Review by Denis Semchenko Photos credit Stephen Goodwin ‘Post-rock’ is a tired term – in fact, so tired it’s lost its meaning since the genre’s noughties heyday. This writer has long discovered that instrumental rock music doesn’t need to come with a ‘post-‘ or ‘math-‘ prefix attached to it in order to sound good; in … Continue reading Review : 65daysofstatic at The Woolly Mammoth, Brisbane – March 12, 2015
It’s been some time since I’ve visited the Old Museum, and it’s pleasing to see that the concert hall’s spacious natural reverb is still there. In hindsight, The Church couldn’t have chosen a more apt venue for the Brisbane launch of their new album Further/Deeper than the Old Museum: a stately red brick building that indeed resembles a place of worship.
Formed during the genre’s mid-‘00s heyday, Caspian have since carved out and stuck to a distinctive sonic domain with several trademarks – graceful extended interludes, busy bass lines, monolithic codas – yet also got progressively heavier in a very earthy way.
BIGSOUND has rolled back the covers today on both its full speaker list and final BIGSOUND Live artist lineup.
Much like the indie-rockers’ 2008 and 2010 Brisbane gigs (respectively here at The Tiv and at Parklife), this is a “greatest hits” show, played safe.
Having missed them back in 2001, tonight my near-decade-long wait to see Roxy Music finally comes to an end as the British art/pop/glam/avant-rock legends walk onstage. Rock & roll’s original lothario, the ever-louche Bryan Ferry may be in his mid-sixties, but he looks as sharp as ever in an elegant two-piece
“…and the anthemic singalong A Design For Life provides a stadium-sized ending to one of 2010’s best rock gigs. This IS their truth.”
Off the back of a national tour with Karnivool, MM9 hit the road with their headline ‘Let It Take Over’ National tour which sees the band playing throughout October/November 2010. MM9’s vocalist Daniel Sutherland took some time out for LifeMusicMedia…
Having spent many months overseas, Australia’s own math-rock champions PVT (who we all knew as Pivot) are in town to launch their new album Church With No Magic…
If indulging in French chic ever seemed like a good idea, The Powerhouse on the last day of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend certainly has a solution: the two-part musical program called So Frenchy So Chic
Astbury’s powerful bellow has undiminished from his halcyon days while Duffy’s razor-sharp Gretsch still draws blood…
I love the way you walk, you talk, your smile, your style – like… wow. What a bloody ripper of a gig, mate!
Bristol music godheads MASSIVE ATTACK surface to an overpowering noise and launch into the sinister, D&B-powered opener “United Snakes”….
By Denis Semchenko Family can be a strange place. Despite this being a school night, a somewhat uneasy and restless vibe is easily palpable as dilated-pupil clientele wander about, while one clearly “under the influence” punter tries to strike up a conversation with me about how it’s going to be “a good night” and later … Continue reading Live Review: Orbital @ Family, Brisbane, 24 February 2010
As Neil Young once sang, tonight’s the night – the big music has arrived in town.
