Straightjacket Nation – Nationalism (7″)
Earlier in the year I went to see Straightjacket play with a much-loved Australian rock and roll band. I didn’t even want to go to the show. I didn’t even want to go to the show. I was tired, high, and...
View ArticleMad Nanna – I’m Not Coming Here / My Two Kids (7″)
This is on the same label that righteously committed the almost-lost 3-Toed Sloth recordings to vinyl, amongst numerous other services to antipodean archival. This time Unwucht has spawned yet another...
View ArticleScum Mecca #1
Contained here are six reviews: five tapes and one 10 inch lathe-cut vinyl. Scum Mecca is the name of the column, an irregular feature on Crawlspace’s schedule. Cooper Bowman writes it. This month the...
View ArticleCastings @ The Pharmacy, Newcastle (September 2012)
Some people have Black Flag, others Velvet Underground or The Stooges. I have Castings. I’m not sure that I can objectively write about the band that changed my life, but I can give it a shot. Before...
View ArticleScum Mecca #2
Contained here are seven reviews: six tapes and one 7 inch flexi-disc. Scum Mecca is the name of the column, an irregular feature on Crawlspace’s schedule. This is the second. Cooper Bowman writes it....
View ArticleScum Mecca #3
Contained here are eight reviews: five tapes and three 7 inch singles. Scum Mecca is the name of the column, an irregular feature on Crawlspace’s schedule. This is the second. Cooper Bowman writes it....
View ArticleColoured Balls – Ball Power (LP)
Lobby Loyde is the single most important person in Australian rock n’ roll history. Before he went on to produce seminal records by The Sunnyboys, X and Depression, Lobby played in The Wild Cherries,...
View ArticleScum Mecca #4
Contained here are ten reviews: nine tapes and one 7 inch singles. Scum Mecca is the name of the column, an irregular feature on Crawlspace’s schedule. This is the fourth. Cooper Bowman writes it....
View ArticleListen: Power – Serpent City
Power are a relatively new three-piece to arise from Melbourne, a city decreasingly home to solid rock bands. Power’s members have a pedigree comprised of some of the better punk outfits of the last...
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