Demosthenes joined us ages ago and is a contributor. He was online yesterday evening.
| Demosthenes is a bit of a dilettante |
I live in Brisbane and appear to have somehow fooled a lot of people into believing I can write. They pay me for it, in fact. This is something I still find wildly astonishing since I failed English in Year 11 ...
I currently work for a tiny marketing consultancy as a copywriter, regularly doing evil things such as writing brochures and websites to sell property and investment strategies. When that palls, I write uber-complex technical papers that require far too much knowledge of software development theory and economics and turn my brain to mush.
Between Fasterlouder and a quarterly column I write for Wildlife Australia magazine, I hope to stave off madness. Not sure it's working so far ...
I like snakes, long walks on the beach at sunset and small, mutant star goats.
I'm a novice when it comes to writing about music. But at least I know what I like, eh?
Favourite bands/artists -- Sigur Ros, Screamfeeder, Dirty Three, Trinkets, Boat People, Clouds, Genevieve Maynard, Falling Joys ... that'll do otherwise we'll be here forever.
Anyway, enough about me, more about you!
Live music^10, hiking, photography, writing, reading, red wine
Clouds, I Heart Hiroshima, Godpeed You! Black Emperor, Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ed Kuepper, Mars Volta, Tori Amos, Brian Eno
Hearted ages ago
From humble beginnings in the Melbourne bar scene of the early ‘90s to performances all over the world, the members of the Dirty Three have shown themselves to be among the most unconventional purveyors of the rock ‘n’ roll form.
Hearted ages ago
The Vasco Era affirm their reputation as the best live band in Australia with another stunning, rip-the-roof off performance.
Hearted ages ago
Two highly regarded figures of Australian independent music, Ed Kuepper and Jeffrey Wegener, are reunited onstage for the first time since the mid 1980s.
Hearted ages ago
FourPlay, classically trained musicians with an electric rock ethos, release their fourth album, Now To The Future.
Hearted ages ago
Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside is a testament and tribute to a live show that knows no equal, and is an early contender and frontrunner for album of the year
Hearted ages ago
The band that defined thrash metal descend upon Perth to show us how it's done, with progressive metallers Mastodon in support.
Hearted ages ago
Icelandic quartet Sigur Ros appear to be on the crest of a neverending wave of appreciation following their Australian tour. And this, their latest glittering offering, promises to severely widen the band's ever-extending legion of fans.
Hearted ages ago
Competing with Denim Venim (Powderfinger) @ The Zoo, The Basics revive the sixties at The Troubadour on a Wednesday night.
Hearted ages ago
The Pet Shop Boys sneak into a sideshow of the V Festival to make it a very Good Friday for fans of the electronic pop legendds.
Hearted ages ago
Breathtaking in their pop brilliance, it’s when actually seeing the Pixies – the PIXIES!! – perform that the realisation comes…every band you have ever adored in the last fifteen years, minimum, has been influenced by these four very people.
Hearted ages ago
Breathtaking in their pop brilliance, it’s when actually seeing the Pixies – the PIXIES!! – perform that the realisation comes…every band you have ever adored in the last fifteen years, minimum, has been influenced by these four very people.
Hearted ages ago
Rock and roll has just gotten a little grittier with the arrival of Grinderman's dissonant, multi-layered sounds that give a modest nod to their post-punk and no wave influences. Nick Cave just wants you to know that put simply; Grinderman is 'noisy' and hairy'. Enough said really.
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