Melbourne-based alternative rock outfit Reetoxa captures the dizzying heat of a serendipitous encounter on their highly energetic new single, "The Lisa Song." Frontman, composer, and lyric writer Jason McKee formally launched the project assembling a lineup featuring Kit Riley, Peter Marin, James Ryan, Jessica McPherson-Riley, and Terry Hart shortly after a life-altering night at the Forum Theatre. https://open.spotify.com/album/1ByKek4UnnfZ1CtcuqK7Da?si=afyDoW4eT1-m7rLxeZ391A During a Spiderbait concert, a radiant stranger stepped...

Before the curtain rises, there is already a contract in place. The room has paid for magic, the performer has learned how to make exhaustion look like sparkle, and every seat carries its own appetite. The front row is the most dangerous place in that exchange because it mistakes closeness for knowledge. It sees the shine on the costume, the mouth forming a smile, the...