In this Isolated Nation of ours, it’s easy to feel like we’re alone in this little enclave we call home. Especially when it comes to our individual pop culture tastes. I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say we often find ourselves in spiritual ponderings such as:
"Is there someone out there who watches the same British tv show about a time-travelling nameless doctor as I do?"
"Am I the only one who isn’t a fan of a particular tasteless Canadian rock band with a name that rhymes with shnickleshback?"
"Am I alone in liking the treacherous, human garbage of a character that is Olly from the HBO hit fantasy series Game of Thrones? (yes, yes you are. What is wrong with you? Please consider professional help)."
Well, ponder no more, my friends. Isolated Nation is at your service. Every once in a while, we will release our ambiguously domesticated pet, Pop Vulture, and set it free to roam around Perth/Australia to claim its next victim - by interviewing them about their pop culture tastes.
We had a quick chat with Thea Woodward from The Tommyhawks in another edition of our Pop Vulture series, ahead of the release of their upcoming album and tour.
Melbourne comedy duo Barney Pollock and Matt Young take you aboard an otherworldly train ride to Paradise, a colourful absurdist romp through the realm of desire and validation. We chat with them ahead of their upcoming show at Fringe World, showing from 12th - 16th of February 2019.
POW! Negro are one of the most exciting young bands on the Perth scene right now. Their eagerly anticipated debut EP Jasmine & Licorice will be dropped on July 28, and the boys are heading on a short tour to launch it, with dates in Bunbury, Dunsborough and Perth. We were very lucky to talk to frontman/MC Nelson Mondlane and bassist Toby Batchelor ahead of the release, in another segment of our Pop Vulture series.
We caught up with David Stewart of the young folk-rock Perth band Belgrade in the latest edition of our Pop Vulture series.
The Exes share a deep passion for vocal harmonies and heartbreakingly good songwriting. This killer combination has crystallised itself on their new album When We Fall. We caught up with the Exes ahead of their two gigs at Babushka and Fly By Night this weekend.
With the advent of 2017, the the boys of Winston Surfshirt have taken to reinventing the game, by delivering an unorthodox but smooth blend of soul and hip-hop.
Lucky for us, we got to chat to 1/6 of the band ahead of their June tour!
Jazz is a pretty large umbrella term and I suppose the instrumentation and the fact that we improvise pushes us towards that realm. We think of our music more as improvisation based beat music.
We caught up with Methyl Ethel frontman and band mastermind Jake Webb to discuss the exciting times ahead for the band and to investigate his pop culture tastes in the latest edition of our Pop Vulture series.
We talked to young WA producer Spire about cofounding the electronic music collective Soda Island and collaborating with other musicians, his favourite food spots in WA and who would play him in a biopic in our long awaited next edition of our Pop Vulture series.
Between tours, raising his family, and handling a very tight schedule as a meme King, life is good for Shannon Noll—but it's also weirder than ever. We interview Aussie legend Nollsie in this very special edition of Pop Vulture.
With good hair, good ideas and a passion for justice, Nick van Hattem is a lawyer and head of The Piddington Society. We interviewed him as part of our Pop Vulture series because lawyers are cool too.
Goon Daddy is the veritable Queen of Memes. She has single-handedly captured the essence of so many Perth subcultures which makes her perfect for our Pop Vulture series.
We caught up with Conor Barton of Mosquito Coast ahead of their headline tour to talk about his favourite Perth musicians, their upcoming EP/tour, and what show he is currently binge-watching in our second edition of Pop Vulture interviews.
In the very first issue of our Pop Vulture interview series, we speak to award-winning poet David McCooey about music, film, and of course, poetry.