Winter in Melbourne has a way of making everything feel urgent, which makes Now or Never the perfect cover for the month. At the heart of Now or Never this year is Chuleo Club, the femme-led LatinX collective seizing Melbourne Town Hall on 28 August – two years ago Lina Zabaleta was negotiating for a room, now she’s taking the whole building.
Elsewhere, Zelia Rose comes home in extra-long box braids for Dita Von Teese’s Nocturnelle at the Palais; Denim Owl concede that three EPs and a decade in, a debut album is allowed; and WISER asks whether a lack of curiosity is quietly killing club culture. Elsewhere, Selve return from Abbey Road with a record sung in Jabirr Jabirr language, The Pretty Littles’ Jack Parsons says exactly what he thinks, and Vera Blue reintroduces herself on her own terms.
On the shelf there’s new work from Jack White, Don Walker, Grace Cummings, Dobby and Body Type. It’s now or never. Go outside.
