Ray Ahn

Still going hard

Music / October 13, 2019 / 4 minutes of reading

If you were growing up in the Australian suburbs in the 1980s and early 1990s and had any interest at all in what later became known as alternative music, you have probably heard the Hard-Ons. Against considerable odds – starting with their name – the band once racked up an astonishing run of 17 consecutive […]

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Rock in hard places

Music / May 23, 2018 / 8 minutes of reading

It’s Good Friday in Brisbane and most of the city is dead quiet, with pubs and clubs not opening until midnight due to Easter trading laws. In the inner suburb of West End, however, something very noisy is stirring. On a makeshift stage in a large room, a three-piece band called Hexmere is playing a

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