The Goon Sax, live in Brighton (UK)
BRIGHTON KOMEDIA: I have never felt very comfortable with my body. This feels like home. It shouldn’t. The venue is dismal; crap sound and a few punters shuffling around. My shoulder hurts, or is the ache in the pit of my elbow? I stand by the front of the stage, to the left – remembering some […]
Gareth Liddiard @ The Brightside, Brisbane, 21.04.2017
As a central creative force behind The Drones, Gareth Liddiard has been a cult presence within Australian music for more than a decade. While his group seems to have solidified its claim on popular culture with a growing string of much lauded albums, they remain resolutely on the periphery. Yet all in all, Liddiard doesn’t […]
Why am I watching Guns N’ Roses in 2017?
You would have seen those Facebook posts last month when your friends posted up the 10 records that shaped them as teenagers. Most of your friends were lying to you and to themselves or at very posting a selective recall that avoided at least the first half of those teenage years. I have no doubt […]
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. […]
Holy Balm- Activity (Chapter Music)
Yeah. So some people dance the way my dad used to hose down the lawn at 4pm on a Sunday in January: with a total absence of worry, let alone uncertainty. Most of the time I spend in clubs is the opposite. Do I want to be here? Is it kicking in? Where is everybody? […]
TEEN – Love Yes (Carpark)
Transformation’s a tricky business. How do you move forward without sacrificing that essential charm or genius that propelled you to the limelight in the first place? Prog rock bands like Genesis and the Moody Blues traded in their mysticism for cultural cache, and crumpled into commoners with synths. Tame Impala followed their example, and traded […]
AC/DC @ QSAC, Brisbane, 12.11.2015: Is it OK to Like AC/DC?
Rock or Bust We be a guitar band We play across the land Shootin’ out tonight Gonna keep you up alright I’ll wager that almost every review you read of one of these Australian AC/DC shows will be written by a male reviewer. Chances are that they were also probably born in the 1970s and […]
My Own Pet Radio + Machine Age + Mid Ayr @ Black Bear Lodge, 14.11.2015
By Jennifer Dou Navigating Fortitude Valley on a Saturday night with sober eyes. Now that’s something new. The rain, my sludge-soaked Converses, trudging pantiless (for all the wrong reasons) through a sea of fake tans, tight dresses, and shoes that were painful to look at. Equally sobering was making my way to the venue. Black […]
An Antidote to Boredom 3
By Alice Rezende So much good music, so little time! While my mates have been allegedly busy catching up with their favourite podcasts on their commutes to work, I’ve been busy (“busy”) at home vacuuming, upgrading my laptop, feeding cats, and listening to crazy great tracks that have come out over the last couple of […]
Paths Diverge: Alpine, Kitchen’s Floor, Ouch My Face And Blank Realm
By Miss Tiarney Miekus Setting up Kitchen Floor’s Battle of Brisbane with Alpine’s Yuck would make for a lousy blind date. One is a party and one is a funeral, and I’m not convinced which is which. Yes, both are Australian releases (Alpine a few months ago, KF more recent), but they have little in […]
