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Songs

Neighbourhood Void – Catatonic Youth

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 26 February 2020

“The ghost of teen spirit haunts this left hook of a track, with Neighbourhood Void’s fiery sneer turned on a world gone to hell in a handcart. Will this decade’s music be defined by more of this type of weary, scared, and furious blame of selfish, destructive older generations? It damn sure smells like it.” […]

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Shows

Neighbourhood Youth @ Brighton Up Bar, 5th Nov

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 6 November 2016

“Neighbourhood Youth make massive sound. This is song as architecture, towering and looming and as big as the damn sky. Recent-ish release “Atlantic” was well-regarded in most quarters and is suitably gigantic tonight, but the whole set is full of technical skill and enormo-sound. It’s like watching a jumbo jet take off – the last […]

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I would like to acknowledge that the gigs that are pictured here, the stages they’re played on, the bars and venues they’re held in, and the good times they represent, are all held on lands that were never ceded by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I acknowledge these First Australians as the traditional custodians of the continent, whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. I pay respect to the Elders of the community and extend my recognition to their descendants.

Please also see my personal Music Industry Collaboration Commitment