Big Strong Brute + Carry Nation + Scott Spark live @ The Troubadour, 19.08.10
Emaciated, agitated and wearing a Vegemite woolen sweater, Scott Spark was daintily poised at his keyboard belting out his lovelorn pop as I walked into The Troubadour. Over the inattentive crowd’s...
View ArticleKirin J Callinan + Los Huevos + Per Purpose live @ The Troubadour
Actually a good crowd for a Sunday night and why not? Two of Brisbanes finest plus Kirin J Callinan. Kirin is cabaret I guess is about as good as I can describe it but with shards of guitar...
View ArticleSmudge + Little Scout live @ The Troubadour, 09.10.10
Watching Smudge tonight it’s really hard not to feel incredibly nostalgic. It’s not just that the band are part of the audience’s past, tied to a 1990s discography and not having released an album...
View ArticleThe Day Yesterday Today
Chuckled at the email asking me if I wanted to join a ‘Brisbane All-Stars’ ensemble to record a version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ for Support Act. Only if they give me Bono’s line. Heard the...
View ArticleTroubled Thoughts On A Troubled Legacy: Venue Closures in Brisbane.
“Brisbane has a brilliant music scene. Since I moved to San Francisco, I’ve struggled to get my new friends interested in local music in San Francisco. Their view is that when you have interstate or...
View ArticleThat Was The Year That Was 2010
Photographer Justin Edwards looks back over the Brisbane live scene in 2010. (This article was originally published on This Is Not A Photo Opportunity.) Somehow I’ve managed to make it into the second...
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