Tag: Alex Young
EP3: Sticky Fingers, The Future Prehistoric, The Colt 44s @ The Annandale Hotel, Saturday October 30
EP3: STICKY FINGERS, THE FUTURE PREHISTORIC, THE COLT 44S
On Halloween eve, the Annandale is already half full with drunken chatter and a few costume attempts by the time the first of tonight’s EP launchees, The Colt 44s, take to the stage. Of the evening’s triple EP launch, the band are by far the heaviest in [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2010 under Album Reviews, Brag 387 (November 8), Music, New.
Tags: Alex Young, Sticky Fingers, The Brag, The Colt 44s, The Future Prehistoric
Interview: Howl
Howl
Learning To Survive
By Alex Young
Every year, triple j run their Unearthed High competition, seeking out Australia’s very best high school band. In 2009, that best band was Howl. The Ballarat based six-piece seriously damaged their school’s gymnasium floor after their nationally broadcasted winner’s performance alongside Art vs Science, and from that moment on, as [...]
Posted: October 11th, 2010 under Brag 382 (October 4), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Alex Young, Howl, The Brag
Album Review: Teenagers In Tokyo – Sacrifice
Teenagers In Tokyo
Sacrifice
Stomp
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If you’ve heard of Sydney’s Teenagers In Tokyo, you’ll remember the frantic disco sounds of their debut self-titled EP from back in 2008. This year the group finally release their debut album Sacrifice – and it’s significantly more pop than expected. The influence of producer David Costin (Bat For Lashes, Gossip) is [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2010 under Album Reviews, Brag 378 (September 6), Music.
Tags: Alex Young, TeenagersInTokyo, The Brag
Interview: Martina Topley Bird
Martina Topley Bird
Stripped Back
By Alex Young
If you were lucky enough to catch Massive Attack at the Opera House Forecourt earlier this year, you would have witnessed a young British woman in fluorescent pink heels stun the audience with a magical opening slot – before performing with the trip-hop pioneers in a spine-tingling version of the [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2010 under Brag 377 (August 30), Interviews, Music, Uncategorized.
Tags: Alex Young, Martina Topley Bird, The Brag
Interview: TeenagersInTokyo
Teenagers In Tokyo
The Next Chapter
By Alex Young
After the release of their celebrated self-titled debut EP back in 2008, Sydney indie-dance five-piece TeenagersInTokyo headed off on a three week tour of the United Kingdom – and had signed to London’s Backyard Records by the time they returned home. They quit their day jobs in radio soon [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2010 under Brag 376 (August 23), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Alex Young, TeenagersInTokyo