Tag: The Falls
Five Things With Vance Joy
1. Growing Up
I learnt to play guitar when I was 14 and would play Metallica songs. My dad made sure I learnt music and got me a Squier Strat Pack. I think it is hard to step back from your own life and see how different things played their part in forming you. I was surrounded by thoughtful and sensitive adults who loved music and books.
Posted: April 1st, 2013 under Brag 506, Music, Music Q & A.
Tags: The Falls, The Vanguard
[MUSIC: Album Review] The Falls – Hollywood
Beneath its cheap and shiny facade, Hollywood is as romantic as a scrap in the back pocket of a suburban footy game. For the better part of a century, the city has constructed a false concept of romance: the rose-coloured meeting of souls, the scented air of mutual attraction, the perennial existence of togetherness. Match that to the bitumen-rendered reality of Hollywood itself – ego-fuelled brawls, pretentious indulgence, and dysfunctional emotional intelligence – and you’ve got yourself a stark contrast.
Posted: September 4th, 2012 under Album Reviews, Brag 476, Music.
Tags: Hollywood, Independent/MGM, Patrick Emery, The Falls
[MUSIC: Interview] Jack Carty
Jack Carty The Heart-breaker By Benjamin Cooper When we sit down for a cheeky beer, Jack Carty is amused at my recalling of his old performing moniker – ‘Jack Carty And The Party’. “That was a name that my drummer at the time came up with,” he laughs, “and it was very much a spur [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2012 under Brag 459 (April 23), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Benjamin Cooper, Break Your Own Heart, Jack Carty, Maples, The Brag, The Falls, The Vanguard