The Aints!
"A sensational evening of new vintage rock’n’roll that only seems cooler with the abundant context."
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
Straight Arrows Are Trying "Harder At This Band Shit"
Straight Arrows’ affable frontman Owen Penglis tells Steve Bell how touring with the most unlikely of influencers made them drop their laissez-faire approach to band life and embrace discipline.
Features / Music
The New Album From The Aints! Is One For The Hardcore Fans
Brisbane rock’n’roll mainstay Ed Kuepper has revisited the firebrand music he penned in his youth for his new album by The Aints! and he tells Steve Bell that this project’s for the hardcore fans and not the tourists.
Features / Music
Paul Kelly: Proof That Changing The Creative Process Is Good For The Soul
They say that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but Australia’s long-serving rock’n’roll poet laureate Paul Kelly tells Steve Bell that sometimes changing the creative process proves good for the soul.
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Features / Music
The Establishment Wasn't Kind To Radio Birdman 'So Why Start Now?'
Recent documentary 'Descent Into The Maelstrom' lifts the veil on the one of the most mythologised bands in Oz music history – legendary ‘70s Sydney rockers Radio Birdman – and founding guitarist Deniz Tek tells Steve Bell that he’s not surprised that the establishment isn’t keen on sharing their outlaw narrative.
Features / Music
BIGSOUND Speakers On The Changing Role Of A&R In The New Tech Landscape
As the cream of the global music industry descends on Brisbane for BIGSOUND, Steve Bell catches up with Carlos Lopez Jr of Domino Publishing Company and Amber Carew from Saddle Creek about the changing role of the A&R rep in the new tech landscape.
Reviews / Live
Bob Dylan
"Dylan’s never really been one for convention."
News / Music
A Tribute To Spencer P Jones: Australian Rock'n'Roll Will Never Be The Same
"The Australian rock’n’roll scene isn’t going to be the same without SPJ rolling though town."
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Features / Music
Brisbane Festival: Violent Soho, Ball Park Music & WAAX Share Some Love For The Sunshine State
"I think the local scene is much a focus for us now as it ever has been, and I don't think we ever felt detached from it at all. It's just who we are, so we could never turn our backs on it."
Reviews / Gear
Audeara A-01 Full-Fidelity Personalised Headphones
"Audeara's first generation of full-fidelity customisable headphones without a doubt offer a wonderfully immersive soundscape that redefines the potential listening experience."
News / Music
Friends 'Til We're Not: We Chat To Competing Brisbane Reclink Community Cup Teams
"Sport helps you get out of your shell and communicate with other people, and the whole point of Community Cup is outreach and inclusiveness."
Reviews / Album
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
"Overseas influences grace the mix... But it's a defiantly Australian sound they're taking to the world via their Sub Pop Alliance"
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