The Beards at the Hi-Fi Brisbane Friday June 21, 2013

Beard-mania hits Brisbane on Friday as follicly gifted four-piece, The Beards, unleash their free-hanging, folk-rock.

With a repertoire including classics like: No Beard, No Good; If Your Dad Doesn’t Have a Beard, You’ve Got Two Mums and You Should … Read More

This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things…

As the festival season approaches I wanted to provide a self-help service, a kind of guide for ‘oh please god, don’t wear that’, or think of it as an intervention…

Every year, the outfits get smaller and smaller, and … Read More

Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Bed In

As I sit down to write this article, which was originally going to be called ‘Ten Songs to Get Your Woman into Bed’…I pop my iPod on hoping … Read More

Jinja Safari on Safari – Coming to a Zoo Near You!

Excuse the pun, but it’s just too darn cute to neglect. If you’re not that quick with the puns or with words, Jinja Safari are headed to Brisbane and they are playing at The Zoo on Friday May 24th.

Highly … Read More

Falling For Rhye

Just about the best thing that can happen to me is discovering a new artist and I’m not just talking about your run of the mill ‘oh that’s nice’. I’m talking about a new tune that keeps you awake at … Read More

An Ode To Splendour

I’ve really enjoyed getting to know you over the past four years and I think we’ve both grown a lot and I thank you for that. You taught me so much about myself, about life, love and … Read More

A word with Charlotte Emily

I caught up with my old friend Charlotte Boumford to chat about her band Charlotte Emily and the release of her EP Dreamstealer.

The English born songstress spent her childhood moving back and forth … Read More

What a Racket: Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour Hits Brisbane

The year is 1999 and I had just heard Bruce Springsteen’s hit ‘Dancing In The Dark’ on Adelaide’s Triple M.

I wish I could say this was the moment I fell in love with the Boss – but alas, … Read More

A Word with The Red Lights

I was lucky enough to meet the Melbourne 3-piece at a Deep Sea Arcade gig in Brisbane last year.

The Red Lights bring more to the table than just charm and good looks, they also make some pretty great music. Baring a vocal resemblance to Julian Casablancas, the lead singer of The Red Lights Dean Valentino caught up with me via correspondence (oh yes, I use words like correspondence now) for a chat. Read More

Rainy Day Women touring nationally in March

 

Following the release of their EP, Freemantle four-piece Rainy Day Women are touring nationally.

The band is hitting Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, playing in our humble abode on March 13th at Black Bear Lodge. With a … Read More

O’ Lucinda Johnson of Brisbane band O’ Little Sister

Lucinda Johnson is the sweet and enchanting voice behind Brisbane’s O’ Little Sister. Johnson’s parents are singer/songwriters so it was inevitable that she would eventually follow suit. “Well I grew up in a big musical family, moving around here and … Read More

Interview with Brisbane band Cold and Need

We recently caught up with three of the members of local Brisbane band Cold and Need, Tom, Chris and Alex. The guys talked about what makes them different to other local bands, the release of their newest EP … Read More

Interview with Passenger

British band Passenger is just finishing up their tour around Australia, promoting their new album All the Little Lights. On Friday we caught up with Mike Rosenberg before his Brisbane gig at the Hi-fi on Saturday night.

CD: So … Read More

Tupac live at Coachella Valley and Arts Festival

And like me you probably thought ‘how in the world did they do that?’, so I did some Googling.

The company behind the hologram was the special effects production house Digital Domain and AV concepts were responsible for projecting Tupacs … Read More