Does the Australian Music Industry Turn a Blind Eye to Dune Rats?
I won’t deny that the first time I saw Dune Rats, I thought they were the best new Brisbane band I’d seen in ages. Based on what I’d seen at this show in April 2011, when the band were one of the four supporting bands at Stature:Statues’s debut album launch show and also last ever […]
Hatchie @ Black Bear Lodge, 14.07.2018
When Harriette Pilbeam released her first single something happened. Nestled in out-of-the-way Brisbane, ‘Try’ caught ears. More than a few were in far-off places. From here Hatchie built a natural kind of momentum. An excitement that can’t be spun. The kind of feeling all the well-connected management or pre-existent reputation can’t buy. Here, tonight, Harriette’s […]
In Photos: Jaala + Moreton @ The Foundry, 05.07.2018
Jaala play a show at The Foundry in Brisbane to launch their Joonya Spirit album, with support from Moreton.
Does Shannon Noll Hate Women?
“Shame the prick! Shame that motherfucker right there!” Shannon Noll bursts into a tirade at his Duck Creek concert. He’s angry. With good cause. One of the crowd, a heckler, has hurled something at him onstage. “Whoever that was come up here!” The crowd quickly identifies the assailant. A “fuckhead in a tie.” Shannon continues […]
In Photos: Gooch Palms + Cable Ties @ QAGOMA, 29.06.2018
Gooch Palms and Cable Ties play an Up Late show at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.
You Do It To Yourself And That’s What Really Hurts: Goodbye Sticky Fingers
“This band cannot accept even the slightest possibility of fault.”
Well, that’s it. Sticky Fingers have withdrawn from what feels like the last Australian festival that will have them. But for a second there – following our last article – things were looking up. In March the band had returned from a long hiatus. They claimed to have been coming to terms with drug addiction […]
