How The Scientists Filled Voids Left By The Birthday Party & Radio Birdman
"The Birthday Party made a really big splash there, a really big impression, and I think that people were looking for something that did the same thing."
Steve Bell, Journalist
Many, many moons ago Steve Bell was unassumingly writing a small fanzine for the inner-city Brisbane record store where he worked when on one otherwise normal day he was poached into the cutthroat world of street press, embarking on an eye-opening journey interviewing bands and banging on about music for the street press publication Time Off. It's an association that's now existed for well over 20 years - including a decade full-time as the print editor for Time Off/The Music - and one which still provides him with immense enjoyment and satisfaction, even though in recent times it's nestled alongside other music-related vocations such as co-owning a record store and indie label, radio broadcasting and navigating the podcast world.
Features / Music
Reviews / Live
Midnight Oil, George Telek & David Bridie
"Garrett [guarantees] the band's genuine affection for Queensland before eviscerating our past cultural improprieties with a thrashing version of 'Dreamworld' to bring it all home."
Reviews / Album
Wireheads - Lightning Ears
"A most awesome transmission from another (far weirder) dimension."
Features / Music
Just Churning Through 'The Old Favourites' Would Be The Death Of The Clouds
"There's nothing more abhorrent to us [than] to just be seen as a nostalgic band who just come out and play the old favourites."
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Reviews / Live
Justin Townes Earle, Joshua Hedley, The Sadies
"Earle himself is no longer the young malcontent of previous tours - older and seemingly wiser... But his songs lack no bite or punch."
Features / Music
Why Jay Farrar Thinks Blues And Country Aren't All That Far From Each Other
"The realisation that blues was such an important part of country music was a reason to focus on that and really explore the nexus of where blues and country meet."
Reviews / Live
Old Crow Medicine Show, Valerie June
"A well-drilled theatricality to their stage demeanour that adds both joie de vivre and heft to songs like 'Pledging My Time' and 'Visions Of Johanna'."
Features / Music
How Relinquishing Control Allowed Justin Townes Earle To Love His New Album
"...I genuinely in a lot of ways did not know what to expect with this record and I won't say that I was surprised that I liked it, but I was surprised that I loved it."
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Reviews / Live
The Aints Play The Saints ('73-'78)
"As good a first gig by a band as you're ever likely to witness."
Reviews / Live
Regurgitator Performs The Velvet Underground & Nico
"The visuals are getting more intense and complex as the set progresses, while the band perfectly run that gamut between ramshackle and tight-as-hell."
Features / Music
Beyond Nostalgia: The Third Iteration Of The Aints Is About The Future As Much As The Past
Legendary Brisbane musician Ed Kuepper opens up about revisiting the songs of his incendiary punk outfit The Saints with eyes firmly on the horizon.
Features / Music
Stephen Merritt's Magnetic Fields Celebrate Five Decades Of A Life Worth Singing About
"I didn't have a normal childhood, so for me normal childhoods are fascinating."
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