brian hooper (is super)

I don't know much about makin' music, but every single bass line Brian Hooper played on Pop Crimes was wonderful.

deadwood

The Stabs are one of my favourite bands in thee whole world. I'm just fresh from seeing them at John Curtain Bandroom, and they were, as envisaged, amazing. Unfortunately I went with my BFF so we spent half the time making fun of shit (espesh plaits), and I lost a heap of limited edition Mentos in my excitement.

Have I not yet been creepy enough in this post? Well, the bass player's kinda cute...

off the hip bbq

I had to go printer shopping with my Dad on Sunday, so I arrived at the Off the Hip BBQ at the Tote kinda late. It had been going all day but we only arrived at the demise of the Cheats set, in time to catch Russian Roulettes.

Russian Roulettes completely slayed it, and I'd defs go see them again. The drummer had a super cute lisp, and some real tight hairdo. Midnight Wolf and Johnnie Casino followed. Then Spencer P. Jones secretly took o the stage and it was really exciting 'cos he's amazing. I've never seen him without a cowboy hat before, so I guess that made it all the more special! He played a few songs on his lonesome on a cool transparent guitar, then a couple with backing from Los Chicos- at this point there was four guitars on stage- but too many cooks didn't spoil the broth.


I love Los Chicos, I saw them twice while they were in Australia, and I wish they were here forever and ever so that they could be my boyfriends (especially the singer). They were super trashy and did an appauling cover of My Pal, but it had so much heart and fun in it, you couldn't help but smile.

Buried Horses were last, weirdly. It kind of seemed as though it should have ended on the Los Chicos high. I'm still not keen on the new songs- I like the music, but the vocals are just too RAAAAH, and make me feel like I'm getting creeped on in the outback by John Jarrat in Wolf Creek.

big sexy noise- lydia lunch

I've recently watched the doco Blank City at Melbourne International Film Festival and decided that Lydia Lunch is an okay person. I thought she was a wanker, because in the We're Livin' On Dogfood doco she was a complete tool and her voice was really grating. Howevz, in Blank City she was quite funny, and she has done some pretty cool stuff. I love her cover of Some Velvet Morning that she does with Rowland S Howard. It gives me shivers.