Lists Music News We count down 15 funny band names that are sure to tickle your fancy by Iain McKelvey Just how insane can the name of your act be? Join us as we count down 15 funny band names that took ridiculous to a new level. Disclaimer: This list…
Features News Deliberate Distortion: counting back 50 years of Jimi Hendrix and Are You Experienced by Iain McKelvey Are You Experienced? In 1967, Jimi Hendrix asked us that question. It has reverberated through generations for five decades. Mutating with each year, spawning countless psychedelic explorers and seemingly holding…
Features With just one album to their name, how did the Sex Pistols become the global phenomenon we now know? by Iain McKelvey Punk is dirty, punk is clean, punk is anti-establishment, punk is establishment, punk is controlled chaos, punk is uncontrolled, punk is anarchy, punk is whatever the hell you want it…
News PREMIERE: How do you ensure creative control over your act? For RESD it meant writing and performing an entire EP by himself by Iain McKelvey RESD. Don’t know what it stands for? That’s okay, it’s music, you don’t need acronyms, and it’s the sound that comes forth which propels the name. RESD is Sydney based producer…
News PREMIERE: Garage rock, bong rips and general enlightenment: revel in the reckless vibes of Forest Hall’s latest single Most People’s Lives Are Boring by Iain McKelvey An anthem for the daredevils of the world, Most People’s Lives Are Boring has an impulsive and impetuous delivery in line with it’s message. Sydney trio Forest Hall are a…
Music Was that a bong hit? The Baudelaires have ripped out a killer debut LP with Musk Hill, and it’s not the psych you’ve heard before by Iain McKelvey The Baudelaires are a Melbourne based four-piece outfit that play psych like it’s coming out of your garage, commonly referred to as garage psych, psych garage or neo-psych. At the…
Lists Festival of the Sun might just be the best Aussie BBQ ever so we imagined what would happen if we invited every artist on the lineup for a Sunday sesh by Iain McKelvey The barbecue. The Barbie. The BBQ. The hallowed meeting of friends that hopefully takes place in someone else’s backyard, so you can keep your neighbours in a harmonious state. It’s…
News PREMIERE: Sacred Shrines are borrowing from the past and bending it to the future on new video Collisions by Iain McKelvey Sacred Shrines are a Brisbane-based five piece that deliver juicy psychedelic and garage-inspired tunes and do so with rare authenticity that makes for all the more enjoyable listening. For a…
News PREMIERE: Wolver realise their full potential with a Spector-esque wall of sounds on new single Geneva by Iain McKelvey After an intentional three-year hiatus from the recording studio, Brisbane outfit Wolver have refined their sound and more than strengthened their live set. The return was with their angular lead…
Music Wesley Fuller taps into his inner Brian Wilson and takes us on a psyche-sweeping journey on Runaway Renee by Iain McKelvey You may have noticed a curly haired guitar slinger playing in countless bands during your west-coast sea side jaunts to Perth, however it’s most likely you would have noticed Wesley…
News PREMIERE: More brooding than Batman on a rainy day, Fierce Mild stir up the elements on Song He Never Wrote by Iain McKelvey An oxymoron is a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory, in a literary sense they are crafted to reveal a paradox and musically it plays in a…
News PREMIERE: Explore the murky backwaters of country on Mexico City’s Rosewood Line by Iain McKelvey According to their bio, Mexico City formed earlier this century and owe their name to a red-light district bar in Albert Camus’ novel The Fall. With these themes of exploration…
Live Music from space has never been closer to home once you’re in Battles’ domain by Iain McKelvey Laneway festival gets us excited every year; sure the festival is great and the lineup is always on point but with the festival comes the sideshows and that’s where things…
