Saturday, July 24, 2010
The Excelsior, Surry Hills
Back in the day, punk music was pretty scary. There were crazy piercings, dudes fashioning mohawks with eggs — even the ladies of punk were pretty scary. You may have noticed that punk is experiencing a revival (or new-wave) at the moment, something that Amy Franz and Hayley McKee of Super Wild Horses say they’re […]
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Spectrum, Darlinghurst
Their album, [i]We Are the Lost Loves[/i], caused a stir when it was released as a free download, and it will cause a stir in your soul with its emotionally charged and a-little-bit eerie lyrics.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Enmore Theatre, Newtown
Nothing disappointing has ever come from a Sarah Blasko album. Her songs are sweet but never naive, and her propensity to write about personal battles with a voice as strong and frail as woven spiderwebs reveals something of her old-fashioned soul. She sadly left our shores a few months back to launch her latest album, […]
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst
The making of this kooky group's new album included Nintendo sounds, a vibraphone, tenor recorder, optigan, desk bells, a Game Boy, harmonium, chamberlain - even a celeste. So if glitchy abstractions, ambiguous beats and Nintendo bleeps sounds like your thing make your way to the Oxford Art Factory this Thursday.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Red Rattler, Marrickville
Sydney-based, with a mission to cover arts, culture, fashion, literature and music through a meaningful lens, [i]PAN[/i] Magazine is about to be born.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Annandale Hotel, Annandale
If looks are anything to go by, Cloud Control are a neat, quaint and homely band — but your mum was right when she told you looks can be deceiving. The kids from those mountains of blue are making waves in this city — waves of crowds so large they can’t be contained in single […]