Category Archive: music

Getting To Know… Katie and the Carnival

When we went to Belfast a few weeks ago, we had a strange night which ended with us having dinner with Phil Jupitus, Duke Special, David Ford and Katie Richardson. The latter is… Read More

Jim Bob interview

I have a few heroes: the legendary Tom Waits, genius wordsmith/artist Jeffery Lewis, footballing god Bobby Zamora, charity good-egg Sophie Epstone, supercool Jarvis Cocker… the list goes on. One man who would sit… Read More

Get To Know Chicks Who Love Guns

I would describe Chicks Who Love Guns’ sound as something that spawned from boredom, then evolved into something a little more thought out. It’s got a real brash element to it which is… Read More

Getting to Know Erin Marshall

Sydney musician and all round lovely human being, Erin Marshall, talks to us about her music, her home city and how David Bowie’s tights really scared the heck out of her when she was a kid.… Read More

The Bravery at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen

  You have to feel a bit sorry for The Bravery. Massively hyped in late 2004 and 2005, they were one of the pioneers of the sound that has come to currently dominate… Read More

Getting To Know… Hannah Peel

  I would describe my sound as something completely different to what everyone else thinks. Isn’t that always the way? I write a lot of songs about death but they are disguised so… Read More

Getting to Know… Howl at the Moon

SYS saw Howl at the Moon play a great show at MUM, the Friday night indie shindig at Sydney’s World Bar. We liked what we saw so much that we asked singer Katie and… Read More

Getting To Know… Colin Delaney

Colin Delaney is a Canadian-born Australian living in Sydney after a spell in Amsterdam. As well as being an international man of mystery, he is also a music critic, blogger and all-round talented… Read More

Interview with Fruitbat

London-based musician and Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine legend Les Carter (aka, Fruitbat) is currently in Australia with his band, Abdoujaparov. I grabbed a few words with him about the tour and his… Read More

Bridezilla interview for Demo Magazine

It was love at first sight. And first listen. As I stood in a smoky underground venue tucked away amongst the brothels and strip clubs of Sydney‘s Kings Cross in the spring of… Read More

The Wave Pictures live

First things first, when and why did Brighton’s cosiest venue decide it needed to refurbish? Tucked away in the back streets, the formerly tiny Freebutt has been graced by some of indie’s finest.… Read More

Adam Green talks sweaty balls

“I like it when my balls get all sweaty. I like it when it makes this special smell. I rub it on my neck like cologne. It’s quite attractive.”Adam Green is not your… Read More