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Jul 11, 2024 | 
beat.com.au | Will Brussen |Kaya Martin
It is evident that friendship is at the core of this Horsepower. It’s mates having fun together exploring the sounds of hardcore in their own way. They were friends long before they ever started the band together, and it’s clear their camaraderie is at the very core of what they do and how they operate. “It was during COVID – me, Dean and Nath – we lived together,” Dermott says. “It was kind of reaching the end of their band that they were in previously.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
beat.com.au | Jane Harrison |Will Brussen |Lucas Radbourne
She sits down with Beat Magazine to have a yarn about how The Visitors is a powerful tool of truth telling, and in turn the healing that comes from this. The Visitors, written by Jane Harrison and directed by Wesley Enoch, explores how colonisation and invasion of the First People of so-called Australia still reverberates in society today, through a fictionalised story that is rooted in historical events.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
scenestr.com.au | Will Brussen
Britt Daniel, frontman and founding member of indie rock genre benders Spoon, is content at home in Austin, Texas. Britt joins this call in the middle of back to back interviews on a sweltering hot Austin day, yet he is in a jovial mood with the conversation starting about the weather. "It's about 105 degrees Fahrenheit out here, I wish I knew what that was in celsius." 40-plus degrees celsius, is hot weather by anyone's standards.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
scenestr.com.au | Will Brussen
Bad//Dreems have been kicking around Australian music for over a decade, and in that time have learnt a lot about themselves and society at large. The band have channeled this into their latest album release 'HOO HA!', and have been touring around the country with an upcoming appearance at Harvest Rock in their home town in Adelaide. Ben Marwe – lead singer and guitarist – joins the call from Kaurna Land (Adelaide), where the band formed in 2011.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
scenestr.com.au | Will Brussen
For 40-plus years as a musician, the idea of music as a means of truth telling has been a pivotal aspect of Uncle Joe Geia's own compositions. It is the essence of what the Murri storytelling singer-songwriter, from North Queensland, conveys to his audience. 'From Rations To Wages To Treaty' is a project that celebrates his music, but also the stories that form the songs.
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
scenestr.com.au | Will Brussen
At this point, IDLES are no strangers to our shores. Last in Australia at the end of last year, to then be treated to the catharsis of an IDLES live show in the middle of this year was a celebration for the many gathered at Festival Hall (26 July). While this visit was a briefer tour than their previous stops with only three performances, including Splendour In The Grass, Naarm/ Melbourne felt very fortunate to be included. That love was expressed mutually throughout the evening.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
scenestr.com.au | Will Brussen
Little Simz has been on a meteoric rise over the past few years, and her performance at Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday (19 July) was that of an artist with a vision realised, relishing in the triumph of overcoming adversity. The resilience that comes with overcoming adversity was a theme central to both Little Simz and Ziggy Ramo's respective performances; it was a celebration of that as well as an acknowledgment that life isn't easy, but we will get through.
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Jun 27, 2023 | 
scenestr.com.au | Will Brussen
The Corner Hotel was buzzing at the end of the week, whether it was Friday or Saturday night as Cash Savage wasn't quite sure. It really didn't matter, as many punters filled up the famed bandroom of The Corner Hotel (23 June). The room has seen many incredible shows over the years and the album launch of Cash Savage and The Last Drinks' 'So This Is Love' is another to add to that ever growing list.
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
scenestr.com.au | Will Brussen
Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley, the founding members of the beast that is DZ Deathrays, zoom in from their respective homes on Dharug land (Blue Mountains) and Meanjin (Brisbane). Excited about the prospect of their sixth album ('R.I.F.F') release the next day (earlier this month), they share the ethos of the Remember It's For Fun (R.I.F.F) system, namesake for their new album and the events that led to making the new record.
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May 31, 2023 | 
scenestr.com.au | Will Brussen
Blak Day Out is an annual festival in Brisbane, this winter running as part of the Open Season programme at The Tivoli. It aims to bring First Nations community together to celebrate Blak excellence, Blak joy and Blak music. Alethea Beetson co-founder of Blak Social, the team behind Blak Day, was kind enough to shine a light on the work done behind the scenes to pull this festival together, and what can be expected from this exciting day.
