In Photos: Super Wild Horses + Day Ravies + The Kramers @ Black Bear Lodge, 17.05.13
Melbourne’s Super Wild Horses bring their Crosswords Album Tour to Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge, with support from Day Ravies and The Kramers.
Live Review – The Breeders / Deerhunter @ Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, 15.05.13
This is much more than a band; this is a lesson in how to be human.
King Tuff + Cannon + Screaming Match + Thigh Master @ The Primitive Room, Brisbane 26.04.13
King Tuff sound like garage hillbilly metal, grounded by a bassist who looks like he came straight out of a 70s porno.
In Photos | Matt & Kim + Citizen Kay + Tiger Beams @ The Zoo, Brisbane 09.05.13
Matt & Kim play a Groovin’ The Moo sideshow at The Zoo in Brisbane, with support from Citizen Kay and Tiger Beams.
In Photos | Occults + Rule Of Thirds + Keep On Dancin’s + Screaming Match @ Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane 02.05.13
A night of low-light, gloom and romance at Black Bear Lodge with Occults, Rule Of Thirds, Keep On Dancin’s and Screaming Match.
Screaming Match @ The Primitive Room, Spring Hill, 26.04.13
Music fills a need. Occasionally, I need to see folk being themselves – selves that I like – to remind me of what I’m not.
In Photos: God Bows To Math + Tiny Spiders + Undead Apes + Roku Music @ The Waiting Room, 27.04.13
Auckland’s God Bows To Math play The Waiting Room, with support from Tiny Spiders, Undead Apes and Roku Music.
The Bastards Of Fate @ The Green Door Store, Brighton, 27.04.13
Wake up you lucky bastards! This is transformative, inspiring, innovative stuff, all of which are dull-as-ditchwater words for music which is really, really anything but.
In Words: Dig It Up! 2013 – Hoodoo Gurus + Blue Oyster Cult + The Flamin’ Groovies @ The Tivoli, 18.04.13
They rocked like the remains of a teenage garage band they once were. They rocked like Girls In The Garage. Yes, that good. Sure, not all the set was golden but when it was golden it sparkled like spring rain
In Photos: Dig It Up! 2013 – Hoodoo Gurus + Blue Oyster Cult + Flamin’ Groovies @ The Tivoli, 18.04.13
Photos from Dig It Up! 2013, The Hoodoo Gurus Invitational featuring Flamin’ Groovies, Blue Oyster Cult and Hoodoo Gurus performing their second album, ‘Mars Needs Guitars’, in its entirety.
The Mark Of Cain @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane, 21.03.13
As I gaze out over the crowd of guys with faded tattoos and beer guts, I do wonder if private health insurance covers mosh pit related injuries.
Hangar 03: Primitive Motion + Faspeedelay + Ghost Notes @ The Waiting Room, Brisbane 09.03.13
A night of playing with sound and song, experimental but structured and beautiful
In Photos: The Mark Of Cain + Blacklevel Embassy + The Sea Shall Not Have Them @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane 21.03.13
Can you write about The Mark Of Cain without using the word “brutal”?
In Photos: Bob Mould + Screamfeeder @ The Zoo, 08.03.13
Eleven years after his last Australian tour, Bob Mould brings his ‘Copper Blue Tour’ to Brisbane, playing highlights from Sugar’s debut album, songs from his latest Silver Age album and a selection of Hüsker Dü classics
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Brisbane Riverstage 08.03.13
Bugger objectivity. Bugger the motherfuckers who preach that sin. Four shots to the head, and immaculate timing.
In Photos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Brisbane Riverstage, 08.03.13
It’s a race against time to photograph Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in the 4:04 duration of “We No Who U R”, the first track from new album “Push The Sky Away”
Cat Power @ The Tivoli, Brisbane 05.03.13
Even as I leave she’s still walking the stage, taking and giving flowers and hands, smiling and talking.
In Photos: Cat Power + Mick Turner @ The Tivoli, Brisbane 05.03.13
Cat Power plays at The Tivoli in Brisbane, with support from Mick Turner.
The Wedding Present + Seja + Eversons @The Zoo, Brisbane 02.03.13
Imagine Flight Of The Conchords in a long passionate embrace with a dazzling diaspora of Clean fans.
Einstürzende Neubauten @ The Tivoli, Brisbane 23.02.13
Blixa wipes the sweat off his forehead. He says that if we’ve “accidentally managed to learn German at some stage”, it’s worth it.
Crime And The City Solution + Sleepy Sun + Blank Realm @ The Hi-Fi Bar, Brisbane, 24.02.13
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime
My Bloody Valentine @ The Tivoli, Brisbane 20.02.13
There’s a kid pulling his earplugs in and out. No! Stop! What are you thinking?
In Photos: Einstürzende Neubauten @ The Tivoli, Brisbane 23.02.13
The weekend after headlining the second night of ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror in Altona, Einstürzende Neubauten play a show in Brisbane at The Tivoli.
The Audio Pollen Social Club @ 199 Boundary Street, West End, Brisbane, 10.02.13
Four bands play but there was one undeniable star of the night – UNAUSTRALIANS. Amazing. No, beyond amazing. Unmissable.
