Editor’s Note
Bernie Dieter brings joyous energy to every room she enters, and it's exactly why she's on the cover of our May issue. The Australian-born, Berlin-forged queen of Weimar punk kabarett has taken over the Meat Market, so we sat down with her to talk about the show, the chaos and the craft behind it all.
Elsewhere, we chatted pizza shapes and shoeys with Maggie Lindemann before she brings her new album I Feel Everything to the Forum. Then over at Northcote Social Club, Katy Steele is stripping things right back. We spoke to The Little Birdy frontwoman about her new material, recorded largely in single takes across a single day. Plus, Mike Scott, The Waterboys' one constant since 1983, is returning to the Palais with a warning - a few lyrics may have been quietly improved since you last heard them.
Last but certainly not least, we have Melbourne's own Madigan's Wake, who are making a serious case for Celtic folk punk. Between the fiddle, the tin whistle and the brutally distorted guitar, it's music
