Kate Hennessy

Things Learned At: Dark Mofo Festival

Kate Hennessy celebrates winter solstice in Tasmania with Einstürzende Neubauten, Barshasketh and lots of cows blood and putrid piss

INTERVIEW: Paradise Daily Records

Kate Hennessy speaks to Paradise Daily owners Jaz Brooking, Ela Stiles and Del Lumanta about running a DIY record label in Sydney as the label celebrates its second birthday

Burn Again: Lawrence English’s Favourite Albums

After celebrating Room40's 15th birthday, the label head and ambient composer pauses in his hometown of Brisbane to go from Swans to Japanese court music in taking Kate Hennessy through his 13 "foundational" records

Room40 Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Australian label Room40 is celebrating its 15th birthday this year with concerts around the world. Kate Hennessy talked to label boss Lawrence English about what’s in store for Stockholm during “three days of radical listening”

Chelsea Wolfe

Abyss review

LISTEN: Aussie Music Half-Year Round-Up

As we pass the half-way mark of 2015, Kate Hennessy takes stock of the year in music so far down under

Jenny Hval

Apocalypse, Girl

INTERVIEW: The Necks

To mark the Australian improvisation luminaries announcing European tour dates in April, we get a look at a full-length video of their set in Copenhagen last October and talk to the band's Lloyd Swanton

25 Years On: The Necks’ Sex Revisited By Kate Hennessy

Kate Hennessy revisits the debut LP by Australian jazz improvisers, The Necks. Band portrait courtesy of Camile Walsh Photography

Nuanced Splendor: Australian Music In 2014

Kate Hennessy takes a look through a year of Australian music, featuring tracks from HTRK, Xylouris White, Blank Realm and more

Ned Collette & Wirewalker

Networking In Purgatory

Central To Process: Justin Broadrick’s Favourite Albums

In a piece originally commissioned by The Bug's Kevin Martin, Justin Broadrick follows the release of Godflesh's new album A World Lit Only By Fire by taking a new spin on the Baker's Dozen format and talking Kate Hennessy through his current listening favourites

INTERVIEW: Justin Broadrick

Ahead of a Baker's Dozen, the Godflesh man gives us the inside track on the new and long-awaited album, A World Lit Only By Fire

LIVE REPORT: Liars & HTRK

"It's strange Charlie but it's fun.":
 Kate Hennessy reports on sets from HTRK and Liars in Sydney. Photo by Zan Wimberley

Things Learned At: Unsound Adelaide

After events in Krakow, London, Minsk and New York, Unsound Festival returns to its Australian roots. Kate Hennessy reports back with her findings. Photos by Rob Sferco and Chester Desmond