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Live images from the V Festival 2008
Live shots of some of the bands featured at the V Festival 2008.
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Top 10 Albums of 2007
We asked friends and colleagues to list their top ten favorite albums from 2007. Here are those lists. read more>>
Top 10 Gigs of 2007
We asked friends and colleagues (the ones that still go out) to list their top ten favorite live gigs from 2007. Here are those lists. read more>>
Australia in a day?
When one listens to Matthew Hardy’s I’m so Australian comic routine, you know he’s the real deal, a true blue Aussie and one with the jokes to prove it. read more>>
The Good China – Icecream Hands
Highly underrated, Icecream Hands are one of Australia’s finest pop exports. read more>>
Good Morning – Old Man River
Good Morning by Old Man River is an alluring and engaging work.
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The Androids: Block party bound
For the Australian band, The Androids (currently on tour with Pink) their attitude is simple. read more>>
Top 10 Albums of 2006
We asked friends and colleagues to list their top ten favorite albums from 2006. Here are those lists. read more>>
Top 10 Gigs of 2006
We asked friends and colleagues (the ones that still go out) to list their top ten favorite live gigs from 2006. Here are those lists. read more>>
Flyleaf
Spiritualism and music often make strange partners in the public’s eyes. A lot of bands have a strong spiritual centre but have found that when it becomes too obvious it has a negative effect on their opportunity for commercial success. Read more >>
Tenacious D – Ten minutes of fun and frivolity
Jack Black and Kyle Gass, collectively known as Tenacious D are busy guys. Read more >>
Glasshouse
Tackling serious subject matter in popular song is always a risk. Read more >>
Peter Yorn
Peter Yorn is a classic singer/songwriter, classic in the sense that craft and musical progression is more important that following trends and keeping your name in the press. read more >>
Dallas Crane
For fans of straight-ahead rock and roll, the new Dallas Crane album, Factory Girls really delivers. read more >>
The Red Paintings
The Brisbane music scene is a fertile one and The Red Paintings are like no other band around. Imagine if Albert Einstein picked up an electric guitar instead of a slide rule, lived next door to Isaac Asimov and the town water supply was spiked. Their music is that intriguing. The band has just released a new EP entitled Destroy The Robots and I knew the comments I solicited would be as interesting as their music. I was not disappointed. read more >>
Mandy Kane
Using a wild approach with both technology and human imagination, the tracks that make up Mandy Kane’s new EP, Murder In The Daylight, illustrate that music is still a valid medium for social commentary. read more >>
Top 10 Albums of 2005
We asked friends and colleagues to list their top ten favorite albums from 2005. Here are those lists. read more>>
Top 10 Gigs of 2005
We asked friends and colleagues (the ones that still go out) to list their top ten favorite live gigs from 2005. Here are those lists. read more>>
Big Day Out 2006
Now in its 14th year, the Big Day Out is one of Australia's premier touring festivals. This year they are gearing up to deliver what we believe to be one of the most exciting, diverse and dynamic Big Day Out series so far. read more>>
Souls Conflicting
Japunga
Heavy in sound and content, Japunga’s new release Souls Conflicting covers some intense subject matter set amid throbbing guitars and soaring vocals. read more>>
Gyroscope
Starting a band in a city like Perth and making it on a national and international level is a difficult proposition so when a band from the left coast makes it, you know they’re in it for the music and not the fame or glory. read more>>
Rhubarb
Brisbane band Rhubarb is a work in progress and every new release marks the incorporation of new ideas and an expanded song writing craft. read more>>
The Boat People
Think of those fantastic pop bands that feature heavenly harmonies, bands like The Posies, Grant Lee Buffalo or REM, now think of Brisbane band The Boat People. read more>>
Borne
With a sound both melodramatic and emotionally satisfying, Melbourne act Borne have delivered an EP of songs that tell stories. read more>>
67 Special
With so much musical product being released every year, it takes something special to stand out. read more>>
Elephant Mojo
Guitar heavy, funky bass laden and socially observant, Elephant Mojo have a strong band sound and identity. read more>>
The Gear
Short and sweet, The Gear’s new EP, imaginably titled EP, rocks out from another time. read more>>
The Red Paintings
And now for something different, The Red Paintings are not your typical band nor are their songs regular radio fodder. They take the listener on a journey and not always to comfortable places. The have just released an EP called Walls and I had to get in touch with the band and get comments on these seven unique tracks. read more>>
ECM
Let talk about ECM, no, not that American Jazz label for tofu eating shoe gazers but the Sydney band called Electronic Counter Measure. read more>>
Bad Pennies
Who or what are the Bad Pennies? Well in this case they’re not the English folk act or the phrase penned by Sir Walter Scott in the early nineteenth-century, this time the name refers to a Melbourne based four-piece. The band recently hooked up with powerhouse producer Mike Opitz (Kiss, AC/DC, INXS) and released their first single, Already Tried. I got in touch with band member Luke Brizzi to get some comments on the tracks that make up their first single. Here is what I got. read more>>
Josh Arnold
One of the outstanding albums of this already bulging with good works year is the country tinged Fire In The Sun by singer/songwriter Josh Arnold. This is accessible music but music with meaning, depth and great playing. I contacted Josh to get comments on the twelve tracks that make up the album and get some personal insights into this infectious work. read more>>
Glasshouse
With a sound that is majestic and powerful, Glasshouse play a version of pure pop where performance plays a more important role than production trickery and studio gloss. The band has just released Nothing Comes Of Thinking and I contacted the Brisbane band to get comments on the six tracks that make up the EP. read more>>
Prettymess
Melbourne band, Prettymess have followed up the pop excellence of their EP Surface Glow with the new long player, Greyscale Broadcast. It charts the band’s progression and shows a group in command of the elements that makes pop music worthwhile, melody, harmony and catchy writing. I contacted John Baxter from the band to get a few comments on the individual tracks, here is what I got. read more>>
Big Day Out 2005
Now in its thirteenth year, the Big Day Out is one of Australia's premier touring festivals. This year they are gearing up to deliver what we believe to be one of the most exciting, diverse and dynamic Big Day Out series so far. read more>>
Women In Docs
One of the best things about living in Brisbane is getting to see musical acts such as Women In Docs. Their exuberance, humour and charm make our river city a better place. They have a new EP out and I asked band members Chanel Lucas and Roz Pappalardo for a few comments. Here in what I got.
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Top 10 Albums of 2004
We asked friends and colleagues to list their top ten favorite albums from 2004. Here are those lists. read more>>
Top 10 Gigs of 2004
We asked friends and colleagues (the ones that still go out) to list their top ten favorite live gigs from 2004. Here are those lists. read more>>
Small Mercies
Young Brisbane band, Small Mercies have just released their debut EP, Off The Record. Sounding far more experienced than their tender years would lead you to believe; the five tracks here possess power, precision and passion. I contacted the band to get the scoop and here is what they had to say. read more>>
28 Days Interview
The new 28 Days album, Extremist Makeover is a powerful shot of post punk energy infused with a sense of both the good old pre-pokies live energy days and modern times, where anything goes. read more>>
Dogs Die In Hot Cars Interview
It’s not often that a band releases an album so diverse and original, yet so consistently entertaining. read more>>
Brisbane Blues Festival 04
This annual blues event, now in its second decade, features some of the best of what the Brisbane blues scene has to offer. read more>>
Live images from Big Day Out 2004
Live shots of some of the bands featured at the Gold Coast Big Day Out 2004. read more>>
A tribute to Joe Strummer
20 years ago, my best mate played me The Clash. Up until that point, I had never felt so alive and in a matter of weeks had given up on what was previously turning me on and devoted my life to Rock N' Roll. read more>>
Her Majesty's Finest Get the Business Done
I got in touch with Mav from the band Her Majesty's Finest to get a few words on the tracks from their upcoming pop delight, Get The Business Done. read more>>
Live images from Big Day Out 2003
Live shots of some of the bands featured at the Gold Coast Big Day Out 2003. read more>>
Brisbane Blues Festival 02
This annual blues event, now in its second decade, features some of the best of what the Brisbane blues scene has to offer. read more>>