The Field – The Follower (Kompakt)
By Athanasios Lazarou Axel Willner, aka “The Field”, lives in a world where language is not recreational. His latest album The Follower is an album of semiotics; six tracks comprise sixty minutes of minimal techno as traces of communications laced with ambient rhythms – looped and largely unadorned – that are never solved but continually […]
LISTEN: The High Violets – Heroes and Halos (Saint Marie)
Through my job, I’ve seen more gourmet cakes in six months than in my 25 years of admiring cakes. The real luxury in these confections usually isn’t the cake itself, but the two-inch glove of gummy fondant frosting, often curled into pink ribbons atop the solid white base. Now, most guests just can’t handle that […]
Beloved Elk – Close (Listen Records)
By Nick Kennedy It’s weird listening to Beloved Elk for me these days, purely because of how formative of a band they are at a personal level. I remember back in the empty band room of the Barley Corn Pub on Johnston Street of all places, watching front-woman Amy Wright dish out intimate, soul-tearing acoustic […]
SOTD #720 – Jeff Runnings
Come to think of it, “dreampop” is a horrible tag. Rarely anything that the indie world perceives as “pop” is ever popular, and then the stuff we perceive as “dreamy” rarely lulls us into any dream-like state of bliss. Mired in the existential angst of post-punk, “dreampop” done right leads us further into ourselves, to […]
In Photos: Mangelwurzel + Donny Love + Kirkis @ The Foundry, 18.03.2016
Mangelwurzel launch their ‘Gary’ album with a show at The Foundry in Brisbane, including support from Donny Love and Kirkis.
A Different Kind of Free: A Review of The Drones’ Feelin Kinda Free (TFS Records)
By Alexis Late When I first heard The Drones it was hard to force them into a genre, thank fuck. I mean, are they blues? They’ve covered Blind Willie Johnson and Leadbelly, and songs like ‘The Miller’s Daughter’ are of that tradition, but could be folk too. Are they garage? They can make a racket […]
In Photos: U.S. Girls + The Goon Sax @ Black Bear Lodge, 09.03.2016
U.S. Girls play a Golden Plains sideshow at Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge, with support from The Goon Sax.
The Drones – Feelin Kinda Free (Tropical Fuck Storm Records)
By Boris van de Legende Trennno rates it 1/5 This is the most shittest piece of shit album I have ever heard! Terrible singer terrible music. Just when you think it can’t get worse the next song plays… Ohhh my god f*** it off triple j The Drones Suck Balls rates it 1/5 0/5! i […]
In Photos: Buzzcocks + HITS @ Triffid, 10.03.2016
Buzzcocks play a Golden Plains’ sideshow at Brisbane’s Triffid, with support from HITS.
