Added on August 21, 2011
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Coldplay , Dew Process , Justin Edwards , Kanye West , Kate Moss , live review , Music Photography , photos , Pulp , SITG , SITG2011 , Splendour in the Grass , Splendour in the Grass review , the middle east , The Vaccines , Warpaint , Woodford , Woodfordia
I enjoyed this year’s Splendour, as I always do.
Added on August 10, 2011
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2011 , Brisbane , Dinosaur Jr , grunge , Justin Edwards , Keep On Dancin's , live review , Martyr Privates , Music Photography , photos , Tiny Migrants , Ty Seagall , Velociraptor , Woodland
It was OK. It was a bit grungey, a bit punk.
Added on July 26, 2011
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2011 , Brisbane Powerhouse , Justin Edwards , Kinky Friedman , Music Photography , Rave Magazine , Sony a700 , Van Dyke Parks , Visy Theatre
Is there anything that comes close to being a younger Van Dyke Parks working in popular music in the modern age?
Added on July 20, 2011
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Alex Maas , Brian Jonestown , Brisbane , Christian Bland , criticism , Hi-Fi , Justin Edwards , Kyle Hunt , live review , Music Photography , Nate Ryan , photography , photos , Sony a700 , Stephanie Bailey , The Black Angels , The Hi-Fi , The Laurels
The Black Angels take to the stage and we head into the incredibly narrow photo pit.
Added on June 3, 2011
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2011 , Aampirellas , analysis , Architecture in Helsinki , Bernard Fanning , Brisbane , british india , Butterfingers , Cut Copy , Darren Hanlon , Dew Process , feature album , Freemantle , Grinspoon , Gyroscope , Hilltop Hoods , Hungry Kids of Hungary , John Butler Trio , Justin Edwards , Kings Of Leon , Powderfinger , Regurgitator , Resin Dogs , Sarah Blasko , Spencer Tracey , The Beautiful Girls , The Butterfly Effect , the cat empire , The Grates , Triple J , Universal , Washington
Maybe Brisbane acts are less careerist than their southern counterparts, playing for fun rather than playing the game and trying to move towards world domination.
Added on May 10, 2011
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2011 , Australia , Bat For Lashes , Bluejuice , Cloud Control , Coldplay , Dew Process , Good Vibrations , Kanye West , Kele , Laneway , music festivals , Pulp , Regina Spektor , Secret Sounds , SITG2011 , Spiritualized , Splendour in the Grass , The Cure , The Living End , The Vines , Vivid , Warpaint , Wild Beasts , Woodfordia
The reason Splendour hasn’t sold out instantaneously, as it normally does, is that the line-up doesn’t justify the price.
Added on April 8, 2011
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3D World , Adalita , analysis , breakdown , Brisbane , Brisbane street press , contributors , Editors , female , Festival Ladies , Joanna Newsom , Justin Edwards , Kate Nash , male , music journalism , photographers , Rave , Scene , sexism , sexism etc , Sunn O)))) , The Festival Ladies , Time Off , writers
You just have to wonder how much of ‘popular’ music’s ongoing canon is being written by a very narrow range of music reviewers.
Added on April 5, 2011
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Amanda Palmer , Andrew McMillen , Brisbane , Carol King , Cheap Trick , Coldplay , copyright , First Three No Flash rule , Foo Fighters , KISS , live photography , Muse , Music Photography , Not A Photo Opportunity , Peter Hook , Queens Of The Stone Age , Rammstein , Stevie Wonder , Stone Temple Pilots , The Cult , The Hold Steady , The New Pornographers , The Vine , The Zoo , Tony Mott , Tool
Once there was no “three songs, no flash” rule, now it’s industry standard in all but the small, local shows. Once there were no releases. Once there were no copyright-grabbing contracts.
Added on March 18, 2011
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Australia , Bobby Drake , Brisbane , Bruce Springsteen , Craig Finn , Galen Polivka , Justin Edwards , Louis XIV , Music Photography , Steve Selvidge , Tad Kubler , The Hold Steady , The Killers , The Zoo
When it comes to flicking through the shelves of CDs at my place to decide what to put on the stereo, more often than not the conversation starts with the following opening: Girlfriend – “Every time I think there can’t be any more Bruce Springsteen albums, I manage to find another one”.
