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Joel Lohman, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
Review: Rock Bang
Rock Bang
Reviews / Live
Press Club, Neighbourhood Youth, Porpoise Spit
"Press Club play with the purpose of a band that's going places."
Reviews / Live
Margo Price, Mick Thomas
"Say what you want about folks from the American South - they know how to show you a good time and leave you wanting more."
Features / Arts
Vox Motus' 'Flight' Is A Familiar Refugee Story That Defies Explanation
Vox Motus' 'Flight' is so much more than a three or four word summary. Ahead of its opening at the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Joel Lohman spoke to artistic director of the company, Candice Edmunds, and discovered that although "it might be about two boys travelling from Afghanistan to the UK" the story is a universal one.
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Reviews / Live
Destroyer, Jess Ribeiro
"Bejar’s voice and lyrics are quite unique. Hearing them presented in a more traditional singer-songwriter mode highlights just how unconventional the bones of his songs are."
Reviews / Arts
Review: Working With Children (MTC)
Review: Working With Children
Reviews / Arts
Review: Blasted (Malthouse Theatre)
Review: Blasted
Reviews / Live
The Ones We Love: Celebrating REM
"As a celebration of a band a bunch of people still really love, this tribute succeeded admirably."
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Reviews / Live
Harmony, Fungus Brains
"It sounds like Harmony and no one else."
Reviews / Arts
The Origin Of Love: The Songs And Stories Of Hedwig
"Three humdrum male names somehow add up to one exceptional drag queen."
Features / Music
'Nobody Has Six-Packs, Nobody Has White Teeth' In This Band
"Some people thought it was so smart and creative and crazy. Honestly, it's not. We just had no idea what we were doing."
Reviews / Arts
Sam Simmons: Radical Women of Latin American Art, 1960-1985
"A glorious mess of rants, props, narration, musical cues, dancing and a stream of incredibly specific impressions where the set-up is the joke."
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