Keyword results: Indie
Keeping an eye on the cool kids is much easier when they're all sitting at the same table having dinner and you find that chink in the wall and try to go for a quick peek.
That's where TOURIST Magazine come in; this isn't a looky-lu into some fashionista's daily shoe choices, but moreso a view into the better things.
What:
BrisStyle Indie Twilight Market
Where:
King George Square
When:
Fri Apr 30, 5pm-9pm
How much:
Entry is free
Description:
Four hours on Etsy.com and you probably have a repetitive stress injury, have forgotten to eat dinner, and your retinas may have turned into little light-sensitive squares. Four hours at the Etsy Street Team's first Indie Twilight Market for 2010, though, and you'll be dancing in the moonlight while eating cupcakes and admiring your new purchased clothing, gifts and homewares that were all handmade just for you by the BrisStyle team of Etsy artisans.
Event Type: Market
Genre: Fashion
Location: CBD
Ryan McPhun is a musical Krishna; the multi-talented operator behind The Ruby Suns has a new album out on Sub-Pop called Fight Softly. With an almost entirely new sonic palette compared to that of 2008's lush Sea Lion, the Sun's new album represents a trip out into sparse synth land. I spoke to Ryan during my lunch break.
Dick Diver sound like underground 80s Australia. Arks Up recalls the best parts of the Hunters & Collectors discography: the songs gather around raw, trudging bass lines that sound best filling the pungent, carpeted rooms of Brunswick pubs.
With clever, multi-member pop songwriting, The Go-Betweens also come to mind: the accents not dropped but accentuated; the guitar work sharp, tonal, puncturing.
What:
Maximo Park
Where:
The Hi-Fi Bar, 125 Boundary St, West End
When:
Thursday Nov 12, 8pm
How much:
$46
Description:
Maximo Park are one those iconic indie bands and whats more they freakin' love Australia - this is like their fourth tour in four years or something. They are real sociable too - a friend of mine once told me she met them after a show took them out dancing all night upstairs at Ric's.
What:
Tragic Athletic + Carry Nation
Where:
Ric's Bar, 321 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
When:
Sat Jul 18, 8pm
How much:
Free
Description:
Tragic Athletic we missed you! We hear you've been huddled up out the back of Stanthorpe recording new material - does this mean we'll get to hear some this Sat? Ohh pretty please, we've been so good. We want to feel that fresh country air. - RS
Judging from its recent prodigious output, the borough of Brooklyn must not have much room for working-class immigrants and black hip-hop heads with its huge influx of folk-strumming, falsetto-loving, glitch-savvy, new age Gen Y beardos.
Here We Go Magic is Brooklyn denizen Luke Temple's new band.
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