Last night I went along to the Opera House to this fantastic event - Sun 11 Jan – Ben Frost & Tim Hecker.

Ben Frost appeared and played a gorgeous set of building droney ambiance, notable for how cleanly defined all of the elements of his music was - the Opera House speakers clearly enunciating the space between all of the elements, as if by design. The set inspired an interesting story - a parable of the okayness of modern life. It was a snapshot of both millenia and also fleeting moments, and the idea that they are not…

Fri 25 Nov – Daedelus, Collarbones, galapagoose completely ruled Collarbones are absolutely amazing, galapagoose a wonderful support, and holy moly - Daedelus rocked the sweatiest room I have been in for ages with a set that made me realised I should get him to play all the time everywhere I go.

Such a wicked night

Sat 25 Apr – Essential Festival

The Jezabels have a really awesome sound, and I will totes check them out again.
Cloud Control are as cute as their singles have suggested they will be, and this bodes very very well for their upcoming album
DZ have taken over where Death From Above 1979 left off, and are completely awesome, had totally won me over and then finished with the dopest cover of We Like To Party evarrrrr
Young & Restless used to be the most dangerous band in Australia, but now that DZ hold that title, its nice to see…

Wed 1 Apr – The Kills, Louis XIV

Louis XIV sit in that uncomfortable place between being good and being bland as hell. not good enough for me to like, but slightly more exciting than bland, they impressed my friends, but haddnt won me over by the time all their songs started sounding the same. Totally thought the voice was a girls, but it was actually a bearded dude. Apart from that, they were just … too safe.

The Kills were stunning. The insane sexual tension between Hotel n VV, the really really ballsy music, and the classiness of the…

Thu 2 Apr – M83, The Dø

Holy fucking shit The Dø blew away pretty much every other band in the entire world except for probably The Flaming Lips. OK maybe thats a little hyperbolic, but they were amazing, and totally different to what I had expected. I love a mouthful and had often fantasised about seeing it live, thinking it would be a sleepy, summery affair… Instead, live The Dø are an immense three piece, with as Kaz put it – a saucy girl who feigns shyness as opposed the other way around, which is incredibly hot.
But…

Thu 26 Mar – Biffy Clyro

My friend Bronwyn was nice enough to hook a brother up with a ticket.

I had been drinking a beer n a shot for a few hours before hand

They really are a melding of all of the best things in pop punk - kind of like a smooshing of bloc parties best bits with fall out boys best bits with lots of other best bits of other bands.

Twas awesome to have a really vocal crowd singing along to every song.

Their merch was crap.

Id do that again, and really need to…

Thu 5 Mar – Black Mountain, The Wahas

The Wahas are very good. The thing about them is they simultaneously think they are better than they are, whilst not knowing just how good they are. Whilst most of the consensus is that they should lose the little androgenous tambourine guy in the hat, as he distracts in a not a good way far more than he contributes (probably, who knows, possibly he writes all the songs or brought them all together, or makes really mean brevilles at rehearsal or something), they were really good. Their haircuts suggested they knew that,…

Fri 27 Feb – El-P (Def Jux) Australian Tour

Scott Burns is really bloody good, but noone gave a shit

edseven played some of what I would have, had the promoters taken Bec Paton's advice and decided to book me to replace her, but I would have also played more dark def jux-ey stuff. He was good though.

El-P i guess i dont like him for his words, but more the way his beats crash violently around my skull. this doesnt get replicated live. shame.

Thu 26 Feb – Tame Impala

Tame Impala will be the biggest band in the world in 3 years time.

DX from Brisbane rule, in that kind of garage rock times Holy Fuck kind of way

Each year, I think to myself… you know, there havent been that many good songs… yet each year im whittling it down from about a shortlist of 50. Having just completed the process, I will show you what I voted for, and why.

Young And Restless - Police Police

My beautiful friends finally got their album out, and despite this possibly being the most disapointing track on the album, its the one their email told me to vote for… So whilst Kapow! but moreso I Pointed At You And You Burst Into Flames work way better in the recorded form,…