CLAIRE’S LOCKDOWN TIPS 2021

Here are my tips for where to find out about the best music, sound and culture during lockdown 2021

Online concerts/platforms

Sydney Opera House – currently relaunching 2020 digital content including our Mesmerism relaunching Tuesday 3rd August
The Surge – EO’s new videos & showreels of that recent tour

National Sawdust – a plethora of panels, concerts and articles reflecting the diversity of the NY music scene today

Melbourne Recital Centre – pre recorded concerts including a recent Rubiks Collective concert which I can recommend

SOUNZ (NZ Music Information Centre) – lots of recorded concerts and videos

Melbourne Digital Concert Hall – the people doing the live streaming thing in Australia
Offspring for All - Ensemble Offspring’s new streaming platform which we are about to launch – more on this very soon!

Podcasts/Radio Streams

EO’s weekly Insta Live Q&A Thursdays at 8pm

2020 Ngarra-Burria stream ABC Classics – featuring the latest 2020 batch of amazing First Nations composers

Soundmaking Podcast - hosted by EO founder Matthew Shlomowitz and Hakon Stene

ABC Unravel: Juanita – digging around the underground life of Kings Cross in the 70’s

Chamber of Musical Curiosities (MVA podcast) – including an episode with me 

The Arts Hubbub Podcast – loads of interesting Aussie arts related topics

Grounded with Louis Theroux – Louis interviews really interesting folks

Wind of Change Podcast – a guy obsessively tries to find out whether the Scorpian’s famous song Wind of Change was written by the CIA.

AMAZING TV/MOVIES

Babyteeth (movie with music by Amanda Brown – you need to rent it on google play)

Wakefield (ABC series with music by Maria Alfonsine)