The Goon Sax + Scraps + The Mosaics @ The Foundry, 28.04.2017
The Goon Sax have recently been enjoying a quite rapid ascension in popularity as a well-known presence within Australian music, along with growing attention from overseas. Before taking off on a European tour, they play what is billed as their last show for “quite a while” in their home city, at The Foundry with support […]
In Photos: Blurst of Times 2017, 29.04.2017 – Part 2
Part 2/2 from Brisbane’s Blurst of Time 2017, featuring Jarrow, Rackett, Horror My Friend, Jack River, The Creases and Royal Headache.
In Photos: Blurst of Times 2017, 29.04.2017 – Part 1
Part 1/2 of photos from Brisbane’s Blurst of Times 2017, featuring Voiid, Hot Spoke, Body Type, Ivey, MEZKO, 100% and Sweater Curse.
The Blurst of Times @ The Foundry, Black Bear Lodge, and The Brightside, Brisbane, 29.04.2017
Opening The Blurst of Times’ fourth iteration at The Foundry is an exceptionally powerful performance from Brisbane’s 100%. Melding synth pop to harder-edged industrial dance, the trio revamps some of the bleak allure of early ‘80s new romanticism. Casting a commanding stage presence, band leader Lena Molnar croons and smoulders between sudden moments of elevation. […]
In Photos: The Goon Sax + Scraps + The Mosaics @ The Foundry, 28.04.2017
Prior to an upcoming move to Europe, The Goon Sax play a farewell show at Brisbane’s Foundry, with support from Scraps and The Mosaics.
‘Humanz’, Gorillaz: Subjectivity Is Not an Inherent Human Trait
By Athanasios Lazarou The most interesting thing about Gorillaz long awaited return isn’t the music (it’s inconsistent at best), it’s how the album is being delivered. Humanz is album that insists on both its own commercialism and its refusal of authorship. After a 7-year hiatus we not only get a 26-track album with collaborators such as […]
Gareth Liddiard @ The Brightside, Brisbane, 21.04.2017
As a central creative force behind The Drones, Gareth Liddiard has been a cult presence within Australian music for more than a decade. While his group seems to have solidified its claim on popular culture with a growing string of much lauded albums, they remain resolutely on the periphery. Yet all in all, Liddiard doesn’t […]
In Photos: Gareth Liddiard + Orlando Furious @ The Brightside, 21.04.2017
The Drones’ Gareth Liddiard plays a solo show at the Brightside in Brisbane, with support from Orlando Furious.
“It’s not pastiche. I think people can tell the difference”: An Interview with The Allah-Las’ Miles Michaud
There’s an undeniable crate-digging obsession driving LA’s The Allah-Las. A quartet of self-confessed record junkies, the group overlay a gentle melancholy upon a core amalgam of R&B and gut punching garage psych. Yet far from simply venerating the acid-dazed brilliance of the ‘60s, there are also touches of bubblegum pop, surf, country and later revivalist […]
“We’re the biggest band that no-one’s ever heard of basically” – an interview with Gareth Liddiard
Gareth Liddiard, frontman of The Drones, has spent nearly 20 years delivering some of Australia’s most distinct and uncompromising music in recent memory. Between embarking on an East-coast tour, producing the new Gold Class record and forming brand new group National Cocktail Favourites with fellow Drones member Fiona Kitschin, he’s showing no signs of letting […]
