Japandroids, WAAX
"The pair keep powering through in an unrelenting squall of pace and passion."
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.
Reviews / Live
Features / Music
On Embracing Brisbane's Cultural Past Via '16 Lovers Lane'
"It's not all about little Alfie Langer and Wally Lewis. God love 'em, but there's so much more to Brisbane than football."
Features / Music
Broken Social Scene Went Through Hell While Making Their New Album
"You just have to trust your instincts and also trust everyone else's instincts, because this band is just full of ideas."
Features / Music
WAAX's Marie DeVita On Documenting Her Downward Spiral Through Her Music
"The last record was very external and about wanting to change the world and all this stuff, but this record's more about how I want to save myself from going insane."
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Features / Music
Ben Ottewell Compares Brexit To Being 'Knifed In The Back'
"It's very hard in the UK these days for current events not to have that impact on you, particularly with Brexit."
Features / Music
The Undertones' John O'Neill On The Life, Death And Rebirth Of The Undertones
"...We'd pretty much decided that we'd make a record and then we'd break up - that would be a really cool punk thing to do."
Reviews / Live
Died Pretty, Radio Birdman, Mick Medew & The Mesmerisers
"...The rock'n'roll tradition - and this wonderful, timeless music - is bound to outlive us all, and that can only be a good thing."
Features / Music
Leave Your Fragility At The Gate - Kram & The Co-Captains Give Us The Community Cup Lowdown
"...it’s just a real privilege to be able to play a game for a charity that has such like-minded values and beliefs."
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Reviews / Album
Jeff Tweedy - Together At Last
"Tweedy's beautifully plaintive reading proving as powerful as any full-band arrangement."
Features / Music
Radio Birdman & Died Pretty Reflect On The Good Ol' Times And What's Coming Next
"I stormed off the stage and bashed down the door to what I thought was the dressing room..."
Features / Music
How Keeping It Simple Helped Drive Royal Blood's Latest Release
"I don't care if it takes ten fucking years, we're going to make an album that we think's really cool, and that's it."
Features / Music
How A Change Of Rural Scenery Inspired New Writing Material For Mere Women
"The inspiration came from a combination of hearing these stories and being isolated and alone myself."
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