Ra Ra Riot at the Mod Club, Toronto –...
Neil Young to bring Le Noise on 28 September...
The Maccabees at Concorde 2, Brighton – Gig review...
Shows To Go To – September 2010: featuring Slash,...
The Gig: Ra Ra Riot secret show Where: The Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
Neil Young has announced a new album entitled Le Noise to be released 28...
The Gig: The Maccabees and Holy Vessels Where: Concorde 2, Brighton, United Kingdom When:...
M.I.A. two Canadian dates are among are top picks in September’s Shows To Go...
The Gig: Umlaut with Dr. El Suavo and Mandek Penha Where: The Spanish Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia When: 12 June 2010 In One Word: Magic It would be something of a crime, methinks, for such a die-hard Mr Bungle fan as yours truly to miss a local show featuring one of its key players,...
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The Gig: The Futureheads Where: Mod Club Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada When: 10 June 2010 In One Word: Mint I was fortunate to be studying in northeast England around the time when The Futureheads were making their breakthrough. Some five years since last seeing the band in their local surrounds, I was eagerly awaiting...
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Gig/Concert: Kcavemen with Headkase and Errata Venue: The Pony Bar, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Date: 5 June 2010 In One Word: Freakshow! After hearing that Brisbane-based circus-metallers Headkase had played to an almost empty house in Sydney a couple of nights prior, I shared the band’s anxieties that the same might be true of tonight’s...
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The Gig: Evelyn Evelyn (Amanda Palmer & Jason Webley) w/ Sxip Shirey opening Where: Theatre Corona, Montréal, QC When: 5 June 2010 In One Word: Vaudevillian So many surprises in this show – flying blind into the night where the bands have previously been filed under “heard-of, as yet unheard” can really go so...
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Gig/Concert: Root! Venue: Spenserslive, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Date: 29 May 2010 In One Word: Punk! I actually had no plan to review this particular show, seeing how hot it was on the heels of the last Root! review I did, but as usual the band made the fateful “mistake” of impressing the pants off...
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Gig/Concert: Fucked Up with One Hundred Dollars Venue: Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 28 May 2010 In one word: Unorthodox It probably doesn’t surprise you that the Toronto Public Library is the largest public library in this fair nation. It has 99 branches, and has a catalogue of 11 million different items...
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This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize...
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Title: O. Children Artist: O. Children Label: Deadly People Recordings Released: 12 July 2010 In one word: Gloomtastic A...
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This review is part of our series of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums. The Polaris Prize...
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Title: Instinct Over Influence Artist: Samsara Label: Trial & Error Records / Stomp Released: 9 July 2010 In one...
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Title: Lawson Graham Artist: Factor Label: Fake Four Inc. Released: 27 April 2010 In one word: Exceptional I took...
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In this first installation of reviews of the shortlisted 2010 Polaris Prize albums, I’m going to be looking at...
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Pinky Beecroft used to be a member of the infamous Australian band/cabaret act that was Machine Gun Fellatio, but these days his pet project is called The White Russians. Michael Bowser gets the low-down on milk-based drinks, the brilliance of Ween and the merits of writing for TV shows like Farscape (as one’s day...
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, The Bedroom Philosopher is the musical persona of one Justin Heazlewood, a multi-talented comedian/writer/whatever-the-hell-else-he-feels-like-doing who clearly has spent far too much of his time travelling on trams. Michael Bowser drills him about his heady new concept album, Songs From The 86 Tram, among other hot topics such as the “nu-Australian”...
Deadly Are The Naked are a Melbournian band who know how to Party – that’s with a capital fuckin’ “P”, folks! – both live and on record, as well as mellow out with the occasional silky-smooth, chilled ballad. Michael Bowser moves up close enough to the flying sweat and the high-energy forces of nature...
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