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Smudge + Little Scout live @ The Troubadour, 09.10.10

Watching Smudge tonight it’s really hard not to feel incredibly nostalgic. It’s not just that the band are part of the audience’s past, tied to a 1990s discography and not having released an album since 1998’s Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra, but something much deeper than that; it’s a nostalgia for bands like Smudge. Once there was […]

Added on October 11, 2010 ed Arcade Fire , Brisbane , Dance Hall Paradiso , Inland Sea , Justin Edwards , Lightspace , Lunch Tapes , Oh Ye Denver Birds , The Jezabels , Vampire Weekend

The Jezabels + Oh Ye Denver Birds + Inland Sea + Dance Hall Paradiso + Lunch Tapes live @ Lightspace, 01.10.10

First things first: a small apology. I keep posting comments that bands, especially those in Brisbane, really need to stop trying to be either Vampire Weekend or Arcade Fire. But then last week I saw a band of what I would have called the Arcade Fire ilk that made me consider my previous position. On […]

Added on October 8, 2010 ed 106.9fm , AIR , Australian Independent Music Awards , Australian Independent Record , Duck Sauce , Independent labels , John Butler Trio , Little Red , Major Labels , Nick O'Byrne , Nova

Nova 106.9fm: The Saviours of Australian Independent Music?

Commercial radio is the same wherever you are: its playlist is severely restricted, and they don’t “break” bands

Added on October 1, 2010 ed 2010 , 2manydjs , Bambini , Brisbane , Brothers , Chiddy Bang , Cut Copy , Dan Black , dance , Darwin Deez , Delorean , DZ , Festival , Groove Armada , Kele , Memory Tapes , Missy Elliott , Mix Master Mike , music , Parklife , punters , The Riverstage , The Wombats , Uffie , Washington

Parklife 2010 – Visual Anthropology of a Dance Music Festival in 24 Photos

In thinking of a few words to write for this post, and reminiscing back to Saturday, it struck me that despite everything, i.e. a dance music festival and an obscene amount of really obvious drug use, there wasn’t an awful lot of dancing actually going on. With perfect timing, the Guardian’s Indie Doctor addressed the […]

Added on September 30, 2010 ed 2010 , 2manydjs , Bambini , Brisbane , Brothers , Chiddy Bang , Cut Copy , Dan Black , Darwin Deez , Delorean , DZ , Groove Armada , Justin Edwards , Kele , Memory Tapes , Missy Elliott , Mix Master Mike , Parklife , photos , Riverstage , The Wombats , Uffie , Washington

Parklife 2010 – 17 Acts In 18 Photos

Parklife is one of life’s musical guilty pleasures, perhaps the guiltiest. It’s like a one day adventure into another world, somewhere I’d never normally go and I always enjoy it, a lot more than most photographers who complain about it year-on-year, and yet still put their hand up to cover it. There is a secret […]

Added on September 28, 2010 ed Everett True , Song Of The Day

EVERETT TRUE IS UNWELL

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

Added on September 28, 2010 ed 25 years , And Dream Of Sheep , Hello Earth , Hounds Of Love , Jig Of Life , Kate Bush , Ninth Wave , The Morning Fog , Under Ice , Wake The Witch , Watching You Without Me

Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’ at 25

Whatever year you were born in, however old you are, pop music reached its zenith when you were 12 and 13. For me this was 1984 and 1985; a couple of years full of unforgettable and undeniable pop gems. 1985 was a seminal year for me as it was the first time I bought albums […]