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The soundtrack to the inside of my head over the last year | Alex Gillies

Maybe, just maybe, I’m not the only one in this world with these fears and desires … and that’s what makes music so special.

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Tom Waits – Bad As Me (Anti)

That shit never, ever gets old!

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Nevermind (the years that have passed)

We all start developing an enlightened view of the world from one kernel, one flashpoint.

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The band I like the most…

… is of course my own. Otherwise I wouldn’t spend days, weeks and years investing more than a reasonable amount of energy, time and money into it.

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Motörhead @ Gold Coast Convention Centre 01.04.11

Long way to go to hang with life’s metal carnage. But that was just the crowd in the foyer. Really it was all about this guy…

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Justin Townes Earle @ Step Inn, 10.03.11

by Alex Gillies

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High On Fire, Trash Talk, Kylesa @ The Hi-Fi Bar 01.03.11

By Alex Gillies

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THE GOOD REVIEW Undead Apes: Grave Consequences (Merenoise)

Grave Consequences will rightfully give you nothing but a good time

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Dimi Dero Inc. – Cremation Day In The Court Of Miracles (Merenoise)

These four guys make sweaty and sexy rock with a chorus line aimed directly at your loins. When they push it into the red – as on  the album’s opener ‘Unfair Enough’ – it’s barbarous in the way Die Haut used to be. On the flipside, euphoria comes with that release-only distortion pushed hard through […]

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You Am I – You Am I (Other Tongues)

Some of the characters and songs of the eight You Am I albums before this one could well have framed themselves through the theatrical tales of Greek tragedy. Even Tim Rogers, the singer, guitarist and epicentre of the band has had his fair share of tragic and comedic episodes throughout the band’s 20-odd years. In […]