Theme For a NoFX Column
Posted on 10. Oct, 2009 by Brad Abraham in Columns, Music
A snob to my own people, a pariah among brothers, a born outsider lost in the haze amidst other outsiders. Such were the feelings that overcame me as I watched Fat Mike, El Hefe, Melvin and Smelly take the Palace stage for their third and final Melbourne show. I couldn’t put my finger on it. […]
Review: Strung Out — Agents of the Underground
Posted on 10. Oct, 2009 by Billy Maulana in Music
Bands and artists can be defined by many things, yet at times longevity in the age of brevity can oft be overlooked. Longstanding Simi Valley melodicore outfit Strung Out will never have their fortitude and ‘stick-to-itness’ questioned– 7 albums in and now some 20 years into their existence, they rarely shift away from their melody-driven, […]
Pennywise in for the Coin!
Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by Brad Abraham in Columns
“East Bay Ray seemed like a pretty nice fellow, But that guy from Philly, I wonder if he knew what he was getting into It was the greatest karaoke show that I’d ever seen. Who could blame him? Certainly not me. There were wisecracks from people in the scene. I’m sorry Jeff Whathisname that we […]
Review: The Swellers — Ups and Downsizing
Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by Billy Maulana in Music
Tony Sly’s influence is vastly underrated. Just ask The Swellers, who spend much of Ups and Downsizing (as they did with 2007’s My Everest), doing their post-melodicore take on mid-to-late 90s punk which was primarily dominated by Fat Wreck’s ever growing roster of similarity. At the time, older punks seemed to deride the overly melodic […]
You sir, are a lying, backstabbing motherf*cker
Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Billy Maulana in Columns
Unlike it’s North American counterpart, the Australian music industry is a remarkably small place. Similarly, the press side of the business is often claustrophobic in nature; limited numbers of major newspapers along with an unfathomably small amount of magazine/specialist press. One common factor throughout the country is its reliance on free street press zines– a […]
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