17 Mar 2016

NEW MUSIC AND SHOWS – STINA TESTER & CINTA MASTERS

By Laura Imbruglia

Writer: Laura Imbruglia Melbournians Stina Tester and Cinta Masters have arrived with a taste of the great stuff to come on their debut album. These guys play what the presser describes as "experimental synth punk", and I don't really know how else to add to that. I guess you could say it's stylistically connected to the 80s. You can expect pulsing rhythms, screeching guitars (or is it a synth? probably) and overlapping occasionally harmonising vocals.

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6 Sep 2016

GO SEE: LISTEN CONFERENCE – FEMINIST FUTURES

By Jules Musgrove

Writer: Jules Musgrove The LISTEN conference is returning for its second year with a 3 day program built around a central theme: Feminist Futures. There will be panel discussions and workshops covering a whole range of topics relating to feminism and gender in the creative industries. Keynote speeches will be given by feminist activist and writer Clementine Ford (interviewed in Season One of Amateur Hour) and performer and activist Alok Vaid-Menon (Darkmatter).  A diverse and

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