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Nick Cave @ State Theatre

Blog — December 15, 2014

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds State Theatre Sydney, AUS December 11, 2014   "All that has dark sounds has duende, that mysterious power that everyone feels but no philosopher can explain." Frederico Garcia Lorca mused on the inexplicable sadness that lives at the heart of certain works of …

The Dwarves @ The Bald Faced Stag Hotel

Blog — February 17, 2015

The Dwarves @ The Bald Faced Stag Hotel Sydney, AUS October 8, 2015   Parramatta Road is the east-west artery of metropolitan Sydney. On its 23 kilometers long strip, the road is filled with pubs, shops, car yards and over 100 abandoned and derelict stores. Owing to this and its abrasively noisy traffic, it has rarely been considered beautiful. A local mayor …

Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses @ Enmore Theatre

Blog — February 20, 2015

Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses @ The Enmore Theatre Sydney, AUS November 23, 2014   The Newtown area was part of the land of the Cadigal band of the Eora people, who ranged across the entire area from the southern shores of Sydney Harbour to Botany Bay. It was through the land management methods of …

Shonen Knife @ The Factory Theatre

Blog — February 25, 2015

Shonen Knife @ The Factory Theatre Sydney, AUS January 24, 2015   Grin-inducing Japanese energetic, upbeat and catchy all-girl pop punk entertainment with the ingredients of a classic rock show: Shonen Knife are an infectiously enthusiastic trio and a lot of fun to watch. Songs with Descendents-esque novelty value about what food and …

Steel Panther & Slash @ Hordern Pavilion

Blog — March 18, 2015

Steel Panther, Slash (feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators) Hordern Pavilion Sydney, AUS February 24, 2015   Satire is a lesson, parody is a game: Steel Panther are seasoned performers who parlayed Spinal Tap-ness into a full-time career. Their show celebrates everything that is both praiseworthy and ridiculous about rock …

Mastodon @ Big Top Luna Park

Blog — March 31, 2015

Mastodon Big Top Luna Park Sydney, AUS March 28, 2015   The red volcanic soil in the surrounding region of the city of Tequila is particularly well suited to the growing of the blue agave – and the juice of the algave was what heralded a balmy Saturday evening. While …

Fuckface Unstoppable @ Manning Bar

Blog — May 10, 2015

Fuckface Unstoppable Manning Bar Sydney, AUS May 7, 2015   Not far from Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap, an enormous river / lake system, whose flow changes direction twice a year, I am heavily affected by Golden Muscle Liquor, which was shared the night before with locals at a Cold Noodle restaurant. …

Boris @ Newtown Social Club

Blog — June 4, 2015

Boris Newtown Social Club Sydney, AUS May 29, 2015     And then there was Boris. The Japanese unikum named after a Melvins song. Cue labels that span the spectrum from “doom metal,” “My Bloody Valentine-style dream pop,” and “experimental” via “psychedelic,” “post-modern,” and “citation-heavy rock.” Add smoke machines, a …

Tex Perkins @ Oxford Art Factory

Blog — July 22, 2015

Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses Oxford Art Factory Sydney, AUS July 19, 2015   Pizzazz. Omph. Charisma. If your music depends entirely on that, the dependency is too great. Tex Perkins has been in the game for 27 years. He oozes the aforementioned qualities, yet his music stands for …

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ Manning Bar

Blog — August 9, 2015

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Manning Bar Sydney August 7, 2015   As Karl Marx said, the relationship between a band and the context it is playing in is metabolic. Both are changed by the process of interaction. Actually, Karl Marx did not say that. If he did, he certainly was …

Sick Of It All @ Manning Bar

Blog — October 18, 2015

Sick Of It All Manning Bar Sydney October 10, 2015   In this very real world, good does not drive out evil. Evil does not drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive. Sick Of It All. The quintessential live hardcore band. In a live environment, it does not …

Mono @ Newtown Social Club

Blog — December 8, 2015

MONO Newtown Social Club Sydney, AUS December 7, 2015   "Mesmerizing" and "cinematic" are the adjectives that come to mind when one is asked to describe the epic, vast instrumental landscapes MONO from Japan weaves. Drawn out crescendos, cascading and repeating, slowly building up until a shrill and thunderous wave …

Bands to see at Soundwave 2016

Blog — December 10, 2015

With the full line-ups unveiled for Soundwave 2016 in Australia, Scene Point Blank has put together a quick primer to help prepare. Without further adeiu, SPB's Bands to See at Soundwave 2016: Refused Saw them the first time in the early 1990s, when they were another youth crew SxE band …

Misfits @ Manning Bar

Blog — December 13, 2015

The Misfits Manning Bar Sydney, AUS December 12, 2015   The Misfits. One of the most iconic punk bands. These days they are fronted by bassist Jerry Only, framed by Jerry Junior and Eric "Chupacabra" Arce on drums. For this tour, the trio was digging up two of their most …

El Vez @ Newtown Social Club

Blog — December 26, 2015

El Vez Newtown Social Club Sydney, AUS December 26, 2015   1977. The Germs play their first show ever opening for The Zeros, followed by The Weirdos.           A wet dream come alive for any KBD-style punk rock aficionado.  A 17 year-old young hopeful named Robert …

Agent Orange @ Factory Theatre

Blog — January 5, 2016

Agent Orange Factory Theatre Sydney, AUS January 3, 2016   Mike Palm and his two partners in crime held court in the confines of the intimate performance space downstairs, which proved to be a suitable forum for their reverb-drenched, fuzzy, angst-ridden pop-punk.  When Agent Orange started out, they were ahead …

Electric Gardens Festival @ Centennial Park

Blog — January 28, 2016

Electric Gardens Festival (feat. Fatboy Slim) Centennial Park Sydney, AUS January 23, 2016 The 2016 large scale, multi-stage Down Under incarnation of Electric Gardens  took place in the lush lap of a subtropical botanical garden in the heart of Sydney: Centennial Park on lands that were traditionally in the custody …

High on Fire @ Manning Bar

Blog — February 23, 2016

High on Fire Manning Bar Sydney, AUS February 21, 2016 The Swiss label Off the Disk Records was founded by Thomas Mölch and Erich Keller (Fear of God fame, breaker of Henry Rollins’ microphone, and now renowned academic) in 1988, which is when they released Infest’s classic Slave LP (“Youth …

The Jesus and Mary Chain @ Spectrum Now

Blog — March 8, 2016

The Jesus and the Mary Chain Spectrum Now festival Sydney, AUS March 5, 2016     Blasphemous name - check!  Leather-clad insolence - check! Tumultuous, short live performances - check! The power of myth - check!  Distortion and swagger - check!  Paying homage yet simultaneously opposing traditional Californian ‘60s pop melodies …

Sunn O))) @ Manning Bar

Blog — March 16, 2016

Sunn O))) Manning Bar Sydney, AUS March 15, 2016    Byron J. Scullin's bass bath performance installation, which was staged in steel structured, cold storage rooms at the Tasmanian port at Dark MOFO last year, was an enjoyable experience of sound and light: A large array of double 18" 2100-horsepower …