The Stress Of Leisure
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Review: Custard @ The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Listening again to the catalogue of music of Brisbane band Custard, the first thing that strikes the listener is the brevity of the songs.
The average song is... -
Review: Custard @ Miami Marketta (Gold Coast)
There are certain things I truly enjoy. These are live music and photography, but more specifically Aussie music that comes with a generous helping of nostalgia on the
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The Stress Of Leisure Mine The Absurdity Of Social Media On New Album 'It Goes Away With The Heat'
The Stress Of Leisure's Ian Powne has been paying attention to the discourse around Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo from Thailand that's become a viral internet
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Review: 60 Years Of Damaged Goods (Regurgitator, Custard & more) @ Felons Barrel Hall (Brisbane)
On a screen in Brisbane's Felon's Barrel Hall (29 July), posters featuring legendary names in music appeared.
Rollins Band, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Red... -
Review: Regurgitator's 25 Years Of Unit Festival @ Eatons Hill Hotel & Outdoors (Brisbane)
When you want to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of Australian music's seminal albums, you should probably book a bunch of friends to come along, find a really good
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Review: Regurgitator, Screamfeeder & The Stress Of Leisure @ Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
It's a Friday night (20 May) and it's time to shake the booty and head out on the town.
Where too? The majestic Princess Theatre (in Brisbane) where... -
5 Ways To Beat Stress Shared By The Stress Of Leisure
The Stress Of Leisure are a sun-skewered 'faux wave' indie outfit from Brisbane featuring Ian Powne (guitar/ vocals), Pascalle Burton (keys/synths), Jane Elliott (bass) and
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Regurgitator Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of Their Debut Album 'Tu-Plang' With Two Special Home-Town Performances
Released 6 May, 1995, 'Tu-Plang' would introduce Australia (and the world) to the crazed yet progressive sounds and ideas of Regurgitator, a band that would (and still does)
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Review: Ben Ely Band @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
It's Friday night (10 September) and I am off to see a wizard, a musical wizard of Aus, Ben Ely!
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Review: The Stress Of Leisure @ Lefty's Music Hall (Brisbane)
It was a good night for an art-rock hootenanny as Brisbane's The Stress Of Leisure successfully launched their new album, 'Faux Wave', before an amped-up audience at Lefty's
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The Stress Of Leisure Are The New Faux Wave
Of all the phrases to pop up in 2020, 'interesting times' is one that's become overused.
Funnily, Brisbane band The Stress Of Leisure have just the song for these... -
Kid Congo Powers And The Pink Monkey Birds Brisbane Review @ The Foundry
It was what sounded like a burp that turned the heads in the crowd towards the stage at Brisbane’s The Foundry (19 May).
Kid Congo Powers had just arrived, along... -
Cable Ties @ The Bearded Lady Review
Melbourne post-punks Cable Ties are one of Australian music’s exciting new acts.
The sold-out sign on The Bearded Lady’s door (in Brisbane) for their debut album’s... -
Finding Brisbane's Organic Music Scene With The Stress Of Leisure
Brisbane band The Stress Of Leisure have created “irreverent” music about today's “absurd” society for more than ten years and are now experimenting with new
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Vote Now: QMAs People’s Choice Awards
Last Dinosaurs, Blank Realm, Robert Forster, The Stress Of Leisure and Troy Cassar-Daley will battle it out for the 2016 Queensland Music Award Album Of The
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The Stress of Leisure's New Achievement
Since their last album, ‘Cassowary’, Brisbane's The Stress of Leisure has undergone some changes.
With the addition of a new rhythm section and the upcoming release...