A long weekend in Melbourne
I am now over men in dress-ups and edgy makeup singing about the devil an’ shit and thanking us for coming along tonight an’ here’s a song about dead things I have crafted just for you thanks again.
Nova Scotia LP launch
Arbuckle came out of retirement for this and I’m glad I was there to see them.
Undead Apes Vinyl Launch
The Troubadour should have closed after this show. I can’t imagine the final night would have been half as good as this one; drunker and longer maybe, but if I want to cry in my beer over music I’ll watch The X Factor final again. OK you’re right, I won’t ever do that again. And [...]
Vegas Kings Have Left The Building
Hell, pretty soon the building will have left the building. And what better way to start the death watch on The Troubadour than the Final Vegas Kings show of all time. Words cannot describe, photos cannot show, and recordings cannot let you hear the passion the Kings unleashed on the room last Saturday night. The [...]
Bitch Prefect at Woodland and Deadshits Motel.
First time at Woodland and it is impressive. Lots of space good layout. Stage up off the ground. Lights. Air con. Bar. Everything you need really. With the Troubadour and Globe closing we need new venues so the timing couldn’t be better. Having been away from live music for about two weeks I realized about [...]
Open Frame Festival live @ Powerhouse, 06-07.10.10
Open Frame Festival over two nights upstairs at the Powerhouse. Relaxed setting, beautiful quad sound and some of the finest music around. This was probably best event I have been to this year. The stand out for me was Nadja. So heavy. I wrote somewhere they were like Sunn O))) with melodies if you can [...]
Vegas Kings third last show(?) and the bloody Undead Apes again
Plus, Boy Or Astroboy and BMXRays. Boy Or Astroboy are a bunch of local luminaries doing instrumental surf rock. Who’d have guessed. And good they are. BMXRays are three-piece power pop punk with a sense of humour. What could possibly go wrong. Yeah, the Undead Apes again. You may be bored but I feel blessed. [...]
Live at Frankly! It’s A Pop Festival
Lawrence English is one of Brisbane’s Living National Treasures. ROOM40 is his place of work and it is unfailingly interesting if not really great. He curated this festival and it all fit together so well. I missed Crayon Fields but here are the rest of the acts. High Places and Surf City were my highlights. [...]
Kirin J Callinan + Los Huevos + Per Purpose live @ The Troubadour
Actually a good crowd for a Sunday night and why not? Two of Brisbanes finest plus Kirin J Callinan. Kirin is cabaret I guess is about as good as I can describe it but with shards of guitar occasionally jammed in the underbelly. This was close to a perfect gig. Kirin J Callinan – Live [...]
Meredith McHugh Has Gone To Baltimore
… but she gave us a going away present. Meredith was guitarist with The Rational Academy for a long time. The Rational Academy were one of the first bands I saw when I started going out again and I continue to be impressed by the people who have moved through that band. Opals & Poole [...]
