Author: Denis Semchenko Denis Semchenko (LMM): Firstly, are you guys looking forward to touring Australia for the first time? Mattew Clark (MC): Definitely. It’s one of those places that you hope you’ll be able to go to before you die. Added bonus is that we get to play music and not just vacation. LMM: You’ve … Continue reading Interview: Matthew Clark of White Rabbits – First Australian Tour
Reviewer: Denis Semchenko [Photo: Stuart Blythe] Concluding my adventures in Hi-Fi (Brisbane) (to paraphrase an R.E.M. album title) for the week – Sia on Thursday, Jarvis Cocker on Saturday – is a Sunday night event with a bill that looks like post-rock lover’s wet dream: Japanese celestial noise giants Mono, sublime Melbournians laura and … Continue reading Live Review: Mono, laura, Del Toro @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane 6 December 2009
[Photo: Stuart Blythe] Karnivool, Regular John, Coerce @ The Tivoli, 25.11.2009 By Denis Semchenko Having successfully escaped my Pearl Jam fan-invaded neighbourhood, by the time I get to The Tivoli openers Coerce have already finished. From a friend’s account, the UK combo played a solid set of angular prog-rock with At The Drive-In leanings, … Continue reading Live Review: Karnivool, Regular John, Coerce @ The Tivoli, 25 November 2009
Yeo & The Fresh Goods, Tin Can Radio, Hunz @ Club 299, 19.09.2009 By Denis Semchenko The music played through 299’s PA is positively deafening on all of the venue’s three levels, while the live sound is only marginally subtler – an obstacle not even helped by my trusty earplugs – however the punishing decibels … Continue reading Live Review: Yeo & The Fresh Goods, Tin Can Radio, Hunz @ Club 299, 19 September 2009
Interview: Brodie Ann-Wright of Felinedown – uncharTED Live Author: Denis Semchenko [Photo: Mark Greenmantle] Q: How did Felinedown’s involvement in uncharTED begin? Brodie-Ann: Firstly, we uploaded some songs and that’s how it started – I think we made it into the Top 30 just after putting our songs up, and we were a really … Continue reading Interview: Brodie Ann-Wright of Felinedown – uncharTED Live