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Bryget Chrisfield, Journalist

Bryget Chrisfield

A lifelong love of music and writing consolidated when Bryget Chrisfield started penning live reviews for Inpress (now TheMusic) while studying Professional Writing & Editing at RMIT. After graduating, Bryget was initially employed as full-time staff writer before being promoted to Victorian editor of this national street press publication - now website - where she remained for over ten years. She is currently a freelance journalist - her byline appearing in publications including STACK, The Big Issue, The Music and Beat - and it is through interviewing musical geniuses that Bryget finds true happiness.

Features / Music
Hatchie On Working With Robin Guthrie, Meeting Kylie & Playing Primavera
Hatchie, aka Harriette Pilbeam, talks Bryget Chrisfield through a series of pinch-yourself moments – being remixed by Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie, meeting and supporting Kylie Minogue, and playing Barcelona's Primavera Sound – that have punctuated her unstoppable career trajectory.
Features / Music
Things Were So Bad For Two Door Cinema Club, They Thought One Of Them Would Die
From wagging school and travelling to Scotland to see The Mars Volta, to surviving a hiatus brought on by succumbing to "the rock'n'roll cliches", Two Door Cinema Club do life together, Alex Trimble tells Bryget Chrisfield.
Features / Music
If You Thought Alex Lahey Was "Relatable" Before, Wait Until You Join 'The Best Of Luck Club'
As a songwriter, Alex Lahey says she's often complimented for being "so open and honest and relatable". She sits down with Bryget Chrisfield to discuss seeing a psychologist for the first time in her life, self-care and writing a song about masturbation.
Features / Music
The Chemical Brothers Are Obsessed With Finding New Sounds
Tom Rowlands is "obsessed with sound". Bryget Chrisfield also confirms The Chemical Brothers still draw inspiration from the revelatory experience they had upon first hearing loud acid house music while dressed to sweat in their raving heyday.
Features / Music
There's Just One Thing That Aldous Harding Doesn't Question
Although she admits to wondering whether the life of a musician is suitable for "sensitive, vulnerable minds" such as her own, Aldous Harding tells Bryget Chrisfield that she always trusts her instincts when it comes to music.
Features / Music
Julia Stone's Folk Pop Roots Are Actually Cemented In Orchestral Music
Julia Stone tells Bryget Chrisfield that, although music didn't make sense to her straight away, harmonising with her brother Angus is "one of the greatest privileges of [her] life".
Features / Music
Pranked By Townshend & Slapped By Jagger: Vintage Trouble's Ty Taylor Has Stories
Vintage Trouble lead singer Ty Taylor recounts singing "a cappella spirituals" in the hallway with AC/DC's Brian Johnson, getting pranked by Pete Townshend and being slapped on the arse by Mick Jagger to Bryget Chrisfield.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Basement Jaxx Vs The Metropolitan Orchestra
"Audience members look pleased with themselves as they recognise individual songs."
Features / Music
Paul Janeway's Late Southern Grandpa Tried To Bring A Gun Into A Broken Bones' Show
Paul Janeway talks Bryget Chrisfield through negotiating the loss of his grandpa, whose voice features on the latest album by his band St Paul & The Broken Bones.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: John Corabi, Electric Mary, Sisters Doll, Ablaze
"Riffs as dense as a compression session in a Volkswagen Beetle."
News / Music
Knocking Back Gaga & Dancing With Morello: We Look Back At Cherry Bar's Time In AC/DC Lane
Staring down the barrel of Cherry Bar's final weekend in its current location, Bryget Chrisfield takes a trip down Memory (AC/DC) Lane.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Bryan Adams
"Adams is the real deal."
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