Buzzcocks + HITS @ Triffid, 10.03.2016
By Tom McCall In the late 1970’s, Buzzcocks, starting with the Spiral Scratch EP, released a series of singles that is nearly unmatched in quality and timelessness in the punk rock canon. Since their reunion over 25 years ago, they have steadily amassed a huge amount of live performances along with the occasional new album. There […]
In Photos: A Day On The Green – Hoodoo Gurus, Violent Femmes, Sunnyboys, Died Pretty, Ratcat @ Sirromet Wines, Mt Cotton, 06.03.2016
A Day On The Green returns to Mt Cotton, with a line-up featuring Ratcat, Died Pretty, Sunnboys, Violent Femmes and headlined by Hoodoo Gurus.
Calexico @ Hamer Hall, Melbourne 2 March 2016 and Meeniyan Town Hall 4 March 2016
by Venita Munir Firm Melbourne favourites, Calexico, have toured Australia four times over the last twelve years and this year they bring a seven-piece outfit from Tucson, Arizona to promote their eighth album, 2015’s Edge of the Sun. Their first concert is at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall, with the crowd a dichotomy of die-hard fans and Arts […]
The Goon Sax – Up To Anything (Chapter Music)
By Nick Kennedy “I want people to think about me” admits Louis Forster on the opening track of The Goon Sax’s exquisitely understated debut album Up To Anything. It’s an encapsulation for a lot of innocently arrogant feelings bubbling away within the songs that make up the album’s run time, a statement about the inherently […]
In Photos: Sufjan Stevens @ QPAC, 04.04.2016
Sufjan Stevens makes a welcome return to Brisbane for a show at QPAC.
In Photos: Clutch + Cosmic Psychos @ Triffid, 03.03.2016
Clutch bring their Psychic Warfare tour to Brisbane’s Triffid, with support from Cosmic Psychos.
SOTD #720: Daddy Issues
Surely every Alternative rock band since Nirvana has wanted to capture Nirvana’s beautiful guitar sound. Daddy Issues have come along out of nowhere (Nashville, USA) and nailed it. It’s hard to find such satisfying catchy hooks. The bass hits the spot, the drums are cohesive and haunting with an echoing delay. The vocals pretty in […]
DMA’s – Hills End (I Oh You)
Sigh. Sometimes I do wonder. Here we are, 2016. A rallying cry for black power and girl power stole the show at the Super Bowl. Strong women front bands and speak their minds (case in point – our last album review, our last SOTD). An ace LP from Brood Ma echoes the dystopian reality of […]
Poliça – United Crushers (Mom and Pop)
By Megan Beard An article in The Guardian recently posited the question “where are all the protest songs?” with the inevitable lamentation of an apathetic generation of music makers following suit. Whenever this statement-in-a-question is posed (because, really, it’s a thinly disguised criticism of modern music), it is a puzzling thing to contemplate. Especially considering […]
“Rock n’ Roll Soldiers”: An interview with Carlotta Cosails of Hinds
It is Wednesday morning and I am in the same country as Hinds. From Oxford I am skyping with Carlotta, who is in a non-specific hotel in Birmingham. A small room with white walls. Carlotta looks tired, but happy nonetheless, ready for the next gig in Bristol. I tell Carlotta I’ve already missed two of […]
