The Go-Betweens : Hollywood Knitting Factory
Such a tiny aggregation of observers at this rare Hollywood appearance by Brisbane, Australia's Go-Betweens might throw some people off. But yes, anyone looking to fan the fires of emotion is in the right place tonight. The Hollywood incarnation...
London Shepherd's Bush Empire
The monogrammed towels are the first clue this is no ordinary rock scenario. Then there's the haste with which some people race off before the encores, babysitters' clocks ticking into overtime. Riffs? Attitude? You can whistle for 'em; we're not...
Dublin Olympia
With the Go-Betweens , it's all about re-affirmation, not nostalgia. Sure, whenever Grant McLennan and Robert Forster stopped by over the last ten years, it was a night of sweet, swoonsome memories, of the days when the finest '80s pop was...
New York Bowery Ballroom
With The Go-Betweens just recently rousing themselves from a 11-year hibernation, it's understandable if you find yourself squinting at Grant McLennan and Robert Forster onstage and trying to remember which one is the romantic cynic...
The Friends Of Rachel Worth
'Classic songwriting' as a notion might have winged feet, but it still carries heavy baggage. We have come to think of the classic as being that which is written by sturdy British men in dark denim jackets; their reference points, their hunger...
London W1 Kashmir Klub
When The Go-Betweens finally split in 1989, it wasn't destined to be the final word on an 11-year career that had been as mercurial as it had been unsuccessful. Alongside Felt , The Go-Betweens spent the '80s releasing romantic,...
The Lost Album: '78-'79 / Bellavista Terrace:...
The sleeve to a hitherto-missing first chapter in the ongoing (hi)story of one of recent times' most cherishable rock'n'roll enigmas features three blokes standing next to pictures of Bob Dylan and Che Guevara , and the felt-penned declaration...
