Matt Teffer
Matt Teffer is a journalist and production editor with The Australian Financial Review, and reviews live music for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Movie maestro Hans Zimmer turns up the volume on Hollywood glamour
Since the ’80s, the 62-year-old has composed music for more than 150 movies, placing him beside legends the likes of John Williams and Ennio Morricone.
- by Matt Teffer
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Plenty of pleasure at return of Ride
The masters of '90s shoegaze rock are still pounding the distortion pedals.
- by Matt Teffer
Mike Skinner returns to The Streets of Sydney
After early success in Australia, The Streets' Mike Skinner is back with all the best lines.
- by Matt Teffer
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Review
Something from Paul strikes a chord with adoring crowd
With just an acoustic guitar for protection, frontman and songwriter for Something for Kate Paul Dempsey is road-testing new songs for the alternative rock act’s yet-to-be-recorded new album.
- by Matt Teffer
Spunk Records 20th Anniversary review: Tunes to move music lovers
Spunk Records founder Aaron Curnow has a knack for picking artists that always manage to move music lovers.
- by Matt Teffer
Ice cold killer: a Golden Age of TV villain isn't quite what he seems to be
Jonathan Banks so impressed Breaking Bad's writers, his antihero fixer Mike Ehrmantraut became the co-star of the sequel Better Call Saul.
- by Matt Teffer
Download Festival review: Hard rock heroes show their mettle
While Download has been been running in the UK since 2003 its Sydney debut was always going to be a massive day.
- by Matt Teffer
Believe the hype: Eminem cements his rap god status
Eminem packs a career full of hits into a strong hour-and-a-half masterclass.
- by Matt Teffer
Roger Hodgson review: One for the daggy dreamers
As Supertramp's chief songwriter, Roger Hodgson was responsible for a slew of hits in the '70s and '80s that still grace classic rock radio to this day
- by Matt Teffer
Wu-Tang Clan review: A night for the true clan fans
Twenty-five years ago, when Wu-Tang Clan released their breakthrough debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the hip-hop group made it clear in the fifth track that they were out to forge their own path in the music industry.
- by Matt Teffer
The Church review: Congregation thrills to sound of timeless album
Thirty years after the release of their classic album Starfish, the Church prove they're no mere "legacy" act.
- by Matt Teffer
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