The Singles Club: The Libertines / Velociraptor
The Libertines – Gunga Din Justin Edwards: I could always understand the appeal of The Libertines in 2002/03 but also considered that they managed to peak between albums with the post-first album Don’t Look Back into the Sun and the pre-second album Can’t Stand Me Now. In 2014 I can’t really understand the appeal of […]
A brief history of Collapse Board
2010: Justin Edwards and Everett True found the site. It is intended as a radical alternative to the established Aus music press, with a focus on Brisbane. Meetings are held, where everyone stares blankly at everyone else. Drowned In Sound runs a series of articles asking “is music journalism dead?” 2011: Everett True brings in an array […]
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.
Classic quotes from the Australian street press – 7: Brody Dalle
From the review of the new Brody Dalle album, Diploid Love, in yesterday’s MX, the free paper that they hand out at train and bus stations in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Not a music publication although they have a page of album reviews every week and given an estimated readership of 663,000 per day, their reviews are […]
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 […]
In Photos: Velociraptor + The Good Sports + The Maryettas @ Black Bear Lodge, 24.04.2014
Velociraptor launch their new single, ‘Ramona’, with a show at Black Bear Lodge in Brisbane, with support from The Good Sports and The Maryettas.
The Friday Afternoon Playlist, 21.03.2014
Go Violets (RIP) Despite living in the same city and them having been together for three years, I’ve never seen Go Violets live. With the announcement of the band splitting it now looks like I’m not going to get the chance, at least not until the tearful reunion in a few years’ time. Remember them […]
The Friday Afternoon Playlist, 14.03.2014
It’s that time of year again, when all those editors that plaster their magazines and websites with adverts and suspiciously sounding advertorials but who can’t afford to pay their contributors, head off for a nice jolly in Austin, Texas. Either that or they get flown there courtesy of major record labels. Just to be on […]
