ABSOLUTE BOYS / FEATHERS / VELOCIRAPTOR AT CUBBY HOLE 19-06-10

Cubby Hole is closing down and I'm unsure whether it'll continue at another venue so this is probably the last thing I'll film from there. END OF AN ERA, MATE.


ABSOLUTE BOYS



Hailing from Melbourne and featuring former members of Eucalypt and Ohana, Absolute Boys play Brisbane for the first time. I really liked it, someone described them to me as 'My Disco meets Fabulous Diamonds' which is kinda maybe fitting but I thought they were different enough to stand on their own. Which is a good thing, Duh.


FEATHERS





Gotta love Feathers, the first video is a brand new song with an appearance by Andrea Blake from Chrome Dome. The second video is a Rolling Stones cover. Enjoy.


VELOCIRAPTOR



Geeez man, Velociraptor have more members than I have mice in my kitchen which is a freaken lot. Spazzed out garage rock and a good example of how to get your friends into a show for free - just give them a tambourine.

SCRAPS / EXTRA FOXX / HEART FLEW LIKE AN ARROW / LEWIS O'LEARY & THE CUCUMBERS AT CUBBY HOLE 10-06-10

Gosh! What a nice n' relaxed Thursday night of music from some of Brisbane's overlooked finest. Gosh! Every second post on this blog seems to be from a show at Cubby Hole. Gosh! I woke up too early today.


SCRAPS



I was born a Scraps fan and I'll die a Scraps fan, damnit. If this doesn't make you feel nostalgic for those days as a kid growing up in a housing complex on the Gold Coast then you aint me.


EXTRA FOXX





"What's the set gonna be tonight, Conwae?" I asked the man behind Extra Foxx right before the show.
"Pure sex" He slurred, confidently puffing away on a cigar and wearing his best suit. I stared.
"Or the lack of," he added. Great set.

The second video 'Horses' is a cover, originally by Sally Timms of the Mekons and was also performed by Will Oldham. Thanks Wikipedia.


HEART FLEW LIKE AN ARROW



Heart Flew Like an Arrow is like liquid. It changes a lot and moves squishy and uh, that's all I got. Shit analogy. Anyway this aint bad, it caters to my preference of 3 piece bands - Straight to the point and no jerking around.


LEWIS O'LEARY AND THE CUCUMBERS



Lewis O'Leary and his band of misfits perform neurotic folk tunes to close out this fine evening and the $5 I paid to see it all was well spent. Gosh!


THE END.

KNEE CHIN / BLANK REALM / DUD PILLS AT CUBBY HOLE 5-06-10

Adelaide's Dud Pills play Brisbane for the first time launching their debut cassette "SEXY AS HELL".


KNEE CHIN





Two new songs from Knee Chin!!!!1


BLANK REALM



Brisbane's hardest working and this blog's most filmed band Blank Realm wrote this song the afternoon of the show which is pretty awesome/fresh.


DUD PILLS









Alright listen up anonymous reader of my little blog, I see a lot of bands play, hell that's all I really do. Most bands don't really do anything for me, then there's a small few that make the nightmare of wasting my life bearable and maybe even agreeable. One of these bands is yep, Adelaide's Dud Pills. They're one of the best bands nobody has ever heard and that's why I've put up four songs from their set here, usually my limit is two but these guys are worth your time.

BATRIDER AT CUBBY HOLE 20-05-10

Batrider's Brisbane performance on their 'Beaks' tour, and once again another show at Cubby Hole in the horrific Brisbane CBD.


BATRIDER






I really like Batrider. I've seen them play sporadically over the last 4 years or so and what always stands out for me is the raw honesty in their delivery. There's no pretention, no delusions of grandeur, no gloss, just a decent down to earth rock band playing for you.

KITTEN PARTY / CURED PINK / HEART FLEW LIKE AN ARROW / KNEE CHIN / MARL CARX AT CUBBY HOLE 30-04-10

An epic album launch and last ever show for one of Brisbane's most underrated bands Marl Carx. The lineup featured some of the most creatively progressive and exciting bands this town has to offer right now and it was awesome to see so many people enjoying it.


KITTEN PARTY



Armed with only a casio keyboard, floor tom, loop pedal and not even wearing shoes, Ferny Grove export Kitten Party opens the show tonight and conquers the world. If this little instrumental doesn't bring a smile to your life hardened face then shucks mister, what's wrong with ya?


CURED PINK



Die psychotischen Industrie-und anti-gewerbelärm im Cured Pink hallt drohend über den Veranstaltungsort, wie Andrew McLellan verhandelt mit Kanälen und seine musikalischen Einflüsse mit Hilfe von einer Rolle auf Tonband aus der Hölle reel. Brutal effiziente.


HEART FLEW LIKE AN ARROW



Changing line ups like underwear (almost once a week right? "LOL"), Heart Flew Like an Arrow ditch the improv noise schtick in favour of a set of acoustically driven pop songs. Featured Nicholas from Knee Chin on drums and Lewis O'Leary from Lewis O'Leary and the Cucumbers on electric guitar.


KNEE CHIN



Knee Chin are fast becoming one of Brisbane's best bands and the crowd know it. With a Flying Nun-esque yet still distinctly Brisbane sound and also featuring one of the most hilariously idiosyncratic frontmen of our time, they put on a really great show. Good job guys.


MARL CARX





Having not played a show since June 2009 and with most of their two year existence spent wallowing within the honest yet dank confines of the Brisbane house show circuit, Marl Carx reunite for one last time and get the recognition they deserve. A thoroughly excited and drunk crowd show their respects with a celebratory MOSH as Brisbane's last nu-no wave band is put to rest.



For high quality live audio recordings of all the bands check out Labyrinth City and Turn it up to 10.

THE STABS / IVY ST. AT CUBBY HOLE 24-04-10

A great show with two interstate bands, Melbourne's Stabs and Hobart's Ivy St. Anzac weekend regulations meant the venue had to be completely shut down by midnight, cutting the Stabs' set short which was a damn shame. Way to give Brisbane a reputation, regulation jerx.


THE STABS





With both the crowd and the band visibly frustrated by the midnight curfew, The Stabs set is intense as they milk everything they've got out of the 20 minutes or so they've been forced to play within. The second video is of their last song (6ft Rodent) complete with audience stage invasion, collapsing PA and a 5 minute noise meltdown at the end.


IVY ST.



One of Ivy St.'s last shows for the whole year which sucks because I love this band. This song is the A Side from their new 7" "Oh Their Faces / Talk to Strangers".

PER PURPOSE / LOOMER / MOTHER AND FATHER AT ROSIES 10-04-10

Argh. The Brisbane CBD on a Saturday night. Totally depressing. This show however was worthwhile enough to warrant an expedition into it's hellish epicentre and luckily the footage turned out not too bad too. too. huh?


PER PURPOSE





Per Purpose is improving with every show they play. This set was solid and I reckon by the end of the year everybody will be talking about them. Even the guy with the weird smile down at the deli.


LOOMER



Probably the best Loomer set I've seen. I've had horrible luck trying to film these guys before but this turned out pretty good so check it out.


MOTHER AND FATHER





Melbourne band Mother and Father's final show for this tour they've been doin' for their album nothin'. I was a bit skeptical about this band and wouldn't of gone had it not been for the supports but I ended up enjoying it and I liked how they weren't in denial about their influences but enthusiastically embraced it in a 'Hell yeah, we've all heard this kind of music a million times before but that's because it's awesome. Let's get drunk and party!' kind of way. I'll happily drink to that.

SWAMPLORDS / LOOSE GRIP AT ROSIES 12-02-10

Rosies in the heart of the Brisbane CBD is the new haunt for the Clubhouse nights. It's a better place than the Empire bar, it's dark, dirty and rock n roll. This was the 2nd week of business.

SWAMPLORDS



Swamplords bring the psych rock, don't expect no Blank Realm but it aint bad at all. I think this is their last or second last show with the current lineup so that means something.


LOOSE GRIP



Barely legal drinking age punk band Loose Grip cover the seminal Offspring classic "Cool to Hate" which is of course from their glorious 1996 masterpiece genius opus 'Ixnay on the Hombre'.

Do ya like to compare stuff you raging stoner? Check out the original right here (from their brilliantly realised and sprawlingly epic 1997 VHS release 'Americana').