Tag: Caitlin Welsh
[MUSIC: Feature] The Grates
The Grates
Brisbane’s Favourite Brats Are Back
By Caitlin Welsh
So much of the writing about The Grates in the first few years of their existence featured descriptors that one would associate with a kid’s birthday party – energetic, gleeful, hyperactive, hypercolour fun fun fun. None of it screams “serious musician”, but then for all their wild [...]
Posted: November 7th, 2011 under Brag 436 (October 31), Feature Music, Interviews, Music, New.
Tags: Caitlin Welsh, Secret Rituals, The Brag, The Grates
[MUSIC: Interview] Ben Folds
Ben Folds
The Retrospective
By Caitlin Welsh
Ben Folds hates writing songs, and he’ll tell you that for free.
“I was thumbing through a book – I can’t read a whole book about songwriting, but it was a Christmas present – about Jimmy Webb, who’s great,” he says. “And one of the first things I saw when I opened [...]
Posted: October 17th, 2011 under Brag 433 (October 10), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Ben Folds, Caitlin Welsh, The Best Imitation Of Myself, The Brag
[MUSIC: Interview] M83
M83
No Rules
By Caitlin Welsh
M83’s 2008 album Saturdays = Youth was one of the best records released that year; its fey ‘80s melancholy and crisp, spiralling synths collected a combination of critical accolades and indie-kid devotion at levels normally reserved for new Wes Anderson films. For listeners of a certain disposition, it encapsulates the grating, delicious [...]
Posted: October 17th, 2011 under Brag 433 (October 10), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Caitlin Welsh, Hurry Up, M83, The Brag, We're Dreaming
[MUSIC: Live Review] Changing Lanes Festival @ Devonshire Street, Saturday September 17
After about an hour of Changing Lanes 2011: Surry Hills Edition, I realised why it felt familiar – it was like the sunnier, chattier, drunker little sister of the dearly-departed Essential Festival, which was also held on Devonshire. I remembered this feeling especially: at the back of my mind, I knew there was another stage [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2011 under Brag 431 ( September 26), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Caitlin Welsh, Changing Lanes, The Brag
[MUSIC: Interview] The Jezabels
The Jezabels
Take On The World
By Caitlin Welsh
If there’s anyone out there who still thinks of The Jezabels as “the band who did that disco biscuit song”, they’re in for a bit of a shock when they pick up the Sydney group’s long-awaited debut record. The title track opens Prisoner with a droning organ fanfare that [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2011 under Brag 431 ( September 26), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Caitlin Welsh, Prisoner, The Brag, The Jezabels