Triple J Week – Monday 25 October
We Love Music, We Love New Music, We Love Australian Music.
Rant in B-Minor
This past week I’ve been spending my time in the trendy inner northern suburbs of Melbourne. Last weekend I flew down with some bands I play in for a show at a bar in musical hotspot Fitzroy, and tonight I’ll be seeing the second of two shows at The Forum as part of the Melbourne […]
Paul Weller live @ The Tivoli, 19.10.10
I’ve never really gotten Weller.
Songs about Brisbane – 16: Heinz Riegler
It’s the sound of being a few years out of the share-house and the goon cask and finally noticing the beautiful autumn streets.
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 […]
Songs about Brisbane – 15: Yves Klein Blue
From every conversation I’ve had with any person, the response is the same. “Why would anybody write a song about Brisbane?”
Songs About Brisbane – 14: Powderfinger
I’ve never been a huge Powderfinger fan, but when I first moved to Brisbane they were just starting to become popular on the back of Internationalist [1998]. Not longer after I moved, Odyssey Number 5 [2000] was released and about half of Brisbane owned that album. Nowadays, people don’t seem have a lot of nice things […]
Songs about Brisbane – 13: Washington
[Another suggestion from the indefatigable Rachel Newnham. This one features a particular favourite of mine – Ed.] Washington – Rich Kids This song always reminds me walking through the Valley, our hub of scungy males and inappropriately dressed ladies. With my fear of gross people, this song could soundtrack many nights of being accosted by groups […]
Song of the day – 200: The Distractions
It’s great! Great, I tell you! None of the poignancy has been diminished by the passing years, only increased.
