Rainbow Chan + Nonsemble @ GoMA, 29.05.2015
I was supposed to be at GoMA last week for Sky Needle & McKisko but managed to get my times wrong and couldn’t make it. It was a lot earlier than all of the other Up Late shows I’ve been to and there was no way I could get there in time by the time […]
Gang of Youths + Ecca Vandal + The Furrs @ Woolly Mammoth, 16.05.2015
I’d had a few listens through of the new Gang of Youths as I knew they had an upcoming show in Brisbane and wanted to check out whether they sounded like a band that would appeal and be worth checking out to photograph. At the same time as this is going on, there’s a piece […]
Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders + Alex Cameron @ The Brightside, 15.05.2015
There are two things you learn in each and every Jack Ladder review. The first is that his real name is Tim Rogers, while the second is a line or two that compares his voice to Nick Cave. It’s strange because listening to the new album I’m reminded far more of David Sylvian, and even […]
Charli XCX + Tkay Maidza @ The Met, 07.05.2015
I don’t know why but I’ve struggled for new music that I’ve liked so far in 2015 [and continued to do so for the rest of the year]. Last year was such a good year for music but this year has been more of less an endless parade of over-hyped acts and disappointing releases. It […]
Peaches + Monster Zoku Onsomb + MKO @ Max Watt’s, 06.05.2015
Having flu means a couple days of work. It also means missing out on the interview, Q&A and book launch with Peaches at Avid Reader the day before the show. I tried my hardest to get there by spending the entire day in bed and getting up at the very last minute I needed to […]
HITS + The Horrortones @ Triffid, 03.05.2015
The continuing series of first time visits to new/refurbished venues continues with a first time expedition to Triffid. I miss living in the inner suburbs close to the city, and if I still lived where I use to live in Teneriffe, this venue would have basically been at the end of my road, within a […]
Babaganouj + Flowertruck + Statler & Waldorf @ The Brightside, 20.03.2015
I wanted to go and see Babaganouj again as I hadn’t seen them for ages but just did this show as a pay on the door, rather than actually trying to sort out accreditation. I still feel that if a band is charging less than $15 or so that I should just pay to go […]
Sonic Masala 2015 @ Greenslopes Bowls Club, 14.03.2015: Part 2
I’m there for the duration but throughout the day, the numbers ebb and flow. I guess it helps that Greenslopes isn’t too far away from where I live and I’m used to photographing music festivals from first to last. I think a lot of people headed off early to catch Oblivians play their first show […]
Sonic Masala 2015 @ Greenslopes Bowls Club, 14.03.2015: Part 1
It’s only been about nine months since the inaugural Sonic Masala Festival at Greenslopes Bowls Club but it’s clearly time to do it all again. The slightly odd thing about these days is that basically it’s the same group of people I see at every ‘local’ show in Brisbane. Given Wikipedia gives the metropolitan population […]
