Jaala: Joonya Spirit

- Jaala’s sophomore release has been pretty hotly anticipated. Debut Hard Hold was 3RRR Album of the week, and had glowing reviews on Pitchfork and JJJ, so you can see why there’s been some buzz building around this Brisbane native. With good reason: Jaala has the smartest guitar-brain going anywhere in Australian music right now. Marry that with full-blown music-nerd rhythmic patterns, complex chords, and algebraic harmonic structures, and there’s kinda no-one who can come at her.

Review: Green Day’s American Idiot

Opening night assembled a diverse audience to QPACs Playhouse Theatre.  A broad range of ages, most casually dressed, were excited to experience Green Day’s semi-autobiographical rock opera.  Breaking through to a new theatre market is extremely difficult but critical for its longevity.  shake & stir have continually hooked new audience members and the importance of this is not to be taken lightly.