The Collapse Board Interview: Erica Dunn (Tropical Fu*k Storm / Mod Con)
Tropical Fuck Storm started life as something of an Australian supergroup, featuring Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin from The Drones, Lauren Hammel, from High Tension, and Erica Dunn, from the bands Mod Con, Harmony, and Palm Springs. Over the last seven years, the band has released three albums, four EPs, a hatful of singles, made […]
In Photos: Tropical Fuck Storm + Lying Down + Soot @ Crowbar, 16.03.2019
Tropical Fuck Storm play at Crowbar Brisbane, with support from Lying Down and Soot.
In Photos: Tropical Fuck Storm + Orlando Furious + Ascot Stabber @ The Foundry, 03.05.2018
Tropical Fuck Storm start their tour launching the A Laughing Death in Meatspace album with a show at The Foundry in Brisbane. Support from Orlando Furious and Ascot Stabber.
Song of the Day 169: Tropical Fuck Storm
One of the many things I spend far too much time thinking about (I really should write a list and see if there’s any consensus or if it’s just me) is the ‘side project’. It’s funny how musicians all have ‘projects’ now. What perplexes me as a non-musician type (well, I can bash out a […]
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 […]
In Photos: Gareth Liddiard + Orlando Furious @ The Brightside, 21.04.2017
The Drones’ Gareth Liddiard plays a solo show at the Brightside in Brisbane, with support from Orlando Furious.
“We’re the biggest band that no-one’s ever heard of basically” – an interview with Gareth Liddiard
Gareth Liddiard, frontman of The Drones, has spent nearly 20 years delivering some of Australia’s most distinct and uncompromising music in recent memory. Between embarking on an East-coast tour, producing the new Gold Class record and forming brand new group National Cocktail Favourites with fellow Drones member Fiona Kitschin, he’s showing no signs of letting […]
The 31 Most Read Articles We Published in 2016
1. RIP Bek Moore Putting together this list of times Bek’s bands were written about, it looks like she has to have been one of the most written about Brisbane musicians in the five and a half years that Collapse Board has been running. (Justin Edwards) 2. Why The Australian Music Press needs to get […]
Haiku from Japan
Earlier in the year I wrote a few haiku reviews that I didn’t get around to publishing, the story of my life given the collection of half written pieces and sketched out ideas that clog my hard drive. As I was recently in Japan on holiday, it seemed an apt time to think about posting them […]
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. […]
