Jules Maxwell, courtesy Tony Wadham. Cathedrals serve a special purpose in culture to lift people from the mindless drudgery of their everyday lives and connect them to something bigger. Mosh pits serve the same purpose, but the calm of the cathedral delivers this transcendence without bruised ribs or losing…

Certain musical experiences can mimic religious ones. Sometimes, when we curl up somewhere soft and listen to beautiful music, life itself can begin to seem magical. Something about the way the sounds bloom between our ears and our minds lifts us out of the ordinary and into a transcendent…

Before Motorhead’s Lemmy ascended to the throne as the god of Rock and Roll, the job belonged to Dionysus. The Greek deity of fertility, winemaking and religious ecstasy is also the title of the first album in six years from Melbourne neoclassical duo Dead Can Dance. Dionysus is a two-act concept…