Clem Bastow is a writer, broadcaster and music critic based in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

Media work

Bastow is a senior contributor to Inpress

Inpress

Inpress is a free weekly tabloid-sized music magazine that is released in Melbourne, Geelong and Mornington Peninsula areas of Victoria, Australia...

, where she writes the weekly singles review column Singled Out.
A long time presenter on respected Melbourne community radio station 3RRR

3RRR

3RRR is a popular Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne. It is the largest per capita subscribed radio station in the world....

, currently Bastow anchors Transference, a weekly radio show. She has worked in television, including on the Channel 31 music critique panel show Dancing About Architecture. Ms Bastow is also a member of the RocKwiz

RocKwiz

RocKwiz is an Australian television quiz show series, focused on rock music, and broadcast on SBS One. It premiered in 2005.-Summary:The forty minute program airs on Saturday at 9:20 pm, and is hosted by Julia Zemiro. It is shot in The Gershwin Room at St Kilda's Esplanade Hotel, commonly...

 Brains Trust. Her written work has appeared in books including the 2009 anthology Your Mother Would Be Proud.
In 2009 Bastow was named as part of the judging panel of the Australian Music Prize

Australian Music Prize

The Australian Music Prize is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The award made by Australian Music Prize Ltd, a sole-purpose entity sponsored by a variety of music industry figures and...

. Along with Brenna Glazebrook she wrote and performed The Audition at the 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...

. It followed 2009's Club XX, which The Age

The Age

The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...

called "mocking, self-deprecating and funny".
In 2011, Bastow is a columnist for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, writing on issues of the day.

External links

• http://clembastow.wordpress.com/