Melbourne-based Ethiopian R&B artist Soli joined Nigerian songstress, Tems, as the support artists on her Born In The Wild Tour around Australia. Soli’s beautiful vocals were a perfect match for the Tems audience, who took to the local singer’s tracks with adoration. Tems opened her sold out Margaret Court Arena concert with ‘Crazy Tings’ to a rapturous audience, […]
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On a cold and rainy night in Melbourne, fans gathered with ribbons in their hair, holding hands with the loves of their lives in anticipation of the commencement of what would be an unforgettable show at the grand location of The Forum theatre. Huge classic Hollywood stage lights were set up amongst the band as […]
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LÂLKA is a glitter meets grit EDM artist who has just released her debut mixtape, Romance + Rebellion. From classical music to the world of J-core and hyper pop, this Borneo-born and Brisbane/Meanjin-based music and video producer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ is as clever as she is creative. Utilising advanced technology to not only deepen […]
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It’s been half a decade since Chet Faker released his debut album, Built On Glass, and even longer since his Thinking In Textures EP, which featured the very popular cover of ‘No Diggity’. Fast forward 7 years, a name change (to his real name of Nick Murphy) and long awaited second album, and Che – […]
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Prahran is a veritable boiling-pot inner Melbourne suburb with a splurge of cuisine, culture, retail and lifestyle experiences all within footsteps of one another. In the heart of all this gregarious action sits The Cullen, a part of the Art Series Hotels Group. A jumble of coloured balconies and metallic grey windows jutting out from […]
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The 2017 Grammy’s have come and gone in a flash of sequins, laser beams and ridiculously talented performances. Adele, the wonder that she is, displayed her genuine care for her music, and that of other artists, firstly by re-starting her tribute performance for George Michael and then by honoring Beyoncé when the Hello songstress won the Grammy […]
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The latest ACMI exhibition is a remarkable feat of extraordinary vision, resplendently intricate storytelling and creative collaboration. Two-time Archibald Prize winning artist, Del Kathryn Barton, began a journey to tell the reinterpreted story of Oscar Wilde’s 1888 fairytale, The Nightingale and the Rose via a series of artworks. These colourful and visceral works have now […]
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1. WHAT INITIALLY INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME A MAKEUP ARTIST? I have always been intrigued by the idea of transformation. I grew up watching my father work in his hair salon, transforming and creating hair styles for women who would walk in looking one way and leave not only looking different, but feeling different. […]
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1. DO YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A SEPARATION BETWEEN YOUR ART OF CROCHET AND YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE? A loop after a loop. Hour after hour my madness becomes crochet. Life and art are inseparable. The movies I watch while crocheting influence my work, and my work dictates the films I select. I crochet everything that […]
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1. HOW DID YOU INITIALLY BECOME ENTRANCED BY MAKE-UP AND ITS ABILITY TO TRANSFORM AND ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL? My first memories about make-up were during my high school years, or even earlier really…I would look at women on the street or at school, notice their make-up and think of howI would do […]
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