Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra in London
About three months ago I reviewed the sophomore album, II, by Kiwi-fronted, US based, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Without knowing a thing about them, I was led only by the fuzzy warmth and vintage… Read More
Tag Archive: live
Ball Park Music want to thank ewe
Elfy Scott has a conversation with Ball Park Music’s Sam Cromack (pictured, above, middle), about their upcoming Australian tour-dates: First things first, Australia Day saw the announcement of Radio Station Triple J’s Hottest 100 with… Read More
The Great Escape: Day Two
Amid hangovers and weary limbs after the opening day’s festivities, the second instalment of The Great Escape’13 creaked into life Friday lunchtime, yet it didn’t take long for things to hit full throttle.… Read More
Kirin J Callinan’s Tales From The Crypt
Beneath St James Cathedral, a lone figure stood. Licentious in nature (if only while onstage), a small few hundred, rubbing elbow-to-shoulder-to-mouth-to-nose, packed in like sardines to catch a glimpse of the flickering flame… Read More
Read This Before You Play Music In Public
These are the rules. I didn’t make them up. These are inalienable truths, a part of the divine spectrum of unquestionable constants that hold our universe together. There might be those who feel… Read More
The Party’s Over Kids, Go Home
On a rainy weekend, Bianca Cornale headed out to pay her respects at ma.gallery’s fourth and final boozy birtday blowout that went down at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney. For those unfazed… Read More
Holiday Sidewinder crosses your mind
Former Bridezilla frontwoman, Holiday Sidewinder, is currently holed up in London, working on her much anticipated debut solo LP. We’re mega excited to hear some new material from the Australian songbird when it… Read More
Two Door Cinema Club & The Vaccines live
Earlier this month, I attended a show at a cinema club (with two doors) where everybody was getting themselves vaccinated against giant jungle creatures. Oh wait, no I didn’t. That’s what my ticket… Read More
Bridezilla at Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
“VALE, BRIDEZILLA” by Jack Colwell. And so, the masses gathered to mark the end of an era. Familiar faces that had made up the members of the Bridezilla family since the band formed… Read More
Thank you and goodnight Bridezilla
On January 16th, two things are set to happen. It is an utter coincidence that they should occur on the same day, yet there is also something strangely symbiotic about it. In the… Read More
Sydney Parklife: bands, bats, bums
It didn’t bode well. The free bus between the train station and the venue was packed with overly muscular, tattooed young men in singlets and shorts, the smell of goon falling from their… Read More
Twerps, Melodie Nelson and Day Ravies in Bondi
Harriet Cheney headed to Bondi to check out Twerps: The free Weds night gigs at the Beach Road Hotel are a baffling success. Usually I would hate the over boozed and over (or under)… Read More