It was quite the weekend for Adelaide music fans, with a international record day sale, Lou Barlow playing Fowlers and many other bands playing in the city; it was the kind of weekend where you would struggle to stereotype Adelaide as a sleepy little town. At the normally quiet little Metropolitan Hotel, punters were treated…
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On Thursday, February 24 2011, ‘Kiss Your Holidays Goodbye’, a fundraising event to support lip magazine, took place at the Jade Monkey in Twin St, Adelaide. Headlined by Auxilla, and supported by TEA and Michael Cranwell in his first solo show. It was also drummer, Mark Fonz’s last appearance as an official member of Auxilla,…
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One Thursday morning, I was innocently picking up my couchsurfing guest from the airport when I received a text message from Auxilla guitarist, Bob Hookway, demanding that I come to their rehearsal space that afternoon for an interview and photo shoot I’d approached him about some days earlier. Some might interpret this as hostile but…
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