LEO BOIX, ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review Night Stage, Two Women, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, and Fuze
Anti-capitalist riffs
EWAN KATZ applauds yet another genre-bending release from the ridiculously eclectic Australian rockers
KATHRYN JOHNSON recommends the work of Norman Kaplan that was a tool in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes a bold feminist subversion of classic folktales that are ubiquitous in the Irish imagination
A novel by Mexican Juan Pablo Villalobos, poetry by Mexican Ingrid Bringas, and a biography by Argentinian Mercedes Halfon
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an entertaining dramatisation of the famous dispute that gives insight into the struggle, and Murdoch’s unscrupulous mendacity
ELLIS RAE is disappointed by the revival of a nihilistic play that fails to offer alternatives for social change
Flight b741
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
HAVING delved into electro-pop on their last effort, Flight b741 marks a significant stylistic departure by taking off into a rowdy roots-rock adventure. Gliding guitar riffs and seguing numbers give the feel of one continuous piece on a record reminiscent of some of the Grateful Dead’s finer work.
The album’s lead single, Le Risque, features a driving bassline by Stu Mackenzie in lieu of his usual guitar duties. A thumping track worthy of lead single status, Le Risque marks drummer Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh’s vocal debut in a coolly delivered spoken-word verse.
Opening with a breezy country track, Mirage City tells of a dystopia that lurks behind a paradisiacal facade.
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