Live review: John Spencer Blues Explosion + Hits, 06.08.15 @ The Zoo, Brisbane | a second opinion
Been a while since I’ve been to the zoo. Any zoo actually. But this night I’m back in the grungy old warmness of the…
Album Review | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015
“Ladies and Gentlemen. Are you ready? Come on, let’s do it. Licence and registration please. Oh come oooonnnn.” Opening track Funeral explodes out of…
Review: The Demon Parade | Stone Circles (EP)
Is psychedelia the “New Black?” The genre is everywhere of late in all sorts of guises. Unearthed and re-born into a brand new age of…..
Live Review: OFFICIAL SPLENDOUR PRE PARTY | The Dandy Warhols + Last Dinosaurs + Dune Rats + Circa Waves, 23.07.15 @ The Triffid
Man. It’s Hump day at SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS and I’m writing a review from what seems like eons of muck, slush, blisters and brain-cells ago….
Live Review: Harts @ Sounds of Sunday | Broadbeach Tavern, 12.07.15
The old Liars Bar has been rocking out for a good while now. No, not with those sad old cover bands playing to sad middle-aged women squeezed…
Live Review: Psych Night Finale @ Serafini Chains Bowen Hills, 20.06.15
There’s something oddly exciting about lurking around unknown industrial areas, slinking down darkening alleyways, searching for that elusive warehouse that will be transformed into a psychedelic wonderland…
REVIEW: Half Moon Run, The Northern Byron Bay, Saturday 4 January 2014
It’s been a personal mission of mine to see Half Moon Run for almost a year now. 352 days to be exact. That’s when…
REVIEW: Sweet As Honey | Smoking Martha
I must admit I hadn’t heard of Smoking Martha before. Surprising as they are a Gold Coast- Brisbane combo and I — ummmm –…
REVIEW: Dark Eyes | Half Moon Run
Dark Eyes by Canadian/Monteal band Half Moon Run is a rare and beautiful gem. An eclectic mix of indie-rock-folk electronica-psychedelica and even part classical. Hell… they pretty much defy description…
REVIEW: Yellowood Festival | Alberton, 16 November
It was a dark and stormy sky as I set off for Yellowood. Wasn’t exactly sure where Alberton was but I know Jacobs Well….