• 2025 in review (my fav albums of last year)

    Yellow wildflowers against a blue sky in Kakadu National Park

    Happy 2026, my dudes! I know this list is pretty late. But I really wanted to share some of my favourite albums from last year. Some you may already be familiar with, others may be new to you. Either way, I hope you discover (or rediscover) something that

    Published On: 07/01/20261006 words5 min readBy

  • making stuff on your own can be hard

    IKSRE on stage with Rhys Newling at Peninsula Hot Springs, behind a movie screen

    we need other people 🫶🏼 Making music on your own can be pretty lonely. Most of the time, I dig it. But sometimes I miss my old days of having bandmates to bounce ideas off. To inspire each other. That’s maybe why last Friday night’s gig at Peninsula

    Published On: 29/12/2025549 words2.8 min readBy

  • ‘lake cave (last winter’s rain)’ newspaper feature

    Hey ma, I made it into the Augusta Margaret River Times. (listen to the song on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music Soundcloud - or anywhere else you stream your tunes) xx P  

    Published On: 11/12/202532 words0.2 min readBy

  • surprise! Album ‘B’ is coming!

    IKSRE Expansion (b) North album cover.

    I mean. You release an album called “expansions a” and ya gotta expect that there’s gonna be a part b coming too, right? Correct. The second half of my audio journey around remote, outback Australia is on Bandcamp Preorder, with three songs available now. expansion b (north) is full of my

    Published On: 20/11/2025266 words1.3 min readBy

  • bordertown

    Windmills in a field.

    nostalgia bordertown (nostalgia) is now streaming in all those places you stream stuff. So I thought I’d give some background on the song and where I wrote it. Bordertown is a little town on the border of my home state, Victoria and neighbouring, South Australia. It’s a very

    Published On: 07/11/2025265 words1.3 min readBy

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