Crafting a region, one beer at a time
Anyone visiting the emerging creative district at the Burleigh end of Christine Avenue will have noticed Precinct Brewing, prominently positioned in line of sight…
Lastlings Josh and Amy talk First Contact, moving up and selling out
Gold Coast electro-pop duo Lastlings are set to drop their long-awaited debut album, ‘First Contact’. Lastlings are definitely moving up in the music world,…
Album review: Lastlings | First Contact
There’s a first time for everything. Your first love, first heartbreak, first job, first flight, first time in a new country. That feeling of…
Bliss finds Eva on the Gold Coast
It’s Sunday 21 July 2019, and New York power pop outfit Charly Bliss are pumping out their US chart hits to the Aussie crowd…
Live review: Homecoming | BBQ Bazaar | Saturday 26 September 2020
There was a moment on Saturday night; a memorable snapshot as it were; as trippy rockers Peach Fur and guest performer Saint Lane commanded…
Adam Lomas talks new Mass Sky Raid single ‘Not Alone’
The influx of new material released by local Gold Coast bands has been a silver lining in these darker days, and fans of heavier…
When it comes to the Gold Coast, Holy Holy’s Oscar is far from a grouch
You’d be forgiven if, like me, you thought there might be something more to guitarist-cum-producer Oscar Dawson working with quite the number of Gold…
Hardship inspires art for Footstomp
For many musicians the past months have forced a focus on writing and production, and the live music sector’s temporary hiatus has brought many…
We talk Slips and the FWs’ new album ‘Sugoi’ with Matt Webber
A new album release bringing ragtime into the contemporary Gold Coast music marketplace was not one of my expectations for 2020 but I think…
Album review: Lastlings | No Time
For a pair of early twenty-somethings, siblings Josh and Amy Dowdle – aka Lastlings – have a wealth of experience to draw upon, and…