Tag: The Brag
[MUSIC: Interview] The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats Between The Devil And The Deep By Caitlin Welsh Sydney has fared well on the exclusive-shows front recently – see this year’s Vivid LIVE lineup for more than a few examples – but here’s one more to make steam pour out your ears: in March, in New York and London in turn, [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2012 under Brag 460 (April 30), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: John Darnielle, The Brag, The Metro Theatre, The Mountain Goats, Transcendental Youth
[MUSIC: Interview] The Darkness
The Darkness Vaudeville Kings By Caitlin Welsh It might have been the catsuits; the falsetto; the persistent rumours that one of the singles was not, in fact, a love song but was about genital warts; the shimmering layer of camp stretched over the whole escapade like so much purple Lycra; but somewhere on the way [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2012 under Brag 460 (April 30), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Caitlin Welsh, Frankie Poullain, The Brag, The Darkness, UNSW Roundhouse, Voodoo Sons
[MUSIC: Interview] Orbital
Orbital Synth City By Laurence Rosier Staines In 2010 I fled from Playground Weekender clutching a dalek; it belonged to UK dance duo Orbital, whose set had pushed me into a place where this sort of hopped-up thievery felt more like a gesture of devotion. I confess this to Phil Hartnoll, the elder of the [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2012 under Brag 460 (April 30), Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Hartnoll, Laurence Rosier Staines, Orbital, Phil Hartnoll, The Brag, The Metro Theatre, Wonky
[FILM: Review] The Avengers
The Avengers Released April 25 ***** What do you get when you cross a bitter Asgardian god and an embattled alien race with conquest on the brain? An enemy far too large for any one of your movie franchises to tackle alone. Thus comes Marvel’s The Avengers, the coming together of their Iron Man, Captain [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 460 (April 30), Film Reviews.
Tags: Joss Whedon, Kenneth Branagh, Max Easton, The Avengers, The Brag
[COMEDY: Review] Jay & Silent Bob Get Old
Jay & Silent Bob Get Old Friday April 20 / The Enmore Theatre A new episode is available every week on iTunes. If you’re not a fan of the films, you’d almost certainly hate this show. For the full house at the Enmore on Friday night, however, it was magic. These days, ‘Silent Bob’ is [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 460 (April 30), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Jason Mewes, Jay & Silent Bob Get Old, Jennifer Schwalbach, Jordan Monsanto, Kevin Smith, Robbie Miles, The Brag, The Enmore Theatre