alt rock
Live Review & Gallery: An Unforgettable, Intimate Affair as Pixies Play Liberty Hall – Eora/Sydney, 20.11.24
Last night, the Pixies performed an intimate show at Eora/Sydney’s Liberty Hall, offering fans a rare close-up experience with the iconic band. Playing to just 1,200 lucky fans, the event sold out within days, offering an occasion miles removed from the sprawling stadium crowds they’re currently drawing as Pearl Jam’s support act. Black Francis greeted …
Album Review: WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN –’No More Apocalypse Father’: A probing, poetic and profound alt-rock record of today.
While much contemporary music of today seems required to focus on the ‘me’ some artists continue to probe wider into the things that ‘we’ do collectively, the injustices, the inhumanities, the inequalities. Since co-founding the seminal Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the agit post rock assembly Thee Silver Mount Zion, Efrim Manuel Menuck has been …
Live Gallery & Review: Kim Gordon at the Art Gallery NSW 18.07.2024
The Tank’s industrial skeleton provided a hauntingly perfect backdrop for Gordon’s powerful, atmospheric performance.
Gallery: PVRIS/ Bruises/ Pale Waves at House of Blues, Orlando. 02.07.24
Alternative pop icon, PVRIS, made their highly anticipated return to Orlando’s House of Blues. No venue is big enough to contain the powerful vocals and irreplaceable energy PVRIS brings to the table. Kicking off the night was Tijuana’s, Bruises, and was followed by Manchester rock band, Pale Waves.
Live Review + Photo Gallery: of Montreal – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, Oregon 2024.06.17
By Anthony Moore This past Monday evening indie pop band of Montreal brought their unique visual presentation and sound to the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. Before the music started I could hear murmurs from the fans standing next to me about how amazing the show was in Seattle the night before and sharing experiences …
Track / Video: WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN –GY!BE/Big|Brave/Ada affiliates announce tumultuous debut album.
A post rock summit, confluence or collab, some might even toss in the supergroup label if they were feeling flippant. Whatever you want to call the artistic meeting of minds that is WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN (or WAWBARC between friends) it offers up the enticing prospect of new collective music from Mat …
Album Review: Big|Brave – ‘A Chaos Of Flowers’ : The Montreal rock trio craft a post-metal touchstone.
Ever since Big|Brave‘s core members Robin Wattie (vocals/guitar) and Mathieu Ball (guitars) experienced a ‘loud can be quiet’ epiphany over a decade ago, ditching the acoustics and plugging in, their elemental sound has set the aerobatic thrill of Wattie’s singular voice within a swirling storm of riffs, distortion and pummelling rhythms. In some ways their …
Track/Video : Post-metal ground-breakers BIG|BRAVE preview the poetic ‘canon: in canon’ from new album ‘A Chaos Of Flowers’
So the release of the Montreal post metal unit BIG|BRAVE’s eighth album ‘A Chaos Of Flowers’ is arcing steadily towards a conclusion (out 19th April via Thrill Jockey Records). This is a band whose momentum is grounded in consideration and integrity, no quick wins, no sell-outs, who’ve evolved their own unique approach to slow core, …
Live Review & Gallery: Indie Alt-Pop Sensations Joan & the Giants Light Up Oxford Art Factory – Eora/Sydney 16.03.24
Over the weekend, a captivating spell was cast in the depths of Oxford Art Factory’s spacious confines. Joan & The Giants, the indie alt-pop powerhouse from Boorloo/Perth, enchanted an intimate gathering of fans, weaving a rich tapestry of sound and emotion. Comprised of Grace Newton-Wordsworth, Aaron Birch, Riley Sutton, and Liam Olsen, the band continues …
Track: Second Idol Pack a Punch with Their Latest Single ‘Boxing Ring’
Second Idol Pack a Punch with Their Latest Single ‘Boxing Ring’