FILTHY LUCRE- A Bloodsport Gambler Review

“Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table – when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown” – Honoré de Balzac

Come on Get your Gills- ‘Sea Lungs’ bring the Brine

Sea Lungs stems from the idea that you don’t need to meet face to face to make music. It can be made from anywhere, anytime. Collaboration in defiance of isolation, threads strung across state lines to knit something taut and redemptive. The musical brainchild of one Jarrad Robertson (Pigs of the Roman Empire, Snakes of […]

On Zines, Quests and Bondage Nuns

I bought my first fanzine in 1993. I was on one of my regular pilgrimages to the city to check out the independent record stores for cool imports with skulls and shit on the cover when I spied it. It was at a little hole in the wall outlet called ‘Rock N Roll Wearhouse’. A […]

Into the Pit – An Interview with the Emperors of Eternal Evil

And so it was written. As though inked by ancient scribes in a conjoined act of soothsaying and creation. A fortuitous collision at a print shop lights the touchpaper. Lightning strikes. Two disparate strands of DNA coil in tangled barbs, forming the nucleus of an eruption that would leave a fuming crater in its wake. […]

Lords of Trash Smash the Fash – On the Importance of Punching Fascists

Amongst the dizzying array of streaming media platforms we have access to during these sedentary last days of Rome, there remains one constant amongst all outlets. No, not the bland interfaces and stunted algorithms, I’m talking about Hitler documentaries. You can barely swing a cat without stumbling upon yet another lukewarm take on this prick, […]

All Tomorrow’s Parties – Keeping Kickstarter Indie

Despite what I or anyone else thinks of it, Kickstarter has been a pretty amazing development in the democratisation of the creative commons. The crowdfunding model has empowered both individuals and small groups to realise their visions on a larger scale than previously thought possible, providing them with a platform and an audience hungry for […]

Goblinko – Sean Aaberg, Acid Vomit and the Dungeon Degenerates

When did people stop airbrushing Wizards onto panel vans? When did teenagers stop blazing up in their bedrooms beneath blacklight posters of dragons? When did our collective design aesthetic become so fucking boring? In a world of clean sans-serif and minimalist uniformity, it turns out there are still pigment-smeared goblins daubing psychedelic murals, giggling maniacally […]

Rum, Sodomy and the Thrash – an afternoon with Sea Evil.

The boardgaming bug is a curious beast. It had flitted about my head all my life as I maintained a healthy appreciation for the hobby, never really crowding my vision with its gossamer wings as I dabbled here and there, maintaining a respectful distance. Board-curious if you will. These manageable bouts of entomology came to […]

Pulling Teeth for Nothing – An Interview with Dark Horse.

High on death, at war with everything and pulling teeth for nothing, Sydney miscreants DARK HORSE flail in frantic circles full of bile and bruises. With lashings of D-Beat, Grind, Crust, Punk and Metal up their shattered sleeve, they’ve been howling into the void for seven years of bomb throwing chaos. More than just furious […]