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God Hates Brisbane @ The Step Inn

Event: God Hates Brisbane
Date: June 5, 2010
Venue: The Step Inn, Brisbane
Acts: No Anchor, Turnpike, AXXONN, Cured Pink, White Bears of Norway, Die On Planes, The Entire Asian Population

God Hates Brisbane.

I am sure this is true.

I am sure because just up the road hundreds of drunken, braying idiots are packing themselves into the Mustang Bar trying to out-bogan each other, while a bare two-score watch the feeback-ridden, twin-guitar extremities of The Entire Asian Population.

I am sure because hundreds desecrate the rotting corpse of the Arena content to pop pills and listen to recycled RnB while at the Step Inn Ambrose Chapel channels aural destruction from the very heavens with his fingertips.

And I am sure because Brisbanites would rather pay through the nose for overpriced cocktails in wanky inner-city bars than fork out a mere $8 to enter the Step Inn to sample the likes of Turnpike, AXXONN and No Anchor.

If I was God, I would smite Brisbane for these iniquities.

God, ineffably, refrains. Nevertheless, I am sure that God hates Brisbane. It’s just a matter of time.

Lost & Found @ Rosies

Date: March 7, 2010
Venue: Rosies, Brisbane
Acts: Lou Barlow, CanCan, New Pants, OneOne, DZ, No Anchor, AXXONN

Out of the last-minute collapse of the Lost Weekend festival, local promoters Fans have cobbled together Lost & Found. This eclectic mini-festival sports (among others) Lou Barlow as well as two different meldings of Deerhoof and Tenniscoats — OneOne and CanCan. Barlow plays a straight-laced acoustic set, while the other two turn in quirky performances that must be nine parts whimsy to one part serious rock. The weirdness peaks when Tenniscoats’ Ueno Takashi and Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier as CanCan balance a guitar on the back of a crouching compadre and proceed to poke at it like a pair of demented schoolchildren. I’m fairly sure there’s no deep meaning to the spectacle; it’s “merely” a trio of friends enjoying the hell out of confusing everyone. Read more

Lichens @ The Step Inn

Date: July 19, 2010
Venue: The Step Inn, Brisbane
Acts: Lichens, Andrews, McManus & Stern Trio, Die On Planes, AXXONN

Tonight, Lichens — aka Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe — is supported by three acts with a similar, yet distinct, sound.

The delicious, ear-crushing keyboard-driven drones of Tom Hall’s AXXONN — this evening with the added punch of Violent Soho’s Luke Henery providing guest bass. The distorted, feedback-ridden screams and unadulterated menace of Die On Planes. And the fractured, jazz-like percussion and knob-twisting of the Andrews, McManus & Stern Trio. Read more