Australian artist Pom Pom and I first bonded over our mutual love of band Felinedown and admiration for their kick ass frontlady Brodie-Ann Wright. After a little correspondence I found out that Pom Pom makes music herself that she describes as “a distorted crossbreed of Trent Reznor, Fever Ray and Peaches.” When not making [...]

Tags: Blackbird, Brodie-Ann Wright, Cyndi Lauper, felinedown, gwen stefani, IAMX, In The Gaps Between, lady gaga, Lost Girl (Canadian Sci-Fi), Michael Jackson, Pom Pom

This year has been amazing for me in terms of discovering new (to me) music! All too often I hear people complain that there is no ‘good’ music around, that music was better back in the day, that there’s so much crap on the radio and on TV etc. etc. you get the idea. I [...]

Tags: Akoko, Bianca's Top 12 Music Makers for 2011, Brodie-Ann Wright, Catcall, CSS, Designer Imposter, Drea Smith, Elysian Fields, felinedown, He Say She Say, Jennifer Charles, Killbot Kindergarten, Le Butcherettes, Lovage, Luiza Sá, Miss Pussycat, Noize Bunny, PYYRAMIDS, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Rainbow Arabia, Sloane Amelia, Sugg Savage, Teri Gender Bender, Tiffany Preston, Youka Snell

Brodie-Ann Wright frontwoman for Brisbane-based band Felinedown is without a doubt a rock goddess personified. Whether performing burlesque or rocking festival crowds with her band she’s got the moves (not to mention an amazing wardrobe!).   What do you wear on stage? Well it changes all the time but right now – although I love me some sexy heels [...]

Tags: Bowie, Brodie-Ann Wright, Buffy bar, converse sneakers, cooking, dealing with haters, Debbie Harry, Dita Von Teese, Face Hunter, felinedown, Goldfrapp, gwen stefani, Helena Bonham Carter, Joan Jett, Lush Cosmetics, Sartorialist, sexism in music, Shirley Manson, Style Scout, The Prodigy, Trap Rebaited, Vali Myers, Vivienne Westwood

My hometown of Brisbane has some great bands. This video-mix-tape is a selection of some of my current favourites. Many of my readers outside of Brisbane probably haven’t heard of many of them, if any! I hope this little post gives you some new music/bands to check out. Enjoy! Los Huevos For more Los Huevos. [...]

Tags: BMX-RAY, Brisbane bands, Dick Nasty, felinedown, Flangipanis, Greenthief, jackie marshall, Los Huevos, Sabrina Lawrie &the Hunting Party, Teargas, The Pretty Boys

It’s been 43 days since I last posted. A lot has happened. Over the coming weeks I will endeavour to bring you up to speed so please bear with me. It feels nice to be writing you all again. One of the most significant things that have come to pass in my hiatus from ConversationsWithBianca.com, [...]

Tags: andy hobo, ant aggs, bedouin soundclash, bill stevenson, bleeding heart gallery, brodie-ann, collapse board, Conversations With Punx, Don Letts, fat mike, felinedown, greg attonito, hobo DJs, jhonny hobo, john joseph, johnny siera, matisse-rose, mischa photography, nofx, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, order Conversations With Punx, paper cuts collective, project 4000, sage francis, sean henry, shanti wintergate, sticky institute, the bouncing souls, the charlatans, the descendents, vague culture

Dearest Friends! It’s been a long while between posts… my apologies! A lot has happened since I last wrote; there have been an interesting chain of events unfold in my life. I’ll give you the lowdown over a series of posts starting with this one. CONVERSATIONS WITH BIANCA is also now a print zine! Last [...]

Tags: ant aggs, bearded hobo, conversations with bianca, felinedown, hobo obituaries, jhonny hobo, mad occupants, milly loveknuckles, operator please, shmoe, smitten kitten, staples, the death set, zine, zines

Art by SilentAwakening “To me, making a tape is like writing a letter — there’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again. A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do.” ~High Fidelity. As a teen I’d sit in my bedroom at night and listen to the radio. I’d sit beside [...]

Tags: Afrika Bambaataa, bouncing souls, Cade Circle One, death on wednesday, deathset, DJ Kool Herc, felinedown, gogol bordello, Grandmaster Flash, gwen stefani, hip hop, hobo obituaries, jhonny hobo, kanye west, M.I.A, messer chups, MFDS, Miss Bianca's Digital Mixtape, mix tape, mixtapes, moby, N*E*R*D, operation ivy, punk, rancid, santigold, shmoe, support music, the bronx, the Furious Five, uffie

*taken by my dear friend Chris Iselin I have a lot of friends that come through Brisbane (my hometown) on tour with their band throughout the year. I get the question ‘what is there for us to do on our off day Bianca?’ a lot. I decided to put together a little guide of my [...]

Tags: 4zzzfm, art gallery, australian music, brisbane, butterbeats, coffee, cupcakes, felinedown, festivals, hip hop, it's vintage darling, jackie marshall, kill the music, kuan yin, link, live venue, mad occupants, Miss B's guide to..., music, places to eat, punk, rachi brains, santigold, skateboarding, tattoos, tibet, tym guitars, vegetarian, yoga

Photo by Keith B Smiley Around a year ago, I read Dr Dre’s biography. I found it to be a really interesting read. I’ve always loved reading biographies. Another thing I inherited from my ma, she always told me that ‘Reading is knowledge’. I love to hear the story of people’s lives. I enjoy that [...]

Tags: beyonce, brodie-ann, chuck norris, daniel johnston, dr dre, everett true, felinedown, frank zappa, Inspiration, intro5pect, josephine baker, life, mrs valentino, oprah, productivity, quincy jones, richard branson, roy orbison, work, work ethic, workin' it, your best life