Chris JohnstonBig Puffer Jacket Energy : Joshua TreeWe get in at night from Los Angeles in a black Ford Mustang with a deep rumbling undercarriage and enough thrust to throw us back in our…May 10May 10
Chris JohnstonJazzy business from the deep north — the best of 2023The new music I liked most this year came from the north of England. This was not surprising, given this has been the case for me, more or…Dec 21, 2023Dec 21, 2023
Chris JohnstonThe unsung career of Margret RoadKnightLittle-known outside the Melbourne folk scene for decades, singer Margret RoadKnight’s 60 years of music-making is celebrated in a new…Nov 23, 2023Nov 23, 2023
Chris JohnstonTalking Heads’ Stop Making SenseBy the southern summer of 1984, the great New York band Talking Heads was imploding under the pressure of personal and musical differences…Sep 15, 2023Sep 15, 2023
Chris JohnstonNina Simone’s ‘You’ve Got to Learn’The lost recording of the legendary singer and pianist’s set at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival is powerful and pristineAug 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023
Chris JohnstonThe underworld psychedelic music adventures of Jon HopkinsAlmost immediately after releasing his last album Singularity — a glitchy, elusive dance groove in the vein of close peer Fourtet —…Dec 10, 2021Dec 10, 2021
Chris JohnstonMolly Lewis : whistling while she works : a profileIt’s a rare, wonderful bird who can make a life — and living — out of whistling. LA-based Australian Molly Lewis is just such a creature.Aug 20, 2021Aug 20, 2021
Chris JohnstonBicep and nostalgia for the raveBicep — two young men from London via Belfast — make electronic music that is unfettered rave nostalgia. They take us back 30 years while…Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Chris JohnstonSantiniketan Lodge and The FamilyThe headquarters of the infamous Australian cult The Family has been gifted to Victoria’s Tibetans in an unexpected move that has angered…Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021
Chris JohnstonNXIVM and The Vow — the ‘golden age’ of cults and conspiraciesThe Vow — a new documentary series on American cult NXIVM — offers an extraordinarily detailed investigation into the crimes and…Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020