Beaches @ The Foundry, Brisbane, 28.10.2017
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Within a digital world celebrating the polarising extremities of the bright and obvious, something a little denser or opaque can cut across as a refreshing concept. An occasional shot of capital-A-for-Art artifice can be a welcome diversion. Author’s Note: I’m not sure why I’m analogising Beaches to progressive rock but here we are. Tracks like […]
A Passion Unstated but Deeply Felt: Beaches’ ‘Second of Spring’
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There are few Australian groups which can truly grasp the mind-manifesting ideas of the psychedelic sound and its underpinning ethos but Beaches are an act that consistently strikes the anvil on its head. A collection of members from well-known Melbournian acts with a few more extra hands thrown in, the five-piece have retained a lengthy […]
Song of the day – 640: Bushwalking
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Everett True invokes the carnal spirit of the Mary Poppins books in a somewhat cackhanded attempt to explain his fascination for the new Bushwalking album.
30 Songs That Suggest Music In 2013 Isn’t As Bad As You Think It Is
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The extra reading is well worth your time. I’m way more entertaining than I need to be, given the subject matter.
What I did tonight instead of going to see Beaches play live, part 3
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By the set’s end, I was down on my knees.
In Photos: Beaches + Per Purpose + Occults @ Black Bear Lodge, 14.06.13
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Beaches’ She Beats album launch tour comes to Brisbane, with support from Per Purpose and Occults.
What I did tonight instead of going to see Beaches play live
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If only I’d listened to this one properly before tonight, I might have risked a journey down the Valley.
Beaches – She Beats (Chapter Music)
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Beaches have chosen to exist as a small, heavily populated planet in a universe of infinite possibilities and sounds. And that is never a cause for celebration.
Song of the day – 442: Clag (something wonderful from the 90s)
With its impromptu gargling and glugging, ‘Goldfish’ is a classic of its kind.