Review: Happily Ever After Wonderland Festival 2018
Once again the fabulous Wonderland Festival has arrived at the Brisbane Powerhouse with a cornucopia of treats. I wandered in to see Brisbane’s Happily Ever After cabaret production presented by Little Match Productions in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse. Never seeing or hearing from them previously, my mind cleared, allowing for the experience of what was to come.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Sampa The Great - Energy (Feat. Dadeem Din Gabisi) (Single)
2. Rackett - I Please Myself EP
3. Sweater Curse - Mon's Song (Single)
4. Amyl And The Sniffers - Some Mutts (Can't Be Muzzled) (Single)
5. Confidence Man - Santa's Coming Down The Chimney (Single)
6. Luna Sol - No Excuses (Single)
7. Clea - Vermillion
8. Requin - The Noisy Miners Swoop Him EP
9. PYNES - Humerus (Single)
10. Cloud Tangle - Still (Single)
11. Clowns - I Shaved My Legs For You (Single)
12. Maia - Motion (Single)
Jonathan Cloumassis - New Releases Show
Ordered from least to most favourite:
#10 John Prine: The Tree of Forgiveness
#9 Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog
#8 Lachlan X. Morris: Premeditations
#7 The Decemberists: I'll Be Your Girl
#6 Jeff Tweedy: WARM
#5 Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel
#4 Augie March: Bootikins
#3 T. Hardy Morris: Dude, The Obscure
#2 Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
#1 Okkervil River: In The Rainbow Rain
Cam Smith - Unnecessary Knowledge
Ordered from least to most favourite:
#10 Requin: The Noisey Miners Swoop Him
#9 Infinite Void: Endless Waves
#8 Harmony: Double Negative
#7 Spiritualized: And Nothing Hurt
#6 Kristin Hersh: Possible Dust Clouds
#5 Air Jordans: Monster Jam
#4 Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Sparkle Hard
#3 Tropical Fuck Storm: A Laughing Death In Meatspace
#2 The Breeders: All Nerve
#1 Low: Double Negative
Liv Shoesmith - Cheap Thrillzzz
Ordered from least to most favourite:
#10 Dream Wife: Dream Wife
#9 St Vincent: MassEducation
#8 Natalie Prass:The Future And The Past
#7 Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel
#6 Snail Mail: Lush
#5 Clea: Vermillion
#4 Camp Cope: How To Socialise And Make Friends
#3 Mitski: Be The Cowboy
#2 Phantastic Ferniture: Phantastic Ferniture
#1 Emma Louise: Lilac Everything - A Project By Emma Louise
tomtom - The Recipe
No specific ordr:
#10 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Hope Downs
#9 Hatchie: Sugar & Spice
#8 Clea: Vermillion
#7 First Beige: Vivid/Images
#6 Anna Burch: Quit The Curse
#5 Anderson Paak.:Oxnard
#4 G Elenil: Kin
#3 Wolf Henson: Teens Don't Cry
#2 HANDSOME: No Hat No Play
#1 Bill Evans Trio: Portrait In Jazz
KOKOKO!: Liboso EP
- Kokoko! is, surprisingly, yet another welcomed example of what’s becoming a winning formula for performance and community street arts bursting out of neighbourhoods of Kinshasa. The five examples featured on this their debut EP Liboso meaning ‘forward, straight ahead’ is just a tantalising taste of an eventual full album to be released mid-2019.
Linda Dark - Alphabet Soup
Ordered from least to most favourite:
#10 BOYTOY: Night Leaf
#9 Slumlawwd: Manifestering Destiny
#8 Dark Fair: Off Into My Head
#7 Constant Mongrel: Living In Excellence
#6 Tape/Off: Broadcast Park
#5 The Gametes: The Astronomical Calamities Of Comet Jones
#4 Nice Biscuit: Digital Moutain
#3 Bodega: Endless Scroll
#2 Cold Meat: Pork Sword Fever
#1 Boat Show: Unbelievable
Liz Ansley - Music Coordinator / Right Here, Right Now
No specific order:
#10 SOPHIE: Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
#9 Snail Mail: Lush
#8 Kali Uchis: Isolation
#7 REBEL YELL: HIRED MUSCLE
#6 Noname: Room 25
#5 Tia Gostelow: Thick Skin
#4 Janelle Monae: Dirty Computer
#3 Death Club 7: FOREVERNEVERNEVER
#2 Moaning Lisa: Do You Know Enough?
#1 Clea: Vermillion
Jack McDonnell - Zedgeist
No specific order:
#10 Tape/Off: Broadcast Park
#9 Tropical Fuck Storm: A Laughing Death In Meatspace
#8 The Gametes: The Astronomical Calamities of Comet Jones
#7 Requin: The Noisy Miners Swoop Him
#6 Emily Wurramara: Milyakburra
#5 Shed: Terrestrial Stress
#4 West Thebarton: Different Beings Being Different
#3 DZ Deathrays: Bloody Lovely
#2 Slumlawwd: Manifesting Destiny
#1 KAIIT: Live From Her Room