Taking A Lot Of Influence From Australian Things & Songwriting As A Seven-Piece
"We're not out to write pop hits or songs that will keep getting us on the radio or anything."
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
Iron & Wine, Fraser A Gorman
"Sam Beam enters from the other side of the stage clutching a glass of wine and gesturing like a pantomime villain for the crowd to keep quiet."
Features / Music
Teaming Up With A Producer For The First Time & Appreciating The Band
"We're not going to make anybody rich, including ourselves, so of course it's always been about the music."
Reviews / Album
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Sparkle Hard
"There's a real depth to the painstaking and wonderfully unpredictable arrangements."
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Reviews / Album
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
"All hip-shaking bass lines and slightly unorthodox rhythms."
Features / Music
PP Arnold's Long Lost Slice Of The '60s Has Finally Seen The Light Of Day
"We wanted to change the whole vibe and a lot of the songs on 'The Turning Tide' were Barry [Gibb]'s beautiful, beautiful ballads, which were really stretching me."
Reviews / Album
West Thebarton - Different Beings Being Different
"Perfectly capturing both their heart-on-sleeve, pub-rock stylings and their onstage chemistry and camaraderie."
Features / Music
How Maniacal Guitars, Crazy Nicknames & Robert Johnson's 'Association With The Devil'
"I'm a big fan of blues music but I don't try to totally emulate what I hear. There's always a new way of doing something, and that's just part of what we are."
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Features / Music
'It Wasn't For Nostalgia Reasons That We Did It Again, We Just Did It For Artistic Reasons'
"There seems something more at stake when you're faced with doing an LP - it's like doing a whole book instead of just writing a few pages."
Features / Music
'There's Always A Risk In Following Your Gut Instincts'
"I think if you're not scared of what you're doing then you're not doing it to the best of your abilities."
Features / Music
'Sometimes In Europe I Feel A Bit Like An Alien From Outerspace'
"It's just three chords and a couple of people but it really sounded like heaven and outer space at the same time."
Reviews / Album
Okkervil River - In The Rainbow Rain
"The scabrous delving into shadows of yore is a thing of the past."
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