Chris Yates, Journalist

Will Learmonth of Teargas has spent the last five months getting a whole bunch of hardcore bands to come up to Brisbane for a full blown three day festival across three different venues. He tells Chris Yates about how the Total Attack Festival came together and what’s in store for Teargas.

"Catcall’s debut is a rich treasure trove of the kind of intelligent pop that for obvious reasons only shows up these days when indie artists take a risk on being popular."

She’s spent years mastering this idea – refining her songs into their simplest form, with her subtle vocals gently working around the edges.

While Electronic Earth offers up some almost experimental production ideas, it doesn’t have more than a couple of tracks to really justify Labrinth’s regular assertions that he’s gonna change the world.

A hoarse Kim Churchill talks about the unlikely circumstances of recording in Canada, and how his influences might defy his sound.

Six60 tells Chris Yates about the (mostly self-inflicted) pressures the band are facing to follow up their debut self-titled album.

Watching one man cram a lifetime of underground hits – arguably the very blueprint of hip hop itself – into one show was without question one of the most exciting gigs a fan of real hip hop could possibly experience.”

A brave and bold venture, Rant is an unexpected triumph.

A solid album which reveals itself slowly, Aufheben is a successful exercise in BJM’s typical tuneful weirdness.

“I sound like such a wanker when I say this, but we’re going back to Europe for like 30 days straight, and I’m sort of like, ‘Ugh, again?’”

"If anyone asks me what style of music I play, I say ‘acoustic’ (laughs) which doesn’t really mean anything!”