It is being reported that it is being reported (how legit does it sound already!) that Sufjan Stevens will be playing a show at the Festival Theatre in Adelaide on February the first 2011. The article in question was apparently in an Adelaide newspaper today, and if this is true then it is hard to […]
Continue readingGig Review: Boy And Bear @ The East Brunswick Club, 23rd October
Last night Boy And Bear played what I believe was one of their first ever Melbourne headline shows. They have developed out of sight as a band since I first saw them at Homebake last year, and this was easily the most complete set I’ve seen them play to date.
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So, And Pluck Your Strings turned one today. I can barely believe where this blog is now, considering it started on a whim when I was home from uni one day. Back then I would be thrilled with 5 hits a day, and now I’m averaging well above 200, which I’m sure would seem tiny […]
Continue readingSplendour Needs Your Help
I try to avoid politicising this blog as much as possible, but in this case I think it’s more than justified. My favourite Australian music festival, Splendour In The Grass, needs your help to secure a permanent home in NSW. Personally I, like pretty much everyone else who attended the festival this year I am […]
Continue readingGig Review: Tyme @ Gertrude’s Brown Couch, 17th October
Last Sunday local rap artist Tyme played a remarkably polished and intimate EP launch at Gertrude’s Brown Couch in Fitzroy which was thoroughly enjoyable for me personally, even though I’m not overly familiar with hip hop music.
Continue readingGig Review: Yacht Club DJs @ The Corner Hotel, 16th October
Without sounding like toooo much of a pretentious dickhead, I honestly believe that a part of writing is accepting that there are some things which words simply cannot adequately describe. The Yacht Club DJs set at the Corner Hotel on Saturday night was one of these things.
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October 24, 2010 
