Goat + King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard + ORB @ Triffid, 08.12.2015
Tuesday brings the fourth day of Gigmas. Although Triffid annoyingly never advertise their set times, checking on each band’s Facebook page I’m able to get the start times for the three bands playing tonight. There are a lot of terribly named Australian bands and also a lot of bands that take on names that they […]
Shellac + Crooked Fiddle Band @ Triffid, 05.12.2015
The second day of Gigmas takes me to Triffid for Shellac. Famously Shellac never have a guest list, something I learnt last time they played in Brisbane with a show at The Zoo. It’s not so much the buying the ticket that’s ever the issue with bands I want to see, it’s more that I […]
Future Islands + Curse Ov Dialect @ Triffid, 16.11.2015
I was never sold on that Future Islands appearance on Letterman, I didn’t get the hype about either them or the performance. That perception changed when they played at Laneway earlier this year, when they were one of the standout acts of the day. I think sometimes (maybe often) TV appearances just don’t translate into […]
Alpine + Pearls + Olympia @ Triffid, 03.07.2015
It was a surprise to open Brisbane street press publication, ‘The Music’, a couple of weeks ago and find that the lead review for that edition only gave the new Alpine album 2.5 stars. Obviously whether or not it was worthy of 2.5 stars is neither here nor there, albums by Australian acts getting anything […]
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 […]