Barry Divola

Writer

Barry Divola is a journalist and author who specialises in music, popular culture, the arts, podcasts and travel.

Vazesh – featuring saxophonist Jeremy Rose, tar player Hamed Sadeghi, and bassist Lloyd Swanton – cast a spell on Tapestry.

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

November 29, 2024
by Kerrie O'Brien, Katrina Strickland, Barry Divola, Francis Mocnik and Dani Valent

Tokyo’s public toilet project has spawned guided tours, Instagrammer invasions – and even a Wim Wenders film.

“This is Where the Magic Happens” reads the pink neon sign near The Moxy Lower East Side Hotel reception desk. Ain’t that the truth.

A brush with death at 16 left frontman Wayne Coyne looking on the bright side. At 63, he has no plans to tone things down.

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

November 22, 2024
by Konrad Marshall, Barry Divola, Sharon Bradley, Frances Mocnik and Nicole Abadee

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

November 1, 2024
by Greg Callaghan, Frances Mocnik, Barry Divola, Jonathan Seidler and Damien Woolnough

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

October 11, 2024
by Barry Divola, Katrina Strickland, David Swan, Frances Mocnik and Damien Woolnough

Last Days of the Space Age probably won’t be the last word on the biggest thing to hit Australia in 1979.

The Hard Quartet, featuring Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Dirty Three’s Jim White, are coming to Australia.