In Photos: RVG + Soot + Sorry Golden State @ Black Bear Lodge, 29.11.2019
RVG play a headline show at Black Bear Lodge in Brisbane, with support from Soot and Sorry Golden State.
Real Estate + RVG + Parsnip @ Croxton Bandroom, 20.06.2017
In the words of Aubrey Graham, “I’ll admit it, I’ll admit it”; I’ve not listened to a Real Estate album fully since their 2011 album Days, which, if I remember correctly, sat sandwiched between other similarly inoffensive indie rock albums in my iTunes library. Every few years the band would crop up again, another album, […]
Song of the Day #783: Sarah Mary Chadwick
Photo: Sian Stacey The big music “news” in Australia in the last couple days has been the announcement of Taylor Swift’s Australian tour dates and that she’s only playing dates in Sydney and Melbourne. I guess if you’re a Taylor Swift fan not living in Sydney or Melbourne, that’s pretty annoying but anyone not living […]
The Collapse Board Interview – Amyl and the Sniffers
Since forming and releasing their first EP in 2016, it’s been a couple of meteoric couple years for Amyl and The Sniffers. From BIGSOUND to winning the Levi’s Music Prize to signing with legendary British label Rough Trade. From Melbourne to Europe and recording in Sheffield with Arctic Monkey and M.I.A producer Ross Orton and […]
Q&A with Cable Ties
Photo: Teds Records Cable Ties hold a special place as one of Melbourne’s most beloved bands, one in strong pedigree of fearless rock acts that are seemingly constantly shattering the boundaries of what you think they may achieve. In February, they’ll join artists like The War on Drugs, Aldous Harding, and Anderson Paak, in touring Australia’s […]
CB does BIGSOUND 2017: Day 1
It’s that time of year again when men with beards and trousers six inches too short stand around at alcohol-sponsored events drinking copious amounts of alcohol and chatting while watching men with beards and trousers that are six inches too short play on stage before complaining about the size of their hangovers the next morning […]
In Photos: BIGSOUND 2017 – Day 3 – Part 2
Part 2 of photos from the third day of BIGSOUND 2017, featuring Isabel, RVG, Stella Donnelly and WHALEHOUSE.
In Photos: BIGSOUND 2017 – Day 1 – Part 2
Part 2 of photos from the first day of BIGSOUND 2017 in Brisbane, featuring October, Party Dozen, RVG, Sloan Peterson, Sløtface, Two Steps On The Water and WHALEHOUSE.
Who was it that said pop and politics shouldn’t mix? | 20 incredible Nina Simone songs
As voted for by my ‘friends’ on Facebook… This isn’t my personal list. You can tell that. The top entry is one of the very few occasions where I prefer another version to Nina’s. Who was it that said pop and politics shouldn’t mix? A white man, no doubt. 1. Strange Fruit “Slavery has never been […]
