SOTD #701 – Zoe Zac
Sometimes these songs should just introduce themselves. This one would say, “Hi, I’m a dreamer. Do you ever think about your own death?” Zoe Zac – Honeybee ep by metal postcard records The line “won’t you be my honeybee” might strike you as the punchline in an insect-themed Valentine’s day card – but not in […]
After the Dole Rush: Beef Jerk and Modern Australia
By Mitchell Judge Early last year a handful of Australia’s greatest music critics published individual thinkpieces on the most recent dominant genre of local independent music: dolewave. Beginning with Sean Prescott’s review of the School of Radiant Living album on Crawlspace, this collection marked the first time that dolewave had been legitimised as a movement. […]
Hannah Golightly’s First Headliner at the Trew Era Café – 17 September, 2015
As told by Helen McCookerybook Photo of Hannah Golightly by Hayley Taylor Graphic by Hannah Golightly I love gigs like this. The cafe was packed and the gig had already started when I got there at about 6.30. There was a duo singing, two guys, one on bass and one on guitar, singing mellow early […]
An Important Public Service Announcement.
Ahem. Today we at Collapse Board present the following public service announcement from Everett True: I have a few weeks spare, now that I have submitted the corrections for my PhD, and I would like to start up a new music & politics & general troublemaking website, with view to creating a print version. Based […]
In Photos: BIGSOUND 2015, Thursday 10 September 2015 – Part 2
Photos from the second night of BIGSOUND 2015, featuring Jonny Telafone, Major Leagues, Milwaukee Banks, Polish Club, Sugar Army, Totally Mild and WAAX.
In Photos: BIGSOUND 2015, Thursday 10 September 2015 – Part 1
Photos from the second night of BIGSOUND 2015, featuring Angie, Anne Vriend, Ayala, Darts, Good Boy, I Know Leopard, Immigrant Union and Sui Zhen.
In Photos: BIGSOUND 2015, Wednesday 9 September 2015 – Part 2
Photos from the first night of BIGSOUND 2015, featuring Woodes, Totally Mild, Polish Club, Pearls, Olympia, Methyl Ethel, Major Leagues and Le Pie.
In Photos: BIGSOUND 2015, Wednesday 9 September 2015 – Part 1
Photos from the first night of BIGSOUND 2015, featuring Aldous Harding, Big White, Deafcult, Donny Benet, Green Buzzard, Gold Class, Grrl Pal, Harts and High Tension.
In Photos: Blank Realm + Nite Fields + 100% @ The Foundry, 05.09.2015
Before heading off to tour Europe, Blank Realm play a farewell show in Brisbane, with support from Nite Fields and 100%.
Collapse Board: The 25th Most Influential Online Indie & Alternative Music Publication in the World
It was a completely unexpected but ever-so-slightly thrilling surprise to be scrolling through Style of Sound’s recent ‘Most Influential Online Indie & Alternative Music Publication in the World‘ publication a couple of weeks ago and see that Collapse Board was ranked at Number 25. Even more hilarious was being the highest ranked Australian-based site, which […]
