In Photos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Riverstage, 25.01.2017
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds return to Brisbane for a show at The Riverstage.
Celebrating David Bowie @ O2 Academy Brixton, 08.01.2017
Conveniently being in London for a few days at the right time and fortuitously seeing on Twitter early in the morning that a few last minute tickets for that night’s Celebrating David Bowie show at Brixton Academy had been released, the decision to buy tickets was a harder decision than it should have been. What […]
Collapse Board’s Belated Worst of 2016
In the run-up to the end of 2016, there we all were in the Collapse Board contributor’s forum discussing the worst music of the year. Consensus was being reached reasonably easily as the same names kept cropping up, when we suddenly found that we’d been beaten to the punch by triple j of all people, […]
Haiku from Japan
Earlier in the year I wrote a few haiku reviews that I didn’t get around to publishing, the story of my life given the collection of half written pieces and sketched out ideas that clog my hard drive. As I was recently in Japan on holiday, it seemed an apt time to think about posting them […]
2016: A Wonderful Soundtrack to the Worst.Year.Ever
2015 was a disappointing year of so many follow-up albums and anticipated new releases that just didn’t live up to expectations. 2016 may have been a terrible year in many respects, but for new music, it was a winner. Here’s a selection (in no particular order) of some of my favourite albums from the year. […]
Why the Australian Music Press needs to get in the bin
The collective Australian music press needs to be congratulated this week for hitting new lows that you just wouldn’t have thought possible. Triple j, as with most of the other Australian music press, deserves to be congratulated for naming the victim of abuse and threatening behaviour from the lead singer of unfathomably popular Sydney white […]
In Photos: Jack River + Brightness + Indigo Sparke @ The Foundry, 01.12.2016
Jack River brings her Highways Songs No.2 tour to Brisbane’s The Foundry, with support from Brightness and Indigo Sparke.
Does the Australian Music Industry Turn a Blind Eye – Part 1
Sticky Fingers are big-name festival announcements Sticky Fingers are triple j’s Feature Album Sticky Fingers are programming Rage Sticky Fingers are getting interviewed by Rolling Stone Sticky Fingers are getting rave reviews for their album Sticky Fingers’ bad boy reputation is continually celebrated Except in proving them with the oxygen of publicity, the Australian music […]
In Photos: The Goon Sax + Cannon @ The Foundry, 15.10.2016
The Goon Sax return to Brisbane following their European tour and play at The Foundry, with support from Cannon.
In Photos: Black Mountain + Dreamtime @ Woolly Mammoth, 07.10.2016
Black Mountain return to Brisbane for a show at Woolly Mammoth, with support from Dreamtime.
