Hey there Marshall Street Family, how’s it going? I hope you’re all well. It’s looking like the Coronavirus end is finally near, I can almost feel the warmth on my face from the light at the end of the tunnel. It feels, somehow, as if we’ve been living this way forever, but at the same time like the lockdown laws only …
The Pros and Cons of Live Streaming
Over the last couple of months, one thing has become very clear: We are in the age of live streaming. At any given time, you can live stream anything you want, regardless of whether your followers want to see it or not. Influencers and celebrities go live often, letting their fans into their world and presenting a no-filter look at …
Album Review: The 1975 Presents Notes on a Conditional Form
The blog resurrection! Welcome back. It’s been a while since things have happened. The world stopped for a moment. I had tickets to 6 different gigs before everything went belly-up. I would have filled this blog with eager reviews and urged you to check out x, y and z, but then it all disappeared and honestly without live music, who …
Happy Songs for Shitty Weather
Hello Marshall Street fam, How are we?I’m not great, and I’m assuming a lot of you out there aren’t either. See, it’s been a really damn shitty week. And I don’t want to talk about it. So I’m not going to. We have enough awful news on every social media platform, every newspaper and TV we look at, so I’m …
Down to Earth – A Fire and Climate Relief Concert Review
Dearest Marshall Street fam, It’s been a couple of weeks! I’m so sorry about the radio silence, but we all know life gets busy and shit gets real. But I’m back! And I have some great stories to tell. This week I want to kick off with a review of Down to Earth, the firefight benefit held at the Myer Music …
What’s in a Name?
The topic of the Marshall Street Blog today is simple: artist names. Love them or hate them, there’s some crazy musicians out there and they have the names to prove it. I’ve been mulling over this a fair bit recently, as I have been considering changing my artist name, from Alex Carpi, to something with a bit more…. well, a …
Gig Guide: Events for Fire Relief
Hey Marshall Street fam, I’m back again this week with a gig guide of sorts, but a good one at that. As we all know by now, NSW, Victoria and other parts of our beautiful country are being torn apart by bushfires. This is happening for a myriad of reasons and arguably could have been prevented. The devastation the fires …
Alex’s Take: The Hottest 100
Dear Diary, It’s that time of year again, the days are warmer, I’m 13% happier, on average, and the Triple J Hottest 100 poll has opened. I always put a lot of thought into my Hottest 100 votes. I like to remember key moments from the year passed, how songs made me feel, and if they’ve stood the test of time. I’ve …
Spotify… Wrapped.
Welcome back guys. It’s that time of year again, everyone’s getting their Spotify data from 2019 and sharing it around like the plague in 1300s Britain. It’s an exciting time, as a listener you get to see who your favourite artists were, what your favourite songs were, and how many hours you spent listening. As an artist, you get to …
Gig Review: Jack Daniel’s X Pedestrian TV at Hotel Esplanade.
Guys. We need to talk about Thursday night. I got to go to one of the best gigs I’ve ever been to, and I didn’t even do it on purpose. It wasn’t your typical gig. I didn’t see an artist and say “I’d like to get tickets to their show”, purchase tickets, and then go to the venue on the …