SOTD #745 – Croque Madame
As summer winds down and the weather begins to chill, Croque Madame give us one last trip to the coast, the lake, the river, or even the local pool. We have no information about this band or who they are, reminiscent of Stereolab, Stereo Total, April March, and the Lucksmiths all at once, yet not […]
LIINES – Disappear / Be Here (Reckless Yes)
I first discovered LIINES through twitter. I believe they messaged me following the ILL interview I did for Collapse Board. I was impressed from the start. The thumping relentless tom tom heavy drums on LIINES’ ‘Be Here’- the second track on a Double A side 7 inch vinyl released, on brand new cult label in […]
Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition (Warp)
By Lizzie Irwin Danny Brown sounds like no other rapper from his hometown Detroit, fuck, he sounds like no other rapper, period. And when Danny Brown reveals he’s releasing an album called Atrocity Exhibition (which takes its namesake from a Joy Division song/J.G Ballard novel of the same name) on Warp Records – the same […]
In Photos: Sampa The Great @ GoMA, 16.09.2016
Sampa The Great plays a Friday night show for Cindy Sherman Up Late at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.
SOTD #744 – Kleenex Girl Wonder
Have you ever tried to write a song? I mean, really sat down with a melody or a backbeat and tried to figure out what words fit in each nook? You should try it one day. Tap your subconscious and see what pours out. Me, I’ve been trying lately, and I find myself locking into […]
BIGSOUND 2016 – Part One
BIGSOUND 2016 Images by Claire Sullivan Bigsound is probably the largest thing I’ve ever covered in the few years I’ve been doing this writing stuff. It’s overwhelming, stressful, terrible, irritating, and at times, utterly life-affirming to be there, be amongst it, scooting around Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley alongside all of the most passionate music supporters and […]
SOTD #743 – Magana
Oh, you. You, the singer. You, who can reach through my headphones and command my whole attention. Sometimes the gut reaction is the only way to react: the swoon, the surrender, the fixation with this suave persona that swaggers with such ease. Through music I have learned the shape of desire – contoured and faceted, […]
Preoccupations – Preoccupations (Jagjaguwar)
It’s my hope that, when death should come, I should embrace it. Indeed, of the scant “life goals” I’ve set for myself, that’s at the top – that I should reach a certain age where I can logically deduce (or that others can deduce for me, if my mind should crumble) that ceasing to exist […]
SOTD #742 – Conformist
“Komputer Jenerated” is a super-short track at 2 minutes and 54 seconds but I want it to loop for hours on end. At the time of writing this piece and forming my thoughts and trying to think of ways to describe what I am hearing, the track has played over and over easily 15 times. […]
NOTS – Cosmetic (Goner): The Analytic Approach
“No novelty”, shouts Natalie Hoffman, lead singer and guitarist of Memphis punk band Nots, on their sophomore record Cosmetic. It’s one of the last tracks on the record, but it’s the one to reference in case someone wants to point out that this gang of four is “an all-girl band”. Carrie Brownstein has often stressed […]
