A poetic truth, a love letter: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, reviewed

Ruby Porter on the first novel by acclaimed Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong.  I came across Ocean Vuong’s poetry collection Night Sky With Exit Wounds last year. I read it twice in one day. I was staying outside of New York, at the time, and taking the train in each morning. I remember being disappointed when … Read more

Magic Factory aren’t reinventing the wheel, they’re just rolling it down a new hill

Nine-piece Auckland band Magic Factory name-check ZZ Top and Creedence Clearwater Revival as cornerstones of their music. Ahead of their US tour, Hussein Moses sits down with Rory Treadaway and Scot Brown from the group to find out how they got hooked on such a throwback sound. It’s lunchtime on a cloudless Auckland day when … Read more