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Bands and Flannel

Blog — May 23, 2021

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors Bands and Flannel   Ah, the good ole flannel shirt – what would bands spurned from the advent of the grunge scene in Seattle and underground music at large from the mid-90ies have had to dress up in without it? Be it what it …

Akashic Books – Depeche Mode and Washington DC HC

Blog — May 28, 2021

Akashic Books – Depeche Mode and Washington DC hardcore   What started as an independent publisher founded by the former bassist of Girls Against Boys and ex-member of Dischord’s Soulside in Brooklyn at the end of the 1990s has since seen an evolution that established Akashic Books as a veritable heavyweight …

Lydia Lunch and Quincy Troupe

Blog — May 30, 2021

Seven Stories Publishing Lydia Lunch and Quincy Troupe   Lydia Lunch has always been known for her dry humorous raunchy and raw approach to channelling her alchemy, i.e. spoken-word and performance art, fuelled by anger and outrage. Defiant in tone and style, So Real It Hurts meanders between anecdotes, intimate accounts …

Midnight Peat, StrangeLove and Seven Zero Eight

Blog — May 31, 2021

Water of Life Midnight Peat, StrangeLove and Seven Zero Eight   We have covered Bladnoch Distillery the first incarnation of its offshoot Pure Scot not too long ago. While Bladnoch has a history of more than two hundred years, its two blends, i.e. Pure Scot, and Pure Scot Virgin Oak …

Me and Mr. Cigar by Gibby Haynes

Blog — June 2, 2021

Me and Mr. Cigar Gibby Haynes Soho Teen   The Butthole Surfers have had an immense influence on me during my formative years, given that they broke the mould with their idiosyncratic melange of punk infused psychedelic, noise and a welcome dose of black humours. Given my familiarity with their …

Ed Kuepper and Jim White @ Sydney Opera House

Blog — June 13, 2021

Ed Kuepper and Jim White Opera House Sydney, Australia June 13, 2021 My first exposure to Ed Kuepper and his oeuvre must have been in the early 1990s, when I acquired a Spanish pressing of The Saints’ (I’m) Stranded LP on Harvest Records, which curiously had a “Punk Rock!” logo …

Tinnies and Tomahawks

Blog — June 14, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer (and eat meat) Tinnies and Tomahawks There are many benefits to vegetarian and vegan eating and I tend to live a vegetarian lifestyle 99% of the time. However, I love great steak and every now and then I treat myself to one.  Given that I …

Brogan’s Way Distillery and Goodradigbee

Blog — June 21, 2021

Water of Life – Brogan’s Way Distillery and Goodradigbee   Brogan’s Way Distillery was incepted in 2018 when the father, a qualified engineer, and daughter team, the latter of which contributing not only her scientific chops but also giving the operation its name, decided to study the art of distilling. …

Melbourne Gin Company and Hurdle Creek Still

Blog — June 23, 2021

Water of Life - Melbourne Gin Company and Hurdle Creek Still   Another one that has been in the making for the longest time: Melbourne Gin Company. Having eyed their distinctively stylish bottles on the top shelves on the more respectable gin dispensaries of this country, I could not wait …

Dugite Whiskey, Limeburners and Finders Distillery

Blog — June 27, 2021

Water of Life – Dugite Whiskey, Limeburners and Finders Distillery   While most of Australian’s distilleries are located on the South Eastern part of terra australis, the ones that are based in Western Australia have set benchmarks in terms of craftmanship when it comes to channelling their unique climate and …

Kiwi Spirits’ Watui Whiskey and Laceys Hill Gin

Blog — July 2, 2021

Water of Life – Kiwi Spirits’ Watui Whiskey and Laceys Hill Gin   While New Zealand has not exactly been overrepresented in this series, I have yet to come across a distillery from across the pond that does not blow my mind with new, never done before ways of creating …

Little Bang and Wayward Brewing

Blog — July 3, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Little Bang and Wayward Brewing Ah, finally – been thoroughly enjoying Little Bang’s exquisite beers over the years and it was high time that an instalment of our series was to be dedicated to how their channel their alchemy. Incepted in 2014, the founders …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer - Holgate and Six String

Blog — July 18, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer - Holgate Brewhouse and Six String Brewing   As we have outlined with our previous coverage of Holgate Brewhouse, over the last twenty years the Victorian brewery has established itself firmly on the forefront of innovative quality producers of ales that honour both the classic …

The Formative Years – Rugby and Canterbury

Blog — July 24, 2021

The Formative Years – Rugby and Canterbury I’ve covered the mecca that Washington DC proved to be as a hotbed for hardcore and punk as part of this series before, however, missed to shed light onto one of my favourite releases from the 1980s era, i.e. the vitally important split …

Water of Life – Limeburners and Earp Distillery

Blog — July 25, 2021

Water of Life – Limeburners and Earp Distillery   Over the last ten years, Australia has firmly established itself on the map of nations that produce quality malt whiskies. Slowly but steadily, rye whiskies created on terra australis have been making a splash on the scene with quite a few …

Beethoven and Wagner vs Nietzsche

Blog — July 26, 2021

Beethoven: A life University of California Press   There is no shortage of books dedicated to the life of a composer whose legacy has never ceased to reverberate and impact music at large. Released to commemorate the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of his birth, what sets this biography apart in …

Reckless Brewing and Moo Brew’s Gin Boilermaker

Blog — July 29, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Reckless Brewing and Moo Brew’s Gin Boilermaker   Having honed and refined channelling her alchemy in the creation of craft beers, the quality of which has left an indelible mark on the firmament of Australian craft brews, Reckless Brewing’s co-founder Grace has and continue …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – 7th Day and Shedshaker

Blog — July 31, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – 7th Day Brewing and Shedshaker   The story of 7th Day Brewing is one that could not be more DIY in nature as it all goes back to founder Mike Beresford Jones trying his hand in homebrewing in a bid to create the kind …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Prancing Pony and Hawkers

Blog — August 7, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Prancing Pony and Hawkers Brewing   If you have followed this series attentively, no matter where you roam on this earthround, you would be aware by now that the Adelaide Hills in Australia are a hotbed for fantastic libations. Prancing Pony is a brewery …

Glenlivet Caribbean Cask and Bellarine Distillery

Blog — August 11, 2021

Water of Live Glenlivet Caribbean Cask and Bellarine Distillery   Glenlivet is an interesting brand as its portfolio ranges from very affordable mass compatible offerings to expressions that cater to the discerning aficionado.  Given what Balvenie accomplished with their fourteen-year-old Caribbean cask expression, I was intrigued when I learned about …