Women In Music Conference
We’ve been pushing the gender debate here on Collapse Board, so it should come as no surprise that I was front and centre, 8:30am sharp, at the Women In Music conference on Tuesday. Pleasingly, it was...
View ArticleREVIEWED LOCALLY: Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (Capitol)
by Jodi Biddle Beastie Boys should have become pathetic parodies of themselves long ago. The name alone just doesn’t lend itself to a bunch of aging white guys. Yet somehow, they pull through. It...
View ArticleNicki Minaj – Barbie’s Back (mixtape)
by Jodi Biddle One of the biggest things I struggle with regarding hip-hop is lyrical content. A pervasive preoccupation with self-aggrandisement does little for me given the typical scope of a...
View ArticleTHE NICE REVIEW An Horse – Walls (Mom + Pop/Shock)
by Jodi Biddle I am heavily ambivalent towards this album. I’ll tell you why: I fucking loved Iron On as a teenager, and had no idea their singer Kate Cooper had migrated to An Horse. My excitement...
View ArticleShonen Knife – Osaka Ramones (Good Charamel)
By Jodi Biddle Man, have you heard of Shonen Knife? If you haven’t, this isn’t the elitist hipster conclave I thought it was. Regardless, they’re a Japanese all-girl punk band from the 80s that are...
View ArticlePanel Of Judges – Moods On The Move (Mistletone)
By Jodi Biddle I’m probably late to the bandwagon on Panel Of Judges, because Moods On The Move is their fourth and final album apparently, which makes me a bit sad – but music is still good, even...
View ArticleThe Ape + Bittersweet Kicks @ The Transcontinental Hotel, 05.10.13
By Jodi Biddle There’s something special about going to gigs held upstairs at sort-of-dodgy pubs. Kinda hot, sipping a drink in front of the Keno screens while waiting for doors to open (late),...
View ArticleRegurgitator + Wampire + Seja + Mystery School @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane, 11.10.13
By Jodi Biddle “Huh. Regurgitator are still around? Cool.” It’s a thing I hear a lot, mostly from people in their late 20s/early 30s who stopped going to gigs all the time when they “settled down”...
View ArticleBo Ningen – III (Stolen Recordings/ [PIAS] Australia)
Bo Ningen (Japanese for “Stick People”) are getting all kinds of attention right now. There’s a lot of hype. Pitchfork is involved. I know what you want to hear though, since you’re here reading this...
View ArticleMastodon – Once More ‘Round The Sun (Warner)
While Mastodon are generally considered one of the best metal bands to come out of the naughts, their newer material really shines. Once More ‘Round the Sun opens as all good metal albums should – with...
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