It is rather frightening to think that it’s now over thirty years since Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain graced the airwaves. Well, frightening to people of a certain age such as this reviewer.
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Category: Live
How many years of my life have I spent waiting for the band to start?
The fall of The Fall
This review has been sitting in the ‘to post’ box for a while, for reasons that will become evident.
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Pop Will Eat Itself, Hi-Fi Bar (Melbourne Australia), September 07, 2014
(PWEI at Fortitude Valley, image by Jeff Ram Photographer) After three years of a band having a ‘new’ lineup one would think that they’re
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Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, 11 May 2013
In my much younger days, like many others with simultaneous libertarian and socialist convictions, a gravitation towards the political side of punk rock had
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Midge Ure, Melbourne, 19 April 2013.
Midge Ure is a musician who shouldn’t require much of an introduction. He’s travelled from from the Rich Kids in the 1970s, to Visage,
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Simple Minds, Devo, The Church: Palais, November 30
Among the aging fans of good eighties music the prospect of The Church, Devo, and Simple Minds all at one show came with some
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The Sisters of Mercy, Corner Hotel, Melbourne, March 1st
The “industrial groove machine” known as The Sisters of Mercy recently performed twice in Melbourne at the Corner Hotel and apparently also at the
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The Damned, January 20, 2012, Melbourne
In previous reviews the general superiority of Billboard as a venue has been mentioned and they remain applicable here; the light is better, the
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The Clouds, The Wonder Stuff, Jesus Jones: August 19, Melbourne
The Clouds, The Wonder Stuff and Jesus Jones make a very good combination of acts, although holding the event at The Palace was a
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Gary Numan and Severed Heads, Forum, Melbourne, May 14, 2011
The Forum is one of Melbourne’s many stylish venues. Built in the 1920s it has a baroque level of art nouveau features with a
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Melbourne’s Arthouse to go out with a bang!
Melbourne’s famous alternative music venue ‘The Arthouse’ is closing its doors forever on May 1st due to issues caused by the same liquor licensing
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Leftfield, Melbourne, March 18, 2011
The early 1990s were a depressing time, and even more so in Victoria, Australia. The Gorbachev revolution, which successfully led to the unravelling of
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Hawkwind, Billboard, Melbourne March 12, 2011
As they announced, these are the warriors on the edge of space and time. Now in their forty-second year of performance and correlating with
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A requiem for the Luminaire.
I just returned from the last of many gigs I saw at the Luminaire, and indeed, the last ever gig there. The bands playing
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Laura MacFarlane, Hong Kong In The Sixties, Hissing At Swans – Betsey Trotswood, Tue 7 Dec 2010
The Betsey Trotswood is a tiny little pub in Farringdon that sells actual beer instead of the fizzy piss found most places basement indie
Read More79 Revisited with Mindroom and Embrace The Ashes @ the Noise Bar, 2010-11-26
A tribute to the bands from the period 1979-1984 known as the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), this was 79 Revisited‘s first
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Metallica @ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2010-11-21
The final night of a tour is special. When the band has been touring two years and the last night is in your home
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Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet: Melbourne, 21 April 2010
I originally picked up a Rocknerd account so I could review international acts from non-crap bands that made it to the great southern lands.
Read MoreLast song at the Tote.
The last song of the last night, “My Pal” by the Drones with Joel Silbersher, on video. And, of course, the 7:30 Report. Now,
Read MoreSupport slot of the year.
The epic tale of how Deathboy supported Tricky. Includes handy hints on getting a free hotel stay.
Read MorePatti Smith, St Giles In The Fields, London, Fri 18 May 2007.
Patti Smith entered St Giles In The Fields, a small but beautiful working church built in the 18th Century in the heart of London
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Meredith
The best festival this country has to offer. Meredith Music Festival lived up to the hype yet again with its fine selection of music, beautiful weather, ice cold beer, good food and fun times had by all.
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Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine/Jim’s Super Stereoworld/Abdoujaparov – Mean Fiddler, London, Fri 15 Nov 2002
review by Teqkiller Met up with Vicky and Nick (rhyming potential is overwhelming here) in the Wetherspoons that’s where the Marquee used to be
Read MoreTankt – Heresy, Melbourne, Sat 26 Oct 2002
Now, it’s no secret that I’m neither an expert on nor a great fan of electronic music. In fact, I have been known to bitch long and hard about the dominance of electro music in the goth scene and the lack of opportunity for those of us that aren’t especially fond of it to have a night out without a playlist disproportionately dominated by doof.
Basically, as Homer Simpson would put it, I don’t understand it because I don’t like it. So, anything I have to say about Tankt should be taken with that in mind.
Because, quite frankly, Tankt fucking rocked!
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Mogwai – Prince of Wales, St Kilda, Thursday Oct 17th 2002
review by Trayce Seeing Mogwai live was a rollercoaster of a night in emotional terms. And it is on these terms I find myself
Read MoreReview: No Idea, Mutiny, Homewreckers – Empress, Fri 13th Sept 2002
Garlic pills and codrals kept my cold from turning into the flu it was trying all week to become, so I could go catch the fun at the Empress on Friday.
Friday 13th made it a mini-Halloween for the night, with an appropriately themed night. The Empress didn’t need much of a makeover, with the usual red velvet and candleabra giving it a gothic feel to begin with. Various bits of cobweb, and a huge spider web (complete with spider) stretched across the back of the stage was enough to set the mood. Early on very few seemed to have dressed up for the occasion, but as the place filled up more zombies, devils and ghouls began to appear in the crowd.
Read MoreTISM Best.off launch, fortyfivedownstairs gallery
The unfortunately-timed TISM greatest hits compilation, tism.bestoff, (which is being released less than a year after their last studio album DeRigueurmortis, which was delayed by two years anyway) was launched at Melbourne art gallery fortyfivedownstairs on Tuesday night. If you’ve ever harboured a desire to have Ron Hitler Barassi serving you sushi, you shoulda been there.
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Review: Severed Heads – Dendy Cinema, Sydney, Wed 19th June 2002
I’ve seen a lot of the stuff before over the years but It’s All Good, and Tom Ellard (and I presume Stephen Jones) did a sterling effort transcribing it all to VCD for the big cinema screen. I think the coarse resolution of the old stuff just makes it look more organic and gritty, and suits the nature of the thing. Others disagreed, but some geeks just won’t be told.
Read MoreReview: Rock Wars, Duke of Windsor, Prahran, Friday 26th April 2002
Friday was night two of the ‘Rock Wars’ at the Duke of Windsor, and I was looking forward to a night of good old fashioned grungy punk rock: KTV, the Spazzys, Porcelain, Moler and Mach Pelican.
I hadn’t seen bands at the Duke before, though they’ve been having some good lineups lately. The band room looked a bit like a suburban RSL (or at least what I imagine a suburban RSL would look like, minus the pokies), but the layout was good for being able to see. I did like the camouflage nettting behind the stage, though I don’t know if that was just for the ‘wars’ this week.
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TISM, Punters Club, 31 Jan 2002
One week’s notice, twelve bucks, no pre-sales, venue of only 300 capacity. Yessss. The Punters is having a month long fling of special gigs
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