New Battle Pope shirt added to our catalog
We are proud to feature this cure for sexual impotency. Now you too can adorn the holy the sacred garments of Pontiff Benfunk of Battle Pope. Listen up your jive-ass turkey; you are lacking groove. Funk-deficency is the number one cause of not taming the pussy partner. So get your funk on with this exclusive...
THE BZNZZ don’t particularly care for vowels
If there is one group within Sydney’s burgeoning progressive music scene that stands out as wholly committed to a markedly different experimental conceptual basis and approach, then that group is THE BZNZZ. The duo have been active for a number of years now. Following their continual musical evolution has been a jarring, perplexing, and thoroughly...
Sad news; Five Star Prison Cell call it a day
Some very sad news to share; after 7 years Melbourne’s Five Star Prison Cell have decided to call it a day. While it is indeed very sad to hear that this fantastic group is breaking up off the back of their strongest and most diverse release (their third full-length ‘MATRIARCH’) it seems all involved are at...
DOWNLOAD: The Rescue Ships – Live at Cafe Lounge (bootleg)
I’ve have unabashedly been an enormous fan of Brian Campeau‘s work. For the last few years, I have regarded his live shows to be one of the pinnicles of Australia’s tragically underappreciated and underexposed underground music scene. After experimenting with a variety of line-ups, Brian ultimately joined up with similarly talented Elana Stone to form a...
March 20: Michael Crafter, Battle Pope, FGWMWS, Sweet Teeth at Black Wire Records
With the number of pub venues continuing to dwindle, it is often Australia’s underground, fringe and niche artists that find themselves on the wrong end of the budget axe. In these times the importance of DIY / independent performance spaces freed from excessive overheads are becoming increasingly important to maintain the extremely diverse, experimental music...
April 7: Looking Glass, Space Bong, Adrift for Days at Dirty Shirlows Warehouse
Sydney’s local music scene got you down? Sitting at home bemoaning the potential axing of yet another pub venue? Well we’ve got just the thing to jolt you out of your apathetic slumber! As ever, Sydney’s dark underground music scene beckons to those who simply cannot survive without live music. Come April 9th, we’re aiming...
Interview with Brian Campeau
Brian Campeau has been one of my earliest and most consistent inspirations in Sydney’s underground music scene. I first saw him playing in a small warehouse in Newtown back in 2007. I think that show was also the first time I saw Squat Club (who were then performing as a duo). From his angelic voice,...
REVIEW: Demonic Death Judge – Kneel; warm, psychedelic Finnish stoner/sludge
Kymenlaakso is an exceedingly beautiful region of the southern coast of Finland. It’s sparse and serene natural surroundings are occasionally disturbed by immense military fortresses, which betray the chaos of conquest and conflict which marks the region’s history. It is from this region that the psychedelic stoner/sludge four-piece Demonic Death Judge hail. Despite the slightly...
God God Dammit Dammit debut album and east coast tour: South Australian 12-piece party funk rock hedonism
God God Dammit Dammit: Four words that translate into a 12 piece party punk, funk, rock band from Adelaide well deserving of of it’s own Parliament or Turbojugend styled cult. With a local fan base as strong as their combined persona’s and intense onstage energy, God God Dammit Dammit now offer their debut full length record...
The top 8 albums of 2010
There are only a few days left in 2010, and while the passage of another calendar year is of no particular concern to me, I have habitually constructed another year-in-review piece to share with you the music which has impacted and inspired me. The List: 1. Eagle Twin – The Unkindness of Crows 2. Squat...