The Collapse Board Interview: The Goon Sax
Ages ago I talked to Goon Sax about their excellent second album, We’re Not Talking. It was all ready to publish but being the week of the album’s release there was a glut of interview so I decided to hold off until their official launch shows a few weeks later. Then I was working interstate […]
Neko Case @ Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, 13.03.2019
Photo courtesy of @eliseormston It’s been a busy week for live music all over Australia. There were so many tantalising acts, both local and international, I had to rationalise and choose how many gigs I could attend (unfair). By the time tickets went on sale for Neko Case at the Melbourne Recital Centre, I almost […]
The Collapse Board Interview: Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman)
SPOILER ALERT!!! At the very end of Descent into the Maelstrom, the 2017 Radio Birdman documentary that’s just been released on DVD, keyboard player Pip Hoyle is asked about the band’s legacy. “I don’t think there’s an Australian sound to Radio Birdman,” he states, “I think there’s a Radio Birdman sound to Australia. As arrogant […]
Our Annotated Commentary to the Worst Piece of Journalism 2018
Between rock and a safe space [To suggest that rock is diametrically opposed to safe spaces is abhorrent. Already the author is twisting music to their own political agenda, which, as you will see, is some kind of white heterormative male hegemony of rock.] Tormented by allegations of white supremacy, misogyny and transphobia, the band […]
Does the Australian Music Industry Turn a Blind Eye to Dune Rats?
I won’t deny that the first time I saw Dune Rats, I thought they were the best new Brisbane band I’d seen in ages. Based on what I’d seen at this show in April 2011, when the band were one of the four supporting bands at Stature:Statues’s debut album launch show and also last ever […]
Zola Jesus + Miss Blanks @ QAGOMA,24.06.2018
Can only be honest here, I’m late. Just in time to catch the closing roar of Zola Jesus reverberating off of gallery walls, nothing more. But those few and final tortured howls? Powerful stuff. I have to admit being a little late arriving when it comes to catching Miss Blanks live. That’s not to claim […]
Alex Cameron + Body Type + Laurence Pike @ The Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne, 03.05.2018
Alex Cameron makes every show feel like a homecoming. He’s a warm presence on stage. He speaks calmly and fondly about his connections to Melbourne, and dedicates more than a few “…and on the saxophone…!” asides to his friend-cum-‘business-partner’ Roy Molloy. Anyone familiar with Cameron’s work knows it toes the line of satire to the […]
Car Seat Headrest + Morning Harvey @ Triffid, 01.03.2018
Car Seat Headrest have quickly risen in popularity since their 2016 album Teens of Denial. Starting as a lo-fi solo project of frontman Will Toledo back in 2010, they have since been prolifically putting out records of hook-filled indie-rock, with the most recent release being February’s Twin Fantasy, a re-recording of their 2011 album of […]
Phoenix @ The Forum, Melbourne, 26.02.2018
Jeez louise – Phoenix have been around for a while. Having released their debut record United back in 2000, they’re coming up on 20 years as a commercial band – reading into it a little more they smashed that barrier last year since they technically formed in ‘97. A lot of people my age would […]
In Words: Laneway Festival @ Brisbane Showgrounds, 10.02.2018
A laneway it ain’t. After a few years of hide and seek around the sun-striped pavilions of the Brisbane Showgrounds, the Laneway Festival has finally pitched its tent in the Main Arena, the wide open space used for livestock parades, sheepdog trials and the hallowed Livid Festival. Punters at the twin headline stages trample the […]
