In Photos: Laneway 2018 @ RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 10.02.2018 – Part 4
Part 4/4 of photos from Laneway 2018 at the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane, featuring Slowdive, Andeson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Bonobo, Pond, ODESZA and The War On Drugs.
Songs to hear at Laneway 2018
With all the frills and stresses that can surround festival going, sometimes it can be easy to forget the moments that make it all worthwhile. The massive sing along chorus, that one bit of a song that gets you every time, the short walk onto the stage that your favourite artist makes before you see […]
“This is the indie establishment”: Red Hot’s Day of the Dead
Disclaimer: I’ve probably never heard a Grateful Dead song in my life. At least not knowingly. This is an unfortunate position for me to be in, considering I am reviewing an album containing 59 covers of songs by the Grateful Dead. Just so you know. In 2009, the Red Hot Organization, fighting AIDS through pop […]
So boring I forgot what I was going to type | the collected Facebook War On Drugs vitriol
This one started quite innocuously. A simple and well-liked comment on Facebook, Fuck man. Has anyone actually listened to The War On Drugs? Christ, they’re bad. I hear Mark Kozelek is a big fan. I think Kozelek is probably jealous cos they’re the only band alive more boring than him. Saw ’em at the Zoo, […]
In Words: Meredith Festival 2014, Day 1, 12.12.14
It’s immediately apparent that it’s true: Meredith is NICE. Even the put-upon town of Meredith, ten minutes from the festival grounds, is welcoming, the lovely pub dishing up “festival lunches” and handles of beer opposite the corner store selling bags of ice and ammunition. The staff/volunteers at the festival gate manage to make a vehicle check for glass, the only real […]
