Darragh Murray

I do enjoy writing. Below is a collection of articles I’ve been involved with – some for print, some for the Internet only.

I periodically write stuff about music on my own seperate music blog PLOASD.com. This started circa 2007. I’ve been slack and haven’t updated in a while.

OffStreetPress

OffStreetPress is a new Brisbane arts and music publications staff by many ex-Rave Magazine contributors.

20/09/2012 – LIVE REVIEW: Nada Surf @ The Spiegeltent
03/09/2012 – ALBUM REVIEW: Dappled Cities – Lake Air
28/08/2012 – LIVE REVIEW: Royal Headache + Kitchen’s Floor

Collapse Board

Collapse Board is a Brisbane-based music publication dedicated to providing a critical, thoughtful and occasionally irreverent look into contemporary music.

16/03/2012 – Interview with Alex Gillies from No Anchor
18/01/2012 – Handy live music reviewing tips from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
31/12/2011 – Best of Brisbane 2011
02/11/2011 – Music criticism in history: President Harry S Truman v The Washington Post’s Paul Hume
31/10/2011 – Interview with Marco Ilinic of Swaying Buildings
22/07/2011 – Six things I like about 2011
13/07/2011 – Five things learned at Flavours of Skuzz
12/05/2011 – Would-be scalpers foiled by the addition of Coldplay
30/03/2011 – Live review of Giants of Science & Undead Apes @ Rics Cafe 25.03.2011
09/02/2011 – Review of St. Jerome’s Laneway 04.02.11
07/02/2011 – Review of Float On feat. Regurgitator, Custard and others.
13/01/2011 – Interview with Matt Kennedy from Kitchen’s Floor: Part Two
08/01/2011 – Review of Future of the Left – Live at The Zoo.
30/12/2010 – Interview with Matt Kennedy from Kitchen’s Floor: Part One
18/11/2010 – Spotlight: His Merry Men
10/30/2010 – Troubled Thoughts on a Troubled Legacy
15/10/2010 – Songs About Brisbane: Custard #1
05/10/2010 – Songs About Brisbane: The Stress of Leisure
27/09/2010 – Strange Powers – The Stephin Merritt Biopic
22/09/2010 – Kill Me Now: Another Nominee for the J Award
04/09/2010 – Spotlight: Teenage Wolves
29/08/2010 – Spotlight: The Bell Divers

Rave Magazine

Rave Magazine was an independent street press magazine centered around music and arts culture in Brisbane, Australia. Rave Magazine closed its doors in June 2012.

Features
28/11/2011 – Special feature on The Good Ship / The Snowdroppers show at The Zoo
24/05/2011 – Special feature on boutique music event Track & Field

Interviews
19/06/2012 – Interview with Branko Cosic of Tape/Off
14/05/2012 – Interview with Ed Guglielmino
30/04/2012 – Interview with Frankie Pollain of The Darkness
09/01/2012 – Interview with Kris Buscombe of Witch Hats
12/12/2011 – Interview with Ela Stiles of Songs
28/11/2011 – Interview with Andy Falkous of Future Of The Left
14/11/2011 – Interview with DJ Krush (via email)
11/10/2011 – Interview with Matt Kennedy of Kitchen’s Floor
04/10/2011 – Interview with Feathers
29/08/2011 – Interview with Branko Cosic of Tape/Off
29/08/2011 – Interview with Sophia Brous of Brous
25/07/2011 – Interview with Kristy Apps (local Brisbane singer songwriter)
07/06/2011 – Interview with Lyrics Born
10/05/2011 – Interview with Peter Combe
19/04/2011 – Interview with Luke Dunell of Stature::Statue
15/03/2011 – Interview with Brian Warfield of The Wolfe Tones
15/02/2011 – Interview with Phoebe Baker of Alpine.
24/01/2011 – Interview with Ariel Pink of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti.
24/01/2011 – Interview with Gwen Warnick of Greenthief.
11/01/2011 – Interview with Chris Perren from Mr. Maps.
21/12/2010 – Interview with Andy Falkous from Future of the Left.
30/11/2010 – Interview with comedian, Glenn Robbins.

Music reviews
25/06/2012 – Heinz Riegler – Survey #2 (One Thousand Dreams I Never Had)
19/06/2012 – Future Of The Left – The Plot Against Common Sense
19/06/2012 – Glen Hansard – Rhythm and Repose
05/06/2012 – Suicide Swans – Suicide Swans
29/05/2012 – Joe McKee – Burning Boy
22/05/2012 – The Toot Toot Toots – Outlaws
14/05/2012 – The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
30/04/2012 – Julia Holter – Ekstasis
23/04/2012 – Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls
23/04/2012 – The Broken Needles – Terra Nullius
17/04/2012 – Belle & Sebastian – Late Night Tales Vol. 2
09/04/2012 – The Victims – Sleeping Dogs Lie
26/03/2012 – Young Magic – Melt
19/03/2012 – Howl At The Moon – Squalls
13/03/2012 – No Anchor – Rope/Pussyfootin’
05/03/2012 – The Rusty Datsuns – Let It Rain
28/02/2012 – Lambchop – Mr. M
21/02/2012 – Woollen Kits – Woollen Kits
13/02/2012 – Nada Surf – The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy
13/02/2012 – John Cale – Extra Playful
06/02/2012 – Pulled Apart By Horses – Tough Love
30/01/2012 – Caged Animals – Eat Their Own
23/01/2012 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A – Area 52
23/01/2012 – Hawkmoon – Hawkmoon
19/01/2012 – Smashing Pumpkins – Gish / Siamese Dream (reissues)
20/12/2011 – Rave Writers ‘Best of 2011′ (include my contribution plus others on the Rave team)
12/12/2011 – Odyssey – Future/Space/Dead/Sound
05/12/2011 – The Fauves – Japanese Engines
28/11/2011 – She & Him – A Very She & Him Christmas
28/11/2011 – Future Of The Left – Polymers Are Forever
22/11/2011 – Markéta Irglová – Anar
07/11/2011 – Witch Hats – Pleasure Syndrome
07/11/2011 – The Rational Academy – Live at The Zoo
07/11/2011 – Step-Panther – Step-Panther
01/11/2011 – Big Troubles – Romantic Comedy
25/10/2011 – Husky – Forever So
25/10/2011 – Rhys Muldoon – I’m Not Singing
18/10/2011 – Tape/Off – …And Sometimes Gladness
18/10/2011 – Dreamtime – Dreamtime
11/10/2011 – Wavves – Life Sux
26/09/2011 – Brous – Brous
19/09/2011 – The Clues – Yocto
19/09/2011 – Kitchen’s Floor – Look Forward to Nothing
12/09/2011 – Richard in Your Mind – Sun
12/09/2011 – Spring Skier – We Were Astronomers
29/08/2011 – Kimbra – Vows
29/08/2011 – Thursdays Page – In the City Tonight
23/08/2011 – French Horn Rebellion – The Infinite Music of French Horn Rebellion
16/08/2011 – Fronz Arp – What Strange Machines
09/08/2011 – Jim Ward – Quiet in the Valley, On the Shores, The End Begins
09/08/2011 – Moonface – Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I Hoped
25/07/2011 – Loon Lake – Not Just Friends
25/07/2011 – Machines of Indeterminate Origin – 0.5 Assumption
25/07/2011 – Black Mustang – Loaded Gun
19/07/2011 – Junkyard Diamonds – Flowers in a Barrel
12/07/2011 – Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital
28/06/2011 – Meat Puppets – Lollipop
21/06/2011 – Bon Iver – Bon Iver
21/06/2011 – The Trouble with Templeton – Bleeders
14/06/2011 – Sons & Daughters – Mirror, Mirror
14/06/2011 – Trevor Ludlow & The Hellraisers – Party on the Beach in the Rain
07/06/2011 – No Anchor – Real Pain Supernova
24/05/2011 – Various Artists – Soundcrane
17/05/2011 – Sonny & the Sunsets – Hit After Hit
10/05/2011 – The 80 Aces – The 80 Aces EP
27/04/2011 – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Belong
27/04/2011 – Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
19/04/2011 – Wild Beasts – Smother
19/04/2011 – Wonderfuls – Piss Fist EP
19/04/2011 – Kill Teen Angst – No Walls in the Sky
05/04/2011 – Collarbones – Iconography
29/03/2011 – Noah & the Whale – Last Night on Earth
15/03/2011 – Swaying Buildings – Bloom Beside the Freeway Moon
08/03/2011 – Feeder – Renegades.
01/03/2011 – R.E.M – Collapse Into Now.
01/03/2011 – The Disciplines – Virgins of Menace.
22/02/2011 – Meat Thump – Neck Tattoo.
22/02/2011 – The Little Stevies – Attention Shoppers.
01/02/2011 – Braids – Native Speaker.
01/02/2011 – Tinian’s Boy – The Animal.
18/01/2011 – The Irrits – Submissive Pride.
30/11/2010 – Undead Apes – Grave Consequences.
23/11/2010 – The Sunshine Ponies – Mixtapes & Soundtracks.
16/11/2010 – Massai – Sisyphus & The Fall of The Literary Giants.
16/11/2010 – Kitchen’s Floor – Too Dead to Notice.
09/11/2010 – Mt. Augustus – Self Titled.
02/11/2010 – Sweet Jane – Sugar For My Soul
12/10/2010 – The Marsden Lees – Vices
05/10/2010 – Dan Webb – Hyperspace Clearance
21/09/2010 – The Mandelas – Audio Riot
14/09/2010 – The Maltese Falcon – Gestalt Theory
07/09/2010 – Jinja Safari – Self Titled
31/08/2010 – At Sea – In Transit
10/08/2010 – The Mercy Beat – How to Shampoo a Yak

Video game reviews
22/05/2012 – Penny Time
29/08/2011 – Captain America: Super Soldier
22/08/2011 – WWE: All Stars
09/08/2011 – Call of Duty: Black Ops – Annihilation Pack
25/07/2011 – F.E.A.R.3
05/07/2011 – Red Faction: Armageddon
21/06/2011 – LA Noire

The Brag

I’ve had some Rave work syndicated in The Brag, an independent street press magazine published in Sydney.

20/02/2012 – Review of Pulled Apart By Horses – Tough Love
05/12/2011 – Interview with Andy Falkous (Future of the Left)
22/08/2011 – Review of Moonface – Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I Hoped

Arsenal FC Blog

Being a die-hard Arsenal fan, I’ve also contributed some articles to Andrew Weber’s popular Arsenal FC Blog.

03/09/2012 – Sideline comment: Podolski’s workrate, Arteta’s defending
31/12/2010 – Wigan 2-2 Arsenal: Hot and cold Arsenal again capitulates to late Wigan pressure.
25/10/2010 – Samir Nasri: A new messiah?
21/10/2010 – Are points now more precious than a player’s well-being?