In Photos: Laneway 2015 @ RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 31.01.2015 – Part 1
Part 1/3 of photos from this year’s Laneway Festival in Brisbane, featuring Peter Bibby, JOY., Mansionair, Perfect Pussy, Eagulls, Eves The Behavior, Connan Mockasin, Raury, SOHN and Tkay Maidza.
Sonny & the Sunsets – Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl)
God damn it, Sonny. You’re a charming guy. I didn’t care for the first album, the slavishly 50s garage stomp one, and couldn’t see how anyone could choose you over, say, that dude from Unknown Mortal Orchestra as one to fall in love with. And I didn’t even bother with the one that everyone called […]
In Photos: ZA! @ The Zoo, 23.01.2015
Spanish duo ZA! follow up their appearance at Hobart’s MONA FOMA with a Friday night show at The Zoo in Brisbane.
In Photos: Shonen Knife @ GoMA, 23.01.2015
Shonen Knife play an ‘Up Late’ show at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane as part of the ‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion’ exhibition.
Singles Club: Gooch Palms – Trackside Daze (Urinal Cake Records)
Justin Edwards: That Smith Street Band song is getting plenty of column inches but I don’t think anyone’s pointed out that the title is the best thing about it. Instead here’s the new Gooch Palms. https://soundcloud.com/thesmithstreetband/wipe-that-shit-eating-grin-off-your-punchable-face#c=43&t=0:00 Jodi Biddle: Now now. The sleeve art is also gold. Bianca Rosemarie de Valentino: Love the Goochies!!! They’re moving […]
Pinkshinyultrablast – Everything Else Matters (Shelflife)
Hold on. Slow down a minute. Don’t rise to the stars just yet. Should place matter? Should we be amazed that something this heaven-bound launched from the wintery heart of Russia? Or should we concede that Pinkshinyultrablast sound like the sun-kissed aftermath of the Horrors after they rebuilt their strange house into a glass cathedral? […]