Cut Copy

Cut Copy is a State Library exhibition of gig posters from Brisbane between 1977 and 1987. Besides being a decade apart, these dates are significant for the city’s artistic culture – in 1977 punk bands like Brisbane's own Saints inspired a wave of DIY music around the world, and 1987 being the end of Joh Bjelke-Peterson’s reign as Queensland premier. Joh’s presence looms over the exhibition – one gig poster describes a gig happening “behind the banana curtain”, another “behind the peanut curtain”.

Ruth Gardner: Dykes On Mykes

In no specific order:

#10 Allison Forbes: Bonedigger

#9 Melody Moko: Two kids and a radio

#8 Haley Mary: The Piss, The Perfume

#7 Nicole Thibault: Or not Thibault

#6 Tara Simmons: Show Me Spirit 'til the End

#5 Emma Donovan & the Put Backs: Cross Over

#4 Meiisha: Nyaaringu

#3 Tracy McNeil and the Good Life: You be the lightening

#2 San Mei: Cry

#1 Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks in the Road

Jack Jones: The Memeing Of Life

Ordered from least to most favourite:

#10 Bridget Chappell: Undertow

#9 Horace Tapscott: Ancestral Echoes

#8 Star Slushy: Spikes / Spires

#7 Speaker Music: Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry

#6 Oranssi Pazuzu: Mestarin kynsi

#5 Dreamcrusher: Panopticon!

#4 Will Guthrie and Mark Fell: Infoldings / Diffractions

#3 Nyege Nyege: L'Espirit de Nyege

#2 Oily Boys: Cro Memory Grin

#1 Pink Siifu: NEGRO

Chris: Swiss Air

Ordered from least to most favourite:

#10 Andrew Tuttle: Alexandra

#9 The Soft Pink Truth: Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?

#8 Shoeb Ahmad" A Body Full of Tears

#7 Oneohtrix Point Never: Magic Oneohtrix Point Never

#6 Cindy Lee" What's Tonight To Eternity

#5 Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters

#4 Gordon Koang: Unity

#3 Squarepusher: Be Up A Hello

#2 Yves Tumor: Heaven to a Tortured Mind

#1 Black Pus: DEF VESPER

Billie: Balkan Beats

In no specific order:

#10 Funklava: Funklava

#9 BalkanBeats SoundSystem: Nothing to declare

#8 Božo Vrećo & Edin Karamazov: Lachrimae

#7 Željci Bebeci: ŽELJČENJE

#6 Balkan Ethno Orchestra: Zora

#5 Sasha Cuha: Fragment

#4 Shantel: Istanbul

#3 BalkanBeats SoundSystem: Here we move - here we groove

#2 Linsey Pollak: April

#1 MZAZA: THE BIRTH & DEATH OF STARS

Adrian: Rusted Satellites

In no specific order:

#10 Kaboom Karavan: The Log and the Leeway

#9 Sophie Hutchings: Scattered on the Wind

#8 Mary Lattimore: Silver Ladders

#7 The Plains: The Plains

#6 Seedlung: Widsith

#5 Andrew Tuttle: Alexandra

#4 Blue Divers: Blue Divers

#3 The Necks: Three

#2 Katie Dey: Mydata

#1 Hilary Woods: Birthmarks

Andy Paine: The Paradigm Shift

In no specific order:

#10 Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud

#9 Cable Ties: Far Enough

#8 The Little Lord Street Band: Minute of Another Day

#7 Gordon Koang: Unity

#6 Willaris K: Lustre

#5 Egoism: On Our Minds

#4 Monkey Marc: Vital Sound

#3 Bully: Sugaregg

#2 Bad Cop/Bad Cop: The Ride

#1 Strike Anywhere: Nightmares of the West

Charlotte Jones: The Amplifier

In no specific order:

#10 TKay Maidza: Last Year Was Weird Vol 2

#9 Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra: Welcome To The Neighbourhood

#8 Miami Horror: Illumination 10th Anniversary Edition

#7 RVG: Feral

#6 Alice Ivy: Don't Sleep

#5 Miiesha: Nyaaringu

#4 Zöe Fox and the Rocket Clocks: Clockwerks

#3 Donny Benét: Mr Experience

#2 FeelsClub: A Wave Inevitable

#1 Tia Gostelow: Chrysalis

Hillfolk: The New Releases Show

Ordered from least to most favourite:

#10 The Avalanches: We Will Always Love You

#9 Cavern Of Anti-matter: In Fabric OST

#8 Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead Series

#7 Middle Name Dance Band: Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol. 2

#6 Plush Managements Inc.: Magic Plush

#5 Knxwledge: 1988

#4 Kehlani: It Was Good Until It Wasn't

#3 Thundercat: It Is What It Is

#2 CS + Kreme: Snoopy / howwouldyoufeelwithoutthatthought

#1 Terrence Dixon: From The Far Future, Pt. 3 / Galactic Halo

4ZZZ Top 20

1. Perve Endings - Slow Burn

2. Emily Wurramara - Cruisin' (Single)

3. Full Power Happy Hour - Steely Fences (Single)

4. Tia Gostelow - CHRYSALIS

5. The Double Happiness - Surfgazing

6. Jodie Flange - Welcome To The Elephant Graveyard, Honey

7. Blussh - Incoming (Single)

8. Being Jane Lane - Trouble (Single)

9. The Ancient Bloods - Where We Stand

10. The Glycereens - Neon City Lights (Single)

11. Mitch, Please - The Bin Collection

12. Emma Bosworth - Summer (Single)