Added on October 7, 2011
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all-female , Babes In Toyland , Bikini KIll , Brisbane , grunge , Hole , live review , The Boys , The Gits , Zoo
I’d prefer less Courtney Love between-song diatribes, more Mia Zapata rock and fucking roll
Added on May 17, 2011
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Blowhard , Brisbane , Brisbane punk , budge page , celebrity stalkers , Dead Kennedys , Iggy Pop , photo opportunity , punk , punk rock , The Saints , Tom Fiend
A lyricist with a a razor-sharp tongue held firmly in cheek and a consummate vocalist supported by a fantastically talented band that play the best of raw, distorted, politically-driven punk rock music.
Added on April 7, 2011
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AC4 , Brisbane , Dead Kennedys , DOA , Jello Biafra , Melvins , Star Fucking Hipsters , Tom Fiend
I hope you fucking choke on the immensity of the hyperbole I’m about to direct at you.
Added on November 24, 2010
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celtic punk , Chris Cheney , Dropkick Murphys , Flogging Molly , Midnight Oil , The Go Set
With the musical climate drowned in apathetic, minimalist, synth-laden wank I can’t say how welcome a change this band is
Added on November 17, 2010
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Brisbane , D Rouser , D Rouser and the Dastardly Duo , Jon Experiment , The Jubilee Hotel , The Vampers , Tom Fiend , Whiskey And Speed
Because I am nothing if not brash, I jumped in headfirst from a logical angle. I knew I wanted a gig that could be a bit rowdy, it needed to be as cheap as possible an accessible to anyone and everyone.
Added on October 17, 2010
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DJ culture , DJs , Dropkick Murphys , punk rock , Trollfest , Vinyl Bar
DJs, the glorified button monkeys of the local music scene. Everyone hates them, but would still love to be one, labouring under the illusion that they would do a way better job than that misinformed hack. Let’s break it down. You go out to a club evening (rather than a gig) to imbibe alcohol, and […]
Added on October 6, 2010
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celt , Dropkick Murphys , folk , GBH , guttermouth , hipster , lambda , Lambda Lambda Lambda , misfits , new noise , New Noise Agency , punk , The Rumjacks , The Vinyl Bar
A few days ago I went to Lambda Lambda Lambda. I’ve always been a little hesitent about going, due to it apparently being flooded with the most apathetic kids Brisbane has to offer. This night I thought may be different, as I was surprised to see that they had booked a much beloved band of […]
Added on September 20, 2010
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Ben Nichols , Big Fry , debut single , Emilie Autumn , Kate Miller-Heidke , Sweet Fawn
A very talented photographer friend has made his debut into the world of music videos, and quite tremendously so, if you ask me. It may also turn out that I’m a little smitten with the band in subject too. It’s relevant, I suppose, that string instruments would feature so heavily in this, my first real […]
Added on September 15, 2010
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Alice Cooper , All Ages , bowling , dead inside the chrysalis , f1 elevens , glam , Marilyn Manson , punk , synth , the alley bar , The Wrath
It’s nostalgia time, ladies and gentlemen. In the name of mixing it up, I’m going to pay tribute to one of my favourite bands to ever come out of Australia. Dead Inside The Chrysalis. Picture a 17-year-old Thomas, bright-eyed, Mohawk-less and for some reason thinking wallet chains were the shit, wandering into the Alley Bar […]
Added on September 10, 2010
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Captain Reckless and the Lost Souls , Mad Sin , Manic Pistoleros , psychobilly , Zombie Ghost Train
Psychobilly is a rarity in the rock landscape, in that it is yet to be entirely raped, pillaged and plundered of new ideas. In essence, it’s yet to reach its logical conclusion. That’s not to say it would finish per se, so much as stop being psychobilly, and start being something else entirely. I could […]
