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The Formative Years – Rorschach

Blog — November 30, 2022

The Formative Years – Rorschach While it did not take long for me to take an interest in Rorschach after having been exposed to their debut album “Remain Sedate”, their split 7” with Neanderthal and their “Needlepack” 7”, it was the way they married Die Kreuzen-esque and Voivod-y dissonance, sinister …

Sharon Van Etten @ Sydney Opera House

Blog — December 3, 2022

Sharon Van Etten Opera House Sydney, Australia 01 December 2022 If I was forced to find a common denominator across Sharon van Etten’s oeuvre, I would condense it down to the DNA being a seemingly earnest effort to inch towards her idiosyncratic and melancholically tinged version of the truth. At …

Rüfüs Du Sol @ The Domain

Blog — December 4, 2022

Rüfüs Du Sol The Domain Sydney, Australia 03 December 2022 It took a hot minute in between opportunities to witness Australia’s electronic mavericks Rüfüs Du Sol channelling their alchemy in the creation of intricate soundscapes in a live environment.  Needless to say, it would be difficult to frame their homecoming …

The Offspring @ Hodern Pavilion

Blog — December 13, 2022

The Offspring Hordern Pavilion Sydney, Australia 11 December 2022 It must have been in 1990 when I was first exposed to The Offspring via their debut album that was released by Frank Harrison on his label Nemesis Records label.  The result saw the band incarnate with exactly the brash, gritty …

Water of Life – Waubs Harbour Distillery

Blog — December 20, 2022

Water of Life – Waubs Harbour Distillery If you are remotely following this series, it should not have gone unnoticed that a deliberate effort has been made to cover Australian distilleries, with one of our foci firmly set on Tasmania.  Given that we yet have to encounter a distillery on …

The Formative Years – Voivod

Blog — December 21, 2022

The Formative Years – Voivod In the late 1980s as a prepubescent metal was the law and after meandering through the limited offerings of the local record stores, befriending older scenester and actively tape trading, I was introduced to bands that derived from the speed metal formula I had become …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer–Sanctus & Seasonal Brewing

Blog — December 22, 2022

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Sanctus & Seasonal Brewing What’s in a name? With Sanctus Brewing and their crew’s claim that their brews are crafted in “God’s country”, i.e. Clarence Valley, it echoes the anaphora, paying homage and hosanna to the God and transcendent quality of beer.  Apart from …

The Formative Years – Troubleman Unlimited Records

Blog — December 23, 2022

The Formative Years – Troubleman Unlimited Records If my memory serves me well, it must have been in 1994 when I went to a local branch of a bank to get physical US $s, put them in an envelope along with a hand written letter and mail ordered the Superpowers …

Five Barrel and Local Brewing

Blog — January 13, 2023

Thus Let Us Drink Beer Five Barrel Brewing The Gong, i.e. Wollongong, is not merely noted for having been a haven for heavy industry, its port activity and the beauty of its physical settings based on occupying a narrow coastal plain between an almost continuous chain of surf beaches and …

The Formative Years - The Faith and Void

Blog — January 16, 2023

The Formative Years - The Faith and Void Having covered Dischord Records and the significance of its high-quality releases in the context of this series before, it is high time to zero in on one of my all-time favourite releases not merely within the context of DC hardcore but Reagan-era …

Maho Magic Bar (Sydney, AU)

Blog — January 17, 2023

Maho Magic Bar Tumbalong Park Sydney, Australia 10 January 2022 Over the last four years the entity known as Broad Encounters has established itself firmly on our horizon for creatively and innovatively collaborating with other like-minded mavericks to forge immersive and mind-blowing experiences that are geared towards igniting one’s imagination …

The Formative Years – Trio

Blog — January 24, 2023

The Formative Years – Trio Neue Deutsche Welle not merely dominated my youth but my childhood as when it first emerged, much to my delight it was omnipresent both on mainstream radio and TV. Trio was a German, formed in the town of Großenkneten in 1979 and three years later …

Thames & Hudson: Spotlight

Blog — January 19, 2023

Thames & Hudson Ernst Wurm, Francis Bacon Camera and Letters from M/M If you harbour a weak spot for illustrated books in visually creative categories -  be it art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, or the performing arts - you will find yourself hard pressed to not find an array …

The Formative Years – Marginal Man

Blog — January 26, 2023

The Formative Years – Marginal Man Marginal Man were a five piece hardcore punk band from Washington DC that rose from the ashes of Artificial Peace’s breakup, whose emissions were more on the rudimentary end of the spectrum, and one of the first hardcore bands from the DC scene that …

Elton John @ Allianz Stadium

Blog — January 18, 2023

Elton John Allianz Stadium Sydney, Australia 17 January 2023 One does neither have to be a card carrying glam pop aficionado nor a connoisseur of mournful ballads to find the setlist at an Elton John incarnation to appear extremely familiar.  While on paper it might not sound like an overly …

Mayhem @ Factor Theatre

Blog — January 20, 2023

Mayhem Sydney, Australia  Factory Theatre 19 January 2023 Having missed out on previous live incarnations of Mayhem over the years and given both the immense influence they have been exerting on the metal landscape at large since their original inception almost forty years ago along with much fabled about notorious …

Water of Life – Bakery Hill MMXXIII

Blog — January 23, 2023

Water of Life – Bakery Hill MMXXIII If you happen to even remotely follow this series, you could not be blamed for finding the sheer range of activity within the confines of the Australian distillery landscape overwhelming, especially given the large number of new entities popping up on the radar …

Darkness @ The Newtown Library

Blog — February 8, 2023

Darkness The Newtown Library Sydney, Australia 04 February 2023 Opulently decked out with eclectically curious, gothic-tinged brick-a-brac and restaurated into a venue that swallows ye who dares to enter, Newtown’s heritage listed Library proves to be a locale par excellence for a drama that is inspired by an event in …

Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band @ Factory

Blog — February 12, 2023

Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band Factory Theatre Sydney, Australia 04 February 2023 It must have been at the tail end if 2006 when two icons of the Australian rock scene, i.e. Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers, joined forces under the moniker TnT to channel what they described to …

Sting @ Aware Super Theatre

Blog — February 17, 2023

Sting Aware Super Theatre Sydney, Australia 15 February 2023 Overplayed rock ballads notwithstanding, I have always found it difficult way to resist the magnetic pull of the way Sting channeled his alchemy into a mélange of subtlety which is delicately substantiated by his immensely visceral song-writing abilities.  Merging elements from …