Interviews Heroes, BIGSOUND, and the much-anticipated first album: a chat with Jade Imagine by Riley Fitzgerald I first met Jade McInannly and Tim Harvey at a bar side table in Brisbane. It was 2017 and Jade Imagine had just recently released What The Fuck Was I…
Interviews Nerding out about Neil Young guitar solos with Gabriella Cohen by Riley Fitzgerald You could peg Gabriella Cohen as a singer-songwriter but just as easily you could cast her as a frontperson in a rock ‘n’ roll band. If you asked her she’d…
Features What Does Disco’s Demolition Tell Us About Music’s Current State? by Riley Fitzgerald [vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_image=”251520″ bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”center” top_padding=”10%” bottom_padding=”10%” color_overlay=”#000000″ overlay_strength=”0.8″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1538552037502{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”] What Does Disco’s Demolition Tell Us About Music’s Current…
Interviews From mum’s house party to BIGSOUND 2018: a chat with Nice Biscuit by Riley Fitzgerald You know, it’s funny. There have been a lot of great albums released by Brisbane acts this year, but Digital Mountain may very well be one of the best. It…
Interviews Magazine The Church’s Steve Kilbey lays down the law on psychedelia, being a classicist and R.E.M comparisons by Riley Fitzgerald This article appears in print in Happy Mag Issue 9. Grab your copy here. Sometime in the 1980s, a young Steve Kilbey was strolling down the corridors of EMI. Beside…
Interviews Dead heroes, King Gizzard and the problem with the music industry: a chat with Amyl and The Sniffers by Riley Fitzgerald Bassist Gus Romer may be Amyl and the Sniffers’ latest recruit but when it comes to summing up what this outfit is all about no other can put it better….
Interviews “The ladder is not curved”: a slightly cooked conversation with The Babe Rainbow by Riley Fitzgerald You might think this: a band which introduced themselves to the world with a song called Secret Enchanted Broccoli Forest must be pretty out there right? Or at least a…
Interviews Magazine Henry Rollins likes Australian music more than you do by Riley Fitzgerald This article appears in print in Happy Mag Issue 9. Grab your copy here. Henry Rollins is a seeker. One still searching for truth but willing to share that which…
Music The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. talks star treatment, trouble and the state of rock by Riley Fitzgerald Albert Hammond Jr. has hit more than a few highs. But he’s taken some knocks too. With The Strokes he found fame but suffered longstanding addictions. He’s come through these…
Features Magazine It’s not about the numbers: why era-defining albums are rarely commercial successes by Riley Fitzgerald This article appears in print in Happy Mag Issue 9. Grab your copy here. “If it sells it must be alright.” A simple but innocent deception. But consumption is not…
News Weezer covered Toto’s ‘Africa’ and it sucked by Riley Fitzgerald “I bless the rains down in Affffricaaaaaa.” Rivers Cuomo wraps his mouth around the words. The band play behind him. It feels flat. The internet explodes. In this week’s big-time…
Music Tear yourself apart from this! Total Control’s Zephyr Pavey talks punk, brass, and Vivid LIVE by Riley Fitzgerald Within the Australian underground, few groups command higher regard than Total Control. Why? Perhaps it’s their composition. All come from other celebrated groups, sure, but there’s a beguiling oddness to…
Music Mundane miracles: Courtney Barnett remains a storytelling hero on Tell Me How You Really Feel by Riley Fitzgerald Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit presented a poet, rock folkie, and slacker hero. Courtney Barnett put across something about the Australian experience worth celebrating. Not…
