Men In Places—short stories

“Men In Places” is a compilation of four short stories written by Adam Curley. It’s about men. Men away from home, men between ages, men hanging on and men trying Continue reading →

The Uncertainty of Soul Mining

Essay on The The’s Soul Mining album published in The Lifted Brow, May 2013. Copies can be purchased from the site. “Perfect. Well, not quite perfect.” On the false rooftop Continue reading →

The Great Gatsby: chart-pop as tragic theatre

Published by Street Press Australia, 01 May 2013. With its tracklist spinning around the internet the past month, the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will be out next Continue reading →

Where The Ribbon Ends

Essay published in the first issue of Hello Mr magazine on the nature of gay-straight male friendship. Copies (digital and hard) can be purchased from the site.  “I’m watching a Continue reading →

Absolute Boys: Disrupting the Flow

Published by Street Press Australia, April 17 2013. There’s a point midway through Absolute Boys’ debut album, Heavy Flow (Bedroom Suck), in which the band’s individual parts sound as if Continue reading →

Kurt Vile: Being here, now

Published by Street Press Australia, April 9 2013. It’s said that happy songs are the hardest to write. Meaning can be drawn from misfortune and abuse, from bad relationships and Continue reading →

Simo Soo: A city of people, real and unreal

Published by Street Press Australia, April 3 2013. Sydney rapper-producer Simo Soo isn’t the first artist to appear on his latest album, People Are Animals, a name-your-price digital release available Continue reading →

Iggy Azalea: Post-authentic, underdog white rapper?

Published by Street Press Australia, March 27 2013. Did you ever play that game as a kid where you figured out your porn name? You took the name of your Continue reading →

Are You Comfortable?

THE QUESTION OF KIRIN J CALLINAN Published by Mess + Noise, 18 March 2013. From Mercy Arms and Jack Ladder sideman to divisive solo star, Kirin J Callinan was a Continue reading →

The Breakdown: Summer Flake shows up

Published by Street Press Australia, 6 March 2013. If there was any justice in the music world, next week’s South By Southwest would be the American breakthrough event for Adelaide’s Continue reading →