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Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Jonathan Alley's powerful documentary, Love in Bright Landscapes, tells the story of David McComb and The Triffids - arguably the great…
Kasey Chambers. Lee Kernigan. Slim Dusty. Wanita. These are the many faces of Australian country music, a genre that has changed over the decades. Figurehead after figurehead has emerged, breaking in…
We love supporting short films here at The Curb, and one of the better ones of this year is the Perth made short film, The World of Riley. Made with the help of the City of Vincent and Revelation Film…
“Your favourite band’s favourite band” should go down as one of the best taglines for a movie. It's a perfect encapsulation of whatever the hell Sparks are for the uninitiated, and for those with…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The United States Vs. Billie Holiday (TUSVBH) is a film of soft fades, saturated lighting and Hallmark-esque dialo…
On the seventh day LFF offers up two very different music documentaries that perfectly capture their subjects’ personas. Spike Lee directs David Byrne in the film version of his Broadway show American…
Powered by JustWatch In Australia, Winter is coming to an end, and as the warm seasons roll on, so do the refreshing comforts of the Summer months. Cold beers taste better on a searing hot day,…
On January 10 2020 recording artist and YouTube enigma Poppy released her third studio album, I Disagree. It was a transformative record that offered a dizzying blend of melodic pure pop, nu metal, in…
Powered by JustWatch Screen biographies of music artists have been coming thick and fast in recent times. Olivia Newton-John, INXS, The Easybeats and even Molly Meldrum have scored their own dra…
Kriv Stenders never sleeps. When he’s not telling tales of Red Dog in the Pilbara, he’s bringing Australian soldiers stories to life with films like Danger Close. In between, he’s reworking Australia…
The lyrics to Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s magnificent song, Ever New, are few, but no less important: Welcome the spring The summer rain Softly turned to sing again Welcome the bud The summer blooming f…
As the swirling synths open Kylie Minogue’s newest single, Say Something, you can breathe a sigh of relief because a new Kylie gem is upon us. The world at large in 2020 is a dreary reality, one of ob…