Archive for 'Brag 442 (December 12)'
[MUSIC: Live Review] Future Of The Left, Dead Farmers, Yes, I’m Leaving @ Annandale Hotel, Thursday December 8
It’s a hefty risk naming your band Yes, I’m Leaving, but I end up staying for the entire set. This band is a musical time machine that lands you in Nirvana’s Bleach era; a time where the loud/soft dynamic was still unabused and flannies were fashion. Once I manage to curb my cynicism I’m left [...]
Posted: January 10th, 2012 under Brag 442 (December 12), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Dead Farmers, Future of the Left, The Brag, Tyler Broyles, Yes I'm Leaving
[MUSIC: Interview] Scratch Perverts
Scratch Perverts Bros 4 Life By Alasdair Duncan DJs are generally considered to be lone wolves – it’s rare to find a collective who can keep it together for too long without descending into in-fighting and petty squabbling. The UK’s Scratch Perverts, however, have been going strong for the better part of 15 years, a [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Alasdair Duncan, Prime Cuts, Scratch Perverts, The Brag, Tony Vegas
[MUSIC: Interview] Tim Sweeney
Tim Sweeney New York Beats By Alasdair Duncan The dance music landscape has seen a lot of changes over the last decade, but with his internet radio show Beats In Space, New Yorker Tim Sweeney has been there to capture the very best. The show began with Sweeney spinning his favourite records, but it wasn’t [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Interviews, Music.
Tags: D&D, Inkswel, Long John Saliva, The Brag, Tim Sweeney
[MUSIC: Interview] The Checks
The Checks One Deadly Summer By Jonno Seidler New Zealand’s The Checks burst out of the garage rock revolution at the beginning of the last decade, alongside the likes of The Strokes and The Hives. The band who the best in the world want as their support are getting set to preview their new record [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Candyman Shimmer, Jonno Seidler, Pineapple Head, The Brag, The Checks, Thieves, Underlights
[MUSIC: Interview] Oscar + Martin
Oscar + Martin Living The Highlife By Luke Telford Earlier this year, Melbourne’s Oscar + Martin released their first album, For You. It’s charming and playful, indebted as much to modern RnB and hip hop as to avant-garde pop. And it sounds as though they don’t take any influence for granted; one track plays like [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2011 under Brag 442 (December 12), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Conics, Flume, Luke Telford, Mrs. Bishop, Oscar & Martin, The Brag, What I Know