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The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love

By |January 23rd, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: , , , , , |

EMI/Rough Trade, 2009 [7/10] Where once The Decemberists were a modest modern rock band, albeit outsiders with literate leanings that rarely leaned toward rock's excesses, they have gradually extended their artistic aspirations into the musical

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Mental As Anything – Essential As Anything / Tents Up

By |July 24th, 2009|Categories: Album Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

Both mental and essential, Sydney's pop legends Mental as Anything return with a career-encompassing collection and a brand new studio album.

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Jonneine Zapata – Brisbane – 7 October 2010

By |November 18th, 2010|Categories: Live Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Jonneine Zapata's Cast the Demons Out came out of nowhere and managed to do what it said on the tin. And all indications were that live was where she excelled. Comparisons were bandied around from PJ Harvey and Patti Smith for there strong vocal ranges to Jim Morrison and Mick Jagger for their bold sexual stage presence. Apart from the smoldering mic stand gripping, her onstage persona also alternates between standing still with an ice cold stare, holding her arms aloft swaying like an eagle, and my favourite, lurching around the stage like a drunken marionette. Unsettling? Maybe but never boring.