Jamie Shepherd

Melbourne Based Entertainment Journalist

Futuremag Music • 9th January 2025

Creative Conversations 166: Frank Turner On Working With Australian Band, Slowly Slowly

Prior to his Australian tour and performing at Good Things Festival 2024, I sat down with Frank Turner to talk about his collaboration with Australia's Slowly Slowly.

Futuremag Music • 16th November 2024

Extended Play 089: Make Them Suffer | Self-Titled | Album Review

Four years after their last full-length album release, Perth metalcore prodigies Make Them Suffer have made their return - not only reviving their signature sound but pushing their creative boundaries to new heights.

3rd October 2024

Alpha Wolf Media Release

A mock-up media release promoting Australian metalcore band Alpha Wolf's recent album tour.

22nd October 2024

FURIOSA: A Mad Max Saga - Review

"You Fabulous Thing."
Director George Miller had set his bar for Mad Max quite high after the success of Mad Max: Fury Road, and yet, he managed to meet it with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, an exceptional odyssey into the Wastelands.

24th October 2024

Tyler’s Paranoia Comes to Surface in New Single

Tyler, The Creator has released the first (and potentially only) single for his upcoming albim Chromakopia - "Noid." The release of this song came along with a brilliant music video, featuring none other than Ayo Edebri, star of FX’s ‘The Bear’.

5th October 2024

The Street Poet

Melbourne, a city that harbours refuge for the creative population - a haven for creative expression and subcultural movements. The streets are alive with diverse stories begging to be told, and people who live to tell them.

Futuremag Music • 20th November 2024

Extended Play 094: Blue Vedder | FAREWELL. GOODBYE. | EP Review

Self-described as a dreamy alternative rock band, Melbourne’s Blue Vedder have just released their sophomore EP, titled FAREWELL. GOODBYE. These four tracks capture a feeling, a moment in time, and altogether create a surreal soundscape ideal for any kind of occasion.

12th November 2024

Album Review - Cartoon Darkness

‘Amyl’ – As in amyl nitrate, a party drug commonly referred to as ‘poppers’. Coming in a tiny bottle, you sniff the liquid inside and are sent into a euphoric state for a short moment. Melbourne punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers continue to live up to their name on their third album ‘Cartoon Darkness’, with each song creating a sensational high for the listener.

3rd October 2024

Growing Up Girl – Sorrows of Girlhood

To be a girl is to question everything. Why am I being treated like I am inhuman? Is it so wrong
that I don’t want to bear children? Have I done enough for myself? Am I writing myself into a
fictitious girlhood, and does that matter?

Futuremag Music • 26th January 2025

Creative Conversations 169: Meadowhip on Creating While Managing Chronic Illness

I sat down with Cara, aka Meadowhip, and spoke to her about the release of her latest EP - and how working with chronic illness can be managed.

5th October 2024

The Relevancy of Banksy

The city of Melbourne is renowned as a canvas for ever-evolving street art. Recently, the city has embraced its artistic spirit by hosting "The Art of Banksy: Without Limits" – an exhibition featuring over 180 of the world-famous artist’s provocative works, a remarkable display of the crude world we live in.

Futuremag Music • 26th November 2024

Extended Play 096: Chase Atlantic | LOST IN HEAVEN | Album Review

LOST IN HEAVEN is Chase Atlantic’s fourth studio release, an album that excitedly pushes the boundaries of their usual catchy melodies and instead lingers in a world in which pleasure and pain coexist. With atmospheric production, themes of dangerous love and emotional turbulence come forth and invite the audience to ponder on the darker side of living.

5th October 2024

A Love Letter to Nursing

A hospital is never a pleasant place to be. When you picture it, you imagine the image of stark white walls, the vexatious scent of antiseptic mingling with coffee, and the sound of urgent footsteps echoing through tiled hallways. Australia’s healthcare workers spend entire days and sleepless nights in this setting, whilst dealing with confronting medical cases that prey on their minds long after the job is done.

3rd October 2024

The Pulse of the Maggots

Melbournian metalheads of all generations immersed themselves in the electrifying realm of Knotfest for the second consecutive year, celebrating the diverse talent of the metal genre with an unwavering passion.

3rd October 2024

The Chatter About Chatterbox Café

Melbournians have a taste for coffee. The city has become a breeding ground for cafes, with plenty of
people lining up at these establishments eager for their first, second, or third cup of liquid gold. Only a
short half an hour trip west of Melbourne’s CBD will land you in Werribee – a suburb not particularly
known for its coffee culture, but home to a locally renown café.