by David James Young | Jan 8, 2026 | Reviews
A rave, typically, will be in the late late hours of the weekend, around the time that Saturday night becomes Sunday morning, and inhabited by the young and the rash – Mark Renton types, if you will. In the middle of Sydney’s Carriageworks, however, a crowd has... 
by David James Young | Dec 10, 2025 | Reviews
“We’re going to participate in an energy exchange.” It’s just after 9pm on Monday in Melbourne, and Tunde Adebimpe is addressing an audience of thousands at the sold-out Forum. “We put some out there, you give it back.” You’d think he was some... 
by David James Young | Dec 9, 2025 | Reviews
It feels as though the 2025 edition of Good Things was born under a bad sign. The intergenerational alternative festival put people off in the lead-up by restricting resales on Tixel for no apparent reason, and then found itself in turmoil when two major international... 
by David James Young | May 27, 2025 | Reviews
ANOHNI and the Johnsons performed at the Sydney Opera House, on Tubowgule, Gadigal Country, on Monday 26 May. A sense of longing and loss has been present in the music of ANOHNI and the Johnsons since they first broke through in the early 2000s. Rarely, however, has...