PASTEL BLAZE / UNDEAD APES / USELESS CHILDREN / TEARGAS AT BURST CITY 10-09-10

A shit night for me in retrospect, the new camera I've been using lately ended up getting smashed into the ground during Teargas' first song (more money I don't have) but whatever, I was still able to retrieve this footage from it, the bands were decent enough and it's Burst City.


PASTEL BLAZE





I'm tired, I like this band but I'm going to be lazy. Pastel Blaze are an "All girl garage glitter punk extravaganza from Brisbane, Australia" - from their tumblr.


UNDEAD APES



MYSPACE


USELESS CHILDREN



Melbourne's Useless Children were here to launch a new 7", 'Skin'. They have a record with a mind blowing 3D cover (comes with a pair of 3D glasses), my friend bought a copy and we were both pretty wasted and just stared at it in awe for the entire bus ride home and it was awesome. I appreciated that.


TEARGAS



Brisbane's TEARGAS, bloody brutal brisbane hardcore etc. etc. this footage is basically just me filming right up front like an idiot then getting knocked to the floor and the camera gets fucked up forever. The end, man, the end.

BLANK REALM / FABULOUS DIAMONDS AT BURST CITY 3-09-10

I know most of the shows I've filmed over the last couple of months have been from Burst City and it might seem a little repetitive but that's because it feels like the cosmic centre of Brisbane music right now. A show with a great lineup like this was going to be awesome no matter what venue it was in, but this was something else entirely. Feathers, Deadnotes and Slug Guts also played amazing sets that I wasn't able to film due to the dark lighting. Audio recordings of the whole night should be available at Turnitupto10 pretty soon I reckon.


BLANK REALM



Wow. There was something otherworldly about Blank Realm's set, a complete transcendental bliss that only this band can achieve. I was pretty out of it and can't really remember filming this but watching it back made me realise how much I fucking love this band.


FABULOUS DIAMONDS



Fabulous Diamonds are one of my favourite bands. This is the soundtrack to get wasted to and forget about your shitty life. They last played Brisbane a year ago supporting Pink Reason and were unfortunately mostly overlooked, but here they return and this time play a much deserved headline set.

CURED PINK / PSY ANTS / FANGS OF / DIE ON PLANES AT BURST CITY 29-08-10

Back to Burst City... definitely the best place to spend a Sunday afternoon in Brisbane. $5 entry, 4 bands, what a good deal. For this show I tried something new and used a better video camera (courtesy Adam Rogers of Heart Flew fame), featuring widescreen, night mode etc. It's bloody nice is what it is, enjoy the difference.


CURED PINK





Opening with nothing more than a few heartfelt screams which then developed into tape machine perversions and some brutal floor thrusting, Cured Pink shows us why he's one of the best solo experimental noise performance artists in Australia.


PSY ANTS



Once again, here is the ALMIGHTY Psy Ants. Reliable as ever, they battle through technical problems and deliver the brutal.


FANGS OF...





Melbourne's Fangs Of... A TV Evangelist were very decent. Brutal post punk with enough imagination in the songs and structures to keep it engaging for the whole set, something a lot of similar bands don't do (for me anyway). Awesome.


DIE ON PLANES





I love it when I see a band I haven't seen before and they take me by complete surprise. Die On Planes came across as total dumbarse stoner doom and I mean that in the best possible way. I could watch/listen to this shit for days on end.

LOOSE GRIP / GRAVEL SAMWIDGE AT BURST CITY 14-08-10

A Benefit show to help raise funds for Burst City to keep going, a damn good cause. Only 3 bands, Slug Guts played last and it was the best set I've witnessed from them, I was completely lost in that blurry moment and was unable to film it.


LOOSE GRIP



The first time Loose Grip have played in months (featuring weirdly enough, me on bass). Coast punk with pride saving their last beers from descending flesh.

Filmed by Esther Lilley.


GRAVEL SAMWIDGE



I turned 3 in 1989 and I guess I wasn't paying much attention because I cannot remember Gravel Samwidge forming that very year. It's now 2010 and just like my mental capacity is much the same as it was back then (eat, cry, sleep, repeat) Gravel Samwidge 21 years later on are still playing their own brand of dignified weirdo outsider rock. They played a long, uncompromising set of Gravel Samwidge hits old and new.

SLUG GUTS / NAKED ON THE VAGUE AT BURST CITY 30-07-10

A brutal night at Burst City for the Brisbane launch of NOTV's excellent new album 'Heaps of Nothing'. Not one sober face could be seen amongst the bloody vomit drenched dirge. There were no survivors.


NAKED ON THE VAGUE



Brisbane finally gets to see NOTV in all it's relatively new 4-piece glory, having last been here an unforgivable 3 and a half years ago (!!!!). nah I forgive them. NOTV rule.


SLUG GUTS



This was a highly anticipated show from Slug Guts, who haven't played at all this year besides a recent tour of Japan. New members, singer swappin' and a whole new set of songs equated to a pretty darn exciting set.

AMBROSE CHAPEL / PSY ANTS / 6MAJIK9 / SKY NEEDLE / GERALD KEANEY AND THE GERALD KEANEYS / CURED PINK AT BURST CITY 18-07-10

A mini-festival presented by Bedroom Suck Records, described as "A FESTIVAL OF THE BRISBANE UNDERGROUND, ALL AFTERNOON BEERS + BBQ IN THE TROPICAL WINTER SUNSHINE." There was no BBQ but there were plenty of beers, all the bands delivered and it was a really nice day. Aww.


AMBROSE CHAPEL



Ambrose Chapel is the solo work of Ian Rogers, well known for his work in No Anchor, AXXONN and back in the day, Iron On. He kicked off the afternoon with some ambient noise in the Burst City courtyard.


PSY ANTS



Psy Ants are so freaking great. Brutal early afternoon set.


6MAJIK9



Psychadelic collaborative improv noise trippers 6MAJIK9 make a rare journey out of the NSW highlands to perform. They played a long set that had grand moments of lysergic bliss.


SKY NEEDLE



Sky Needle are on their own indescribable level of unique awesomeness. Check this out.


GERALD KEANEY AND THE GERALD KEANEYS





One of my favourite things filmed for this blog was Gerald Keaney and the Gerald Keaneys playing at a house show last year in West End. It feels weird that almost a year has past since he's performed in band mode in Brisbane but this set was totally worth the wait. Backed with a new band, Gerald entertains the crowd with his ideas on the future, philosophy, binary code and music videos.


CURED PINK



After playing a bunch of well received Melbourne shows, Cured Pink plays his first Brisbane show back to launch a new cassette EP (out on Sabbatical). The set was awesomely short, brutal and ended the event in blood oceans of doommmmm. doooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm. Doom.


I wasn't able to film all the bands that played (Heart Flew, Teen Sex, Yout Dem) but audio bootlegs of each set can be downloaded from Labyrinth City. More thoughtfully written reviews of the performances are there too.

THE SEIZURES / SOUTHERN COMFORT / BLANK REALM AT BURST CITY 16-07-10

THE SEIZURES



A new song from The Seizures. These guys go all out and it's freaken cool.


SOUTHERN COMFORT



The second show of Southern Comfort's 3 date Brisbane tour, joined this time with the tight rhythm section of Lee Parker (Slug Guts, Loomer, Insurgents) and Cameron Hawes (I Heart Hiroshima, Slug Guts).


BLANK REALM



A new hit from Blank Realm and it's a total live favourite. The chorus goes something like 'GROWIN' IT INSIDE YA! GROWIN' IT INSIDE YA!' and it's catchy as hell.

GREG CHARLES / STAG / PASTEL BLAZE AT BURST CITY 12-06-10

Damn Burst City is a good venue. With a newly constructed stage and sensibly designed banner proclaiming 'BURST CITY' above it the night went off. I'm gettin' old but this could be the new 610 so enjoy it while it lasts kids. Creepy laugh.


GREG CHARLES



Toowoomba based former Blonde Cobra / 6Majik9 member Greg Charles plays a rare live set. I last saw him play like 5 years ago, shit. Nice guy, for want of wanting to describe it, I'd say this was "bleak doom folk" and it was good.


STAG



Making their venue debut, Brisbane supergroup STAG, undeniably under the influence of carbs and pheromones power through a set of pop hits.


PASTEL BLAZE



Decent fundamental punk rock on display here. Features Innez from Feathers and other Brisbane luminaries. Little to no internet presence EXCEPT THIS which kind of rules.

SCRAPS / SCIENCE / PER PURPOSE AT BURST CITY 23-05-10

An awesome Sunday afternoon homecoming show at Burst City for Scraps, this being her first Australian show this year after touring around Japan and Europe.


SCRAPS



Scraps plays a set of almost entirely fresh material, only relenting to play some of her old hits when verbally abused by a drunk and nostalgic crowd hungry to relive 2009. This song is brand new and really, really nice.


SCIENCE





Science return with a new addition of Sebastian from The Seizures on guitar and the result? Heavy as shit PUNK/METAL/DOOM. Damn cool.


PER PURPOSE



The last Per Purpose per formance for awhile as drummer Joe embarks on an overseas trip. This was the last song of their set and is also a new one. Per fection.

CHROME DOME / FEATHERS AT BURST CITY 23-04-10

Burst City is a brand new venue in Brisbane, it's an old community hall situated across the road from the museum dinosaurs in South Bank. This was my first time there and although there were some sound/lighting issues I have no doubt that once the place gets settled down (or doesn't get shut down) it's going to be one of the best places to see bands play in Brisbane.


CHROME DOME



On tour for their new album and their first time in Brisbane, Melbourne's Chrome Dome are living the hedonistic wastoid dream to the fullest. This is artistic expression at it's most pure as the songs are an uncompromisingly harsh soundtrack to their fucked up lifestyle. There is no separation between the people/music here folks, this is the real deal. I wish more bands were like this instead of living their art only on the weekends inbetween uni assignments like some lame arse indie rock band. Chrome Dome live this shit 24/7 and deserve your respect.


FEATHERS



The last time I saw Feathers was at least 2 years ago and I can barely remember it which makes for a weak opening to this paragraph. Since then they've lost members, acquired some new members and written a bunch of new songs. I was looking forward to filming them but the lack of lighting in the venue made it hard. I've added some sepia brightness effect crap to this to make it watchable because I thought the song was really good. I promise next time Feathers play I'll get some Grade A premium beef footage because they're worth it.