In Words: Cults @ The Zoo, 06.05.2014
Back in Collapse Board’s glory days of 2011 we ran 10 reviews of Cult’s debut album. It didn’t go down very well with a number of people and I can remember one nameless Brisbane-based street press music writer (nameless more because I can’t actually remember who actually said, rather than to protect their good name […]
In Photos: DZ Deathrays + Palms + Foam @ The Zoo, 09.05.2014
DZ Deathrays launch their new album, ‘Black Rat’, with a sell out show at The Zoo in Brisbane with support from Palms and Foam.
In Photos: Cults + The Furrs @ The Zoo, 06.05.2014
Cults play at The Zoo in Brisbane, with support from The Furrs.
In Words: Velociraptor @ Black Bear Lodge, 24.04.2014
The first rule of writing about Velociraptor is that you have reference how many people play in Velociraptor. The second rule of writing about Velocirpator is that when it comes to live reviews you have to mention what ‘mode’ Velociraptor are playing in for that particular show (i.e. how many of them are in the […]
Couples Counseling and the future of feeling good about feeling weird
The SP404 is the acoustic guitar of the 21st century, but it’s okay that people haven’t fully embraced it yet; people were still fiddling around with music hall clarinets and jaunty filligrees on the player piano this time a hundred years ago, so anyone playing ‘Wonderwall’ in a pub right now can’t be blamed for […]
Sky Ferreira, Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, 18 March 2014
Sky Ferreira’s Sydney show, the only date on her ludicrously short inaugural Australian tour, was itself a tad on the skint side. I mean, on their first tour in 2011 OFF! played every song from their 25-odd minute first album and then started playing it again from the top to fill out the time. Anywho, […]
Live Review: Wire, Per Purpose, Multiple Man @ The Zoo, Brisbane, 19.02.14
The doors are closed when I arrive. This is because the gig is on the other side of town. I’ve wrongly assumed Wire would play at The Hi Fi, a larger, air-conditioned venue that’s hosted a series of older/reformed bands lately. Instead they are playing The Zoo, a smaller, hotter venue that tends a little […]
In Photos: Mudhoney + feedtime + Gravel Samwidge @ The Zoo, 18.01.2014
Mudhoney play a Brisbane Big Day Out sideshow at The Zoo, with support from feedtime and Gravel Samwidge.
Deerhunter + Blank Realm @ The Zoo, Brisbane 09.12.13
“We gotta go to school today, gotta learn THAT! STUPID! SHIT!/Soon as I can get a car to drive then I’m gonna be DONE WITH IT!”
Regurgitator + Wampire + Seja + Mystery School @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane, 11.10.13
The thing I like the most about Regurgitator is their complete lack of irony (in the hipster sense anyway)