Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter @ Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, 09.04.2025

The last show I went to in 2024 was a reformed (of sorts) 1970s’ punk band with a different singer from another band replacing the original singer and it turns out that my first show of 2025 is also seeing a reformed 1970s’ punk band with a different singer from another band replacing the original […]
In Photos: Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter @ Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, 09.04.2025

Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter play a headline show at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on their 2025 Australia and New Zealand tour.
Song of the Day #788: Lambrini Girls

Lambrini Girls’ debut album, Who Let the Dogs Out is out now on City Slang Records. https://lambrinigirlsband.bandcamp.com/
In Photos: The Saints ’73-’78 + Chimers @ Princess Theatre, Brisbane, 24.11.2024

The Saints ’73-’78, featuring Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay from the Saints’ original line-up, plus Mark Arm, Mick Harvey and Peter Oxley, play the second of three sold out show at the Princess Theatre in Brisbane, with support from Chimers.
In Photos: The The @ Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, 23-11-2024

The The’s Ensouled World Tour comes to Brisbane, with the the first of two shows at the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane.
Song of the Day #787: Hinds

Good news: Hinds are back!!! Bad news: They’ve lost a couple of the band since we last saw them and are back to the core/original duo of Carlotta Cosials and Ana García Perrote Good news: They’ve got a new album out, Viva Hinds. Bad news: It came out in September but I didn’t know anything […]
The Collapse Board Interview: Ed Kuepper (2024)

It’ll probably never stop being weird that of all the places in the world I could have ended up, I’ve ended up on the other side of the planet living in Brisbane. Next year it’ll be twenty years and I’m not quite sure how that happened. But it’ll also never stop being weird that I […]
Iron Maiden @ BEC, Brisbane, 10.09.2024

And to think, it all started with an advert. Given everything that’s been said and written about music in advertising, whether it’s a good thing, whether it’s selling out, a 30 second advert was all it took. For my generation, a 30 second advert was our introduction to Iron Maiden. It’s been forever perplexing just […]
In Photos: Iron Maiden @ BEC, Brisbane, 10.09.2024

Iron Maiden play a sold out show on their ‘The Future Past World Tour 2024’ at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre.
In Photos: Belle and Sebastian + Badly Drawn Boy @ The Tivoli, Brisbane, 21.08.2024

Belle and Sebastian start their 2024 Australian tour at the Tivoli in Brisbane, with support from Badly Drawn Boy.