Posts Tagged ‘Ben Dougherty’

Texas Tea + The Gin Club + The Madisons + James X. Boyd & The Boydoids @ The Zoo, 26.10.2012

They’re far too few and far between in my book, but Texas Tea album launches are always a highlight of any year. I can’t believe it’s been four years since the last one. Where did the time go? They’re a highlight not only because they see the official release of a new set of songs […]


Texas Tea @ Black Bear Lodge, 17.08.2012

Following on from a blast of 2005 courtesy of The Dangerman last time, tonight brings another step back in time to those happy days in the Brisbane music scene and the first band I ever saw after moving to Brisbane, Texas Tea. The band are playing the same room as they did then, but as […]


Vegas Kings @ The Troubadour, 13-11-2010

An evening of farewells. On one side of Brisbane, down by the river, Powderfinger are playing the final show of their illustrious 20 year career. Surprisingly, given the demand, that is the fourth show at the Riverstage, that it’s the very end and supposed to be sold out, tickets are still on sale at the […]


Texas Tea @ The Troubadour 12-03-10

Due to the amount of time I spend there – consistently a third of the gigs I go to each year –  I often think of The Zoo as my second home.  Coming up a close third has to be The Troubadour, and in particular Texas Tea at The Troubadour; the very first band I saw […]


In The Studio with Dead Set Love

Brisbane alt-country-folk supergroup Dead Set Love, featuring members of Texas Tea, Horrortones, Vegas Kings, Mean Streaks and Shiskin & Choomby recorded some demos on a Saturday afternoon back in February at Urban Humm Studios in West End.  By the time I arrived at 2pm they were already a bottle of tequila down… I should have known […]