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Steve Bell, Journalist

Steve Bell

Many, many moons ago Steve Bell was unassumingly writing a small fanzine for the inner-city Brisbane record store where he worked when on one otherwise normal day he was poached into the cutthroat world of street press, embarking on an eye-opening journey interviewing bands and banging on about music for the street press publication Time Off. It's an association that's now existed for well over 20 years - including a decade full-time as the print editor for Time Off/The Music - and one which still provides him with immense enjoyment and satisfaction, even though in recent times it's nestled alongside other music-related vocations such as co-owning a record store and indie label, radio broadcasting and navigating the podcast world.

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Built To Spill, Ben Salter, The Bear Hunt
"How does a band this good stay so criminally unheralded?"
Features / Arts
On Going To A Cunnilingus Class And Not Being Afraid Of Sex Anymore
"Apart from the nudity the [most awkward moment] was when I first took a cunnilingus class."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: A Day On The Green - Sirromet Winery
"The band sounds killer from the outset as they start with all guns blazing, opening with Bittersweet and Tojo to really set the bar high."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Violent Soho - WACO
"Aussies have always loved an underdog and WACO will ensure that Violent Soho's triumphant renaissance continues unabated."
Features / Music
Why Music Is Never Easy And The Story Behind 'WACO'
"We can't play a record like Hungry Ghost was played at that time, because we're just not those people anymore."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sleater-Kinney, Bloods
"Their songs are thick and sinuous and throbbing with built up angst and resentment, the union and simpatico between the three key players almost tangible."
Features / Music
Reflections On Mortality And Family Connections
"It just kind of grew out of this experiment to see if I could do everything, but I'm a terrible drummer so I felt lucky that I'd grown one."
Features / Arts
Why The Aim Is To Laugh Your Balls Off For An Hour
"If they find a theme in it, fucking great work. If you just laugh your balls off for an hour: that was the aim from the start."
News / Music
Your Guide To The QMA Album Of The Year 2016 Finalists
Everything you need to know about the five stellar records
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Violent Femmes - We Can Do Anything
"...the Femmes still possess a surplus of substance to augment their undeniable style."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Nada Surf - You Know Who You Are
"The arrangements become more expansive but there's still plenty of breathing room."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: M Ward - More Rain
"There are subtle contributions from Neko Case, Peter Buck and kd lang but it's Ward's lazy elegance which brings it all home."