
Category Archives: Music
The Top 20 musicians we lost in 2016 that I will miss the most* by Polly Coufos

We begin the annual australianrules.com.au best-of series in a melancholy mood with a reminder of what we lost in the world of music…
Awesomed by S-K by Song List Rat

Many years ago I made a personal pact never to see a band or artist on a comeback tour. Continue reading
The rat’s been on a date

Last night I had the hottest date in town. Natalie Prass was playing at the PIAF chevron gardens. Continue reading
There’s a rat in the lane

the laneway festival in perth/fremantle is fast getting a reputation as the too dam hot festival. Continue reading
THE FLICKS OF ‘15 by Dean Schulze

I’ll list the films I liked (like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, above) later but I just want to mention right at the start – I really disliked Birdman. I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for some time and now is my chance.
2015 musically by Les Everett
THE year began in the country and ended with the purchase of a new sound system that has one of those streaming things to take me into a whole new world – and a turntable that has already taken me back to a much-loved old one.
Here are some highlights…

Top songs 2015 by Rick Kane
My Top, Fave … the 12 songs I got into the most of the songs I heard in 2015

This should be a Top 10 but it’s a Top 12 and before we get into that there’s also 5 songs that just missed selection. Call it the bench. So here we go, in a particular order from 17 to 1! Continue reading
Top 10 (in sort-of chronological order) by Andrew Fithall
2015 the 10 by Sean Gorman
The Straight Dope: Chip Le Grand.
The Essendon supplements scandal had (has) it all. Mystery, intrigue, big money and elite sport. Continue reading
