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 Anna Stodart

We All Want To

There are those bands in Brisbane that everyone knows about. The ones who gig weekend and week out, shamelessly self-promote and overcompensate for their general lack of any real musical talent. And those bands fall off the scene very quickly. There are other bands, however, who spend months at a time writing, recording, rehearsing – […]

 Anna Stodart

Songs about Brisbane – 8: Sekiden

Let’s face it. Brisbane is a small town. So small in fact, that you don’t even need to write the entire word. Simply just shorten it to BNE and there it is. You get it. “I’m giving up on you/And everything you do.” It’s big, but not that big. It’s the same faces, day in […]

 Anna Stodart

Frankly! It was a weird day, 04.09.10

I made my way into Frankly! It’s a Pop Festival a touch late and having missed Lawrence English, Guy Blackman and Fabulous Diamonds… oh, and apparently the memo to dress like an indie hipster and strongly impose all hipster qualities, namely that of not talking to anyone outside your direct friendship group, sitting on the floor during gigs and a strict, no dancing and no fun policy …

 Anna Stodart

AXXONN or (AXX)off?

Super lo-fi synthers AXXONN are set to release their album Let’s Get It Straight this coming October. Off-putting drone and noise you’d expect to hear only seconds from death (and even then, you’d be asking “Can anyone else hear it too?”) isn’t everyone’s thing. But if there is one thing the debut title track ‘Let’s […]

 Anna Stodart

mood swings (The Amity Affliction)

The Amity Affliction Youngbloods (Boomtown) Angry It’s hard to imagine feeling anything other than outraged, angry, annoyed and so on and so forth when listening to Youngbloods. That’s because that’s what The Amity Affliction (and all of their releases prior to it) promote. The first 14 seconds of introductory synth and violins on opening track […]