Norway produces some excellent tunes, and the hottest city in one of the coldest places on Earth is Bergen The term Bergen Wave was tossed around by the Norwegian press during the late 1990s and the early 2000s when several local artists gained international breakthroughs, which was uncommon for Norwegian...

After a loooong hiatus from my relatively short blogging career, I’m back! That’s right, non-existant audience, I have returned to provide my valueless opinion on, well, music in general. It’s been a good year for music in general. It’s also been a good year for live music, notably...

I got a tip today about a new club opening in Brisbane. A couple of DJs who used to kick around the valley in my younger years are opening a club called Overdrive on Friday 13th at the old Lands Office hotel (cnr George St and Mary St.) Does that place even exist any more? I thought it closed long...

Last week, I saw the Dropkick Murphys and Sick Of It All, two bands I’ve listened to for a very long time, but never seen live. I discovered Sick Of It All like I discovered a lot of new music, from snowboarding movies. The Dropkick Murphys, I discovered in a drunken haze somewhere or other .. possibly...

On June 21st, Brisbane will host Fête de la Musique for the very first time. Fête de la Musique is a free multicultural, multi-community event which began in Paris in 1982. Every year on June 21st, hundreds of cities worldwide celebrate this event. Presented by Brisbane City Council, Brisbane Marketing and...