Nobody in Sydney actually says where they live
Everyone lives ‘near Marrickville’ or ‘basically Parramatta’ or wherever sounds least alarming.
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Rock, punk and heavy: July
Each month, we dig through the loud, the strange and the heavy. Here’s what made the cut.
It’s only crime when poor people do it
There’s rarely a police helicopter chasing a bank executive running through the suburbs at 4 am
Melbourne used to do dinner at 3am, now it’s meth and Uber Eats
We’ve lost the night’s grubby little magic.
The racism I let slide
Some stereotypes come from people who look like you.
The algorithm is making musicians pay to reach their own followers
For Australian artists like AKOSIA, making music isn’t enough anymore.
The Loiter 10: June
Australian hip-hop & R&B, ranked
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