Music

Interview: Dry Cleaning

With so many interviews under their belt for “Stumpwork”, the trio are copacetic to beginning our chat in a more trivial direction.

Nov 21, 2022

Gallery

GALLERY: GRAIN Roadtrip - October '22

At the end of October we took some of our pals on the road through Byron Bay, Brisbane, Sydney and Wollongong.

Oct 11, 2022

Music

LOOK: Girls In Hats Full Set

Mixed & Recorded by Naomi McKenzie (Girls In Hats) Written by Cassin Demnar Live drawing by Micah Rustichelli In the fifth instalment of...

Jun 6, 2022

Interview: Spiritualized

Spiritualized's "Everything was beautiful" treads on the familiar territory of comfort and solace.

May 25, 2022

Interview: Baxter Dury

"It was like building Paris with your toenails. It was the hardest thing I've ever done"

Apr 29, 2022

Music

GRAIN Presents: Baxter Dury

GRAIN is excited to be bringing Baxter Dury to Brisbane on his first ever Australian tour!

Oct 21, 2019

Interview: Crywank

Crywank bundle together modern feelings of anxiety and isolation, tying it with a bow of anti-folk.

Mar 27, 2019

Interview: Lucy Dacus

Ahead of Lucy Dacus' first Australian tour we spoke about tarot cards, middle school and collaborating with Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers

Mar 20, 2019

Interview: Phoebe Bridgers

You haven’t experienced true honest and relatable lyricism until you’ve listened to Phoebe Bridgers.

Feb 7, 2019

Interview: Foxing

There are some times in life where things just seem to fall in place, for me, that moment came in 2014 when I found Foxing.

Jan 30, 2019

Interview: Beirut

Indie big-band icons Beirut are coming out with their first record since 2015’s No No No, their sixth full length effort so far.

Jan 24, 2019

Interview: The Vaccines

Written by Spencer White Combat Sports is the fourth studio album by beloved London five piece, The Vaccines. Sighting as much nostalgia...

Jan 20, 2019

Interview: Interpol

If you haven't heard of Interpol, maybe it's time to take a long hard look at yourself, your workplace, friendship groups and dare I say...

Oct 7, 2018

Interview: Peter Bibby

Peter Bibby's second album Grand Champion came out last Friday. If you haven't heard it yet, save yourself the bother of reading the rest...

Aug 7, 2018

Interview: Snail Mail

Lush is the debut record from Baltimore based artist Snail Mail who we caught up with recently for a chat.

Jul 25, 2018

FOUNDATION SOUNDS: Loose Tooth

Written by Brodie Popple The last time we saw Loose Tooth was BIGSOUND 2016, which was a special year for us as it was our first BIGSOUND...

May 8, 2018

Interview: Parquet Courts

Wide Awake is certainly already my favourite album of the year, a statement I'm sure many will follow once it's released May 18.

Apr 13, 2018

FOUNDATION SOUNDS: Flowertruck

Flowertruck recently released their debut album Mostly Sunny, an incredible and widely anticipated follow up from their dreamy debut EP...

Mar 16, 2018

Interview: Jen Cloher

Jen Cloher's recent release (which is self-titled) is filled with her personal experiences and honest reflections. We recently caught up...

Mar 1, 2018

Foundation Sounds: Stella Donnelly

Foundation Sounds is in its second month and I couldn’t be more chuffed to have Perth's golden child Stella Donnelly involved.

Feb 9, 2018

Interview: Hatchie

Photograph by Joe Agius Now nine months on, she’s released her second single ‘Sure’, signed with US based Double Double Whammy, UK label...

Jan 14, 2018

FOUNDATION SOUNDS: The Creases

The Creases are an integral part of the Brisbane music scene, aside from crafting some of the best pop music to come out of Australia in...

Jan 5, 2018

Good Boy at Falls Festival

Our photographer Robbie Atkin-Robertson went down South to Lorne to accompany Brisbane favourites, Good Boy, for their biggest show to...

Nov 8, 2017

Disposables: Horror My Friend

Horror My Friend are hands down my favourite band in Australia and it seems I'm not the only one.

Sep 20, 2017

Interview: Body Type

Photography by Kitty Callaghan Body Type is one of the most talked about bands to flourish out of the Sydney scene over the past year and...

May 29, 2017

Review/Interview: New Lovers

Anyone paying attention to Australian alternative music lately will have noticed a resurrection of eighties inspired sounds, particularly...

May 8, 2017

Interview: Morning Harvey

Photo by Robbie Atkin-Robertson Morning Harvey dominated the Brightside Car Park stage with a charisma and energy that rivalled anything...

Apr 20, 2017

Interview: Gareth Liddiard

After the release of The Drones' critically acclaimed Feeling Kinda Free, Gareth Liddiard has set out across Australia touring as a solo...

Mar 4, 2017

Interview: Warpaint

Photographed for GRAIN by Robbie Atkin It’s been 3 years since LA based quartet Warpaint set foot in Australia. Now with their recently...

Mar 3, 2017

Interview: Gum

Photography by Robbie Atkin-Robertson After releasing an album a year for three years under his moniker GUM, Jay Watson of Spinning Top...

Jan 16, 2017

Interview: Jess Locke

Melbourne based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jess Locke has been releasing music and playing shows for 8 years and has a knack of...

Jan 5, 2017

Reviews

REVIEW/GALLERY: Mere Women

It’s 11pm at The Foundry on a Friday night and I’m perishing fast. Coaxed out of the comfort of my home to Control Zine’s Darker Party...

Nov 20, 2016

Disposables: Chastity Belt

While Chastity Belt were here we thought it would be a fun idea to say "hey what's up?" and to give them a disposable camera to take on tour

Oct 20, 2016

Deadlam 2016: You Beauty

You Beauty are a special type of band, not only does lead man Will carry an astoundingly eccentric stage persona, but he matches it with...

Sep 13, 2016

BIGSOUND 2016: Totally Mild

Photography by Max Orchard-Fox So, BIGSOUND ended last Thursday. What a time!!! We met up with Melbourne band Totally Mild for an...

Jul 11, 2016

Live

REVIEW/GALLERY: Glass Animals

Photographs by Robbie Atkin-Robertson, at The Triffid Brisbane. Since the release of their debut album Zaba, Glass Animals have played...

Jun 21, 2016

Disposables: City Calm Down

What were you doing on this day three months ago? I bet I can rightfully assume that the answer to that question is not something along...

Jun 15, 2016

Disposables: Camp Cope

Camp Cope is absolutely killing it at the moment. The Melbourne trio recently finished a tour for their debut self-titled album; which...

May 30, 2016

Disposables: Major Leagues

Often described as Brisbane’s surfer-pop-rock, four-piece band, Major Leagues has been making waves in the music scene. The band have...

May 24, 2016

Disposables: Good Boy

Alike many of our favourite locals, Good Boy began as an idea at a house party with the hopes of making good music and supporting their...

Apr 13, 2016

Interview: Bad//Dreems

Bad//Dreems have been making their way into Australian music and Australian hearts since the release of their EP in 2013. There’s no...

Mar 30, 2016

Disposables: Moses Gunn Collective

Well, well, well… If it isn’t Brisbane’s favourite neo-psych rock, pop, happy dream fairies Moses Gunn Collective.

Mar 30, 2016

Disposables: Jeff Rosenstock

Many of you may know of a crazy New Yorker who answers to the name Jeff Rosenstock. Jeff has released more records than years I have been...

Feb 10, 2016