When numbers get higher and higher, they become more and more meaningless and incomprehensible. The numbers lose value, and the shock element that might have been present at the start begins to fade away. The difference between 2 million and 1 million seems oddly small. Or maybe that’s just me? It’s hard for my brain…
Last week we began our countdown of my Top 50 Albums of 2020. This week, we continue the countdown and find out what my favourite album of the year was! I won’t take anymore of your time, so I hope you enjoy this week’s music roundup and be sure to let me know your thoughts…
It was never going to be a peaceful voyage into the sunset for Trump’s Presidential term. The fireworks have started (if they ever stopped) and with less than a week until Biden’s inauguration, the chaos is set to continue. Yesterday, the US House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump after finding him responsible for inciting the…
Are you really a cool teenager if you don’t vape? Are you really part of the popular group if you don’t inhale vapour and blow the smoke out into the air? ‘Vaping’ has become a worldwide trend, however; with limited information available regarding the practice, how should we approach this behaviour? A crime, a strong…
Welcome the new year of music! To conclude our re-cap of 2020, over the next two weeks I will be providing my Top 50 Albums of 2020. I hope you enjoy my list and be sure to let me know your thoughts in the comments below! 10 Songs on Repeat: 1. Ominous 80s by Black…
15 seconds. Short sentences. Images and diagrams. That’s all that our brains can consume in one sitting. The days of long articles and YouTube videos over 10 minutes are coming to an end, overtaken by memes and 10 second Tik Tok’s. This has forced content creators and writers, like me, to deeply look into what…
There will be only one word that comes to mind when people reflect on 2020 in the future. COVID-19. It started being reported in January, and in December the virus was still spreading as rapidly as ever, with no sign of it slowing down in 2021 with vaccines only starting to be produced. Although 2020…
Welcome to 2021! There is so much exciting music to discover and explore in 2021, but to conclude 2020 I look back at my top 10 songs of 2020 and some other reviews I couldn't resist! 10 Songs on Repeat: 1. Peppers and Onions by Tierra Whack (2020)- With the back-to-back bangers Whack has released,…
Welcome back to the Sports Roundup for 2021! It is set to be another big year in sport so let's get straight into it with my Top 5 Sporting Moments of the Week followed by my analysis on the dramatic decline of the Big Bash League! Top 5 Sporting Moments of the Week: 5. COVID-19…
10 Songs on Repeat: 1. Floating by Julee Cruise (1989)- Found on the singer's 1989 masterpiece, floating (like most songs on the album) is closely linked to the Twin Peaks TV show. And much like the show, Floating is an enchanting, mysterious and strangely unsettling piece of music. 2. Hurt by Arlo Parks (2020)- A song that puts depression front and…
The sporting calendar began with a bang in 2020 as Conor McGregor returned to the UFC, Australian cricket was on a high after a dominant summer, and the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. However, in March and April, the sporting world shut down. All that remained were some soccer matches in Hungary and…
Hey!! Tomorrow night (the 15th) from 8-9pm AEST I will be hosting an instagram live event on the @the_levine_lowdown Instagram account! I will be joined by lots of special guests sharing their experience of 2020 😁 Hope to see you all there, and below are some more details and the guests!!! Hope to see you…
It’s been an odd year, to say the least, especially for leaders and members of opposition political parties who have been forced to remain quiet and cooperative to combat the pandemic. For Anthony Albanese, the leader of Australia’s Labor Party, I was willing to excuse his inactiveness for most of this year, but now is…
It’s becoming inescapable. Any person with an online presence is putting themselves at risk of ‘being cancelled’. For some, it is a wave that will pass over them, but for others, it can end their careers. Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is rejected and removed from certain social or…
10 Tracks on Repeat: 1. Photo ID by Remi Wolf (2020)- This quirky, cheeky and adventurous alternative RnB song is a true hidden gem of 2020, with the up-and-coming Remi Wolf putting out one of the most effective earworms of the year. 2. Everlasting Light by The Black Keys (2010)- The opener to the garage/blues-rock…
