Scrabble + Amateur Childbirth + The Player Haters @ The Tribal Theatre, Brisbane 28.05.13
It’s a shambles. A glorious shambles. In my brain, I’m slumped down on the stage, my head clasped in my hands.
Matt & Kim @ The Zoo, Brisbane, 09.05.13
This is the sort of spectacle that makes kids wanna buy some instruments and try this music thing out for themselves.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
Stars @ The Zoo, Brisbane 11.02.13
“Let’s pretend it’s a Thursday night!” cries singer Amy, twirling, and for a while it could be.
EXCLUSIVE: YEAH YEAH YEAHS SHOW @ AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
A few hours later I’m on the next train outta Melbourne on Collapse Board’s dime.
17 reviews of Morrissey @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, 17.12.12
“It couldn’t be much further from Queensland, this song”
Clag + Kitchen’s Floor + Scraps @ Brisbane Powerhouse, 22.07.12
I wanted blurred angst. I got cold-shouldered warmth.
Wendy Saddington and Peter Head @ Camelot Lounge, Marrickville, Sydney, 29.04.12
Fuck ‘em. She’s the real thing, as honest, brutal, haunting and pure a songstress as Australia has ever had the honour of laying claim to
Little Lonely Scream: When great performers and empty venues collide
How a band handles playing for a much smaller than desired crowd says a lot about them.
