goodis, enticing a new generation of crime fiction fans. crimereads.com/kubrick-jim-...
I wrote a book column about Omar Musa's short story collection "The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan" for The Big Issue Australia. Out now!
super underrated (borderline forgotten) band
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 5d agoIn an exclusive extract from his new book, Grant McPhee takes us through an oral history of the early days of one of 90s Glasgow's fiercest live bands, Urusei Yatsura Teen Dreams: Kitten Frenzy, Urusei Yatsura & the 90s Scottish Indie Scene @omnibuspress.bsky.social buff.ly/NTCtKsv
I wrote about what to watch in August in Australia (including four homegrown picks) www.broadsheet.com.au/national/ent...
Eight to Watch: Home-Grown Satire, the Anthony Bourdain Biopic and More
Plus Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder star in a surreal indie slasher, and Aaron Chen steals the show in a goofy US sports comedy.
broadsheet.com.au
I wrote a retrospective spread about The Rolling Stones for The Big Issue
I interviewed Glen Hansard in 2012 for Rolling Stone Australia, including some talk about his age at the time. How tragic to lose him so young.
“The satire really lives in that gap between what the Instagram caption is and what the reality is”: I chatted to writer/director James Robert Woods about his film “The Birthday Trip”, which opens in Australian cinemas this week www.broadsheet.com.au/national/ent...
I wrote sleevenotes for a reissue of Tenniscoats' We Are Everyone. It was really nice to spend time with this amazing record and give some serious thought to their place in things. First time on vinyl via A Colourful Storm. @monorailmusic.bsky.social monorailmusic.com/products/ten...
Tenniscoats - We Are Everyone
Tenniscoats are one of the greatest groups of the 21st Century. They dazzle light into the void so that others can find a way through. First time on vinyl for one of their key early records, We Are Ev...
monorailmusic.com
I also reviewed the new Death Cab record for The Australian
Great to see so many @subpop.bsky.social Singles Club tunes hit streaming for the first time, from Mazarin to Sukpatch music.subpop.com/singles_club
Sub Pop Singles Club
Stream the legendary Sub Pop Singles Club now! Hundreds of tracks from rare 7" releases by era-defining artists - both famous and obscure - since 1988!
music.subpop.com
I interviewed half of Body Type about their brilliant third album, which is out today themusic.com.au/features/we-...
'We Operate Within Our Own Paradigm': Body Type Share A Band With Their Best Friends
The Sydney quartet make an art of conveying personal experience through a lens of friendship and support. Their third album is their catchiest and most cutting yet.
themusic.com.au
Rooted in her embrace of Kriya Yoga & an acquisition of a harmonium at an Indian furniture store, the new LP from Paris Rebel Richens (Parsnip, Hierophants) blends chant, drones, & a spare vision of ‘60s rock that reverberates down from VU, Skip Spence, and The Incredible String Band. bit.ly/4vMznAu
I wrote a two-page spread about The Rolling Stones for The Big Issue Australia, complementing the cover story. Out now!
I reviewed the debut album by First Nations band Mulga Bore Hard Rock for The Australian
You Make The Choice :: On 30 years of Dusk at Cubist Castle aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/07/13/y... 30 years on, Dusk at Cubist Castle still feels like a transmission from a vanished world. We asked friends from the AD orbit to reflect on the LP—and the regional music culture that made it possible.
I interviewed half of the Adelaide band Swapmeet, whose fantastic debut album comes out today in Australia themusic.com.au/features/swa...
'We Definitely Don’t Have A Linear Approach To Songwriting': Swapmeet Scale New Heights On 'Mount Zero'
The Adelaide quartet’s self-produced debut album delivers enough catchy, contrast-driven indie rock to land them a US record deal and an equally-impressive world tour.
themusic.com.au
From laptop twee and tweemo to glitchy bedroom pop, a new generation of artists is reshaping the genre while preserving its tender, proudly dorky heart. Explore the shape of twee to come.
The Shape of Twee to Come
An explosion of new artists are purveying wildly different sounds under the banner of twee.
daily.bandcamp.com
'As this retrospective (made concurrent to his role in The Bad Seeds) makes clear, this Savage was a gentleman, with a penchant for old songs learned in the pubs his parents ran in rural Victoria State' Conway Savage - Too Dark To See: Solo and Collaborative Recordings 1992–2010 buff.ly/S7dFdzE
PREORDER: 'We're Already There' by Mazarin Reissue of the third and final album from the Quentin Stoltzfus-fronted group known for blending a range of DIY indie pop styles with neo-psychedelia and Paisley Underground jangle pop. www.normanrecords.com/records/7678...
like Skippy in "Kicking and Screaming", I want to read all the great short novels
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w agoPressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day
This week Spin Cycle hosts a live whoddunit in the @3rrrfm.bsky.social performance space, calling expert witnesses to ask, Who Killed Journalism? Join me @theshufflediary.bsky.social @rachelwithers.bsky.social @antounissa.bsky.social Raf Epstein, Najma Sambul to crack the case. More at rrr.org.au
