John Maus | The Zoo | Brisbane



The Zoo

711 Ann St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, Brisbane, Australia

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The Zoo is a popular music venue in Brisbane, located at 711 Ann St in Fortitude Valley. It's known for its friendly, relaxed atmosphere and diverse range of live music, from fresh DJs and bands to established acts. The venue features a large, open-air space that can host up to 500 people as well as a dancefloor and bar. The Zoo also has a number of private areas great for parties and events and is accessible on foot as well as by public transport. The Zoo is the perfect place to catch live music in Brisbane and is popular for its welcoming atmosphere and great selection of entertainment.

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Mistletone proudly presents John Maus, bringing his wide-screen alternate reality to The Zoo with special guests, Purple Pilgrims (NZ).

One of the most enigmatic figures in music today, John Maus is a man out of time. Cinematic in scope and underscored by a deadpan streak of absurdist humour, his five defining albums have quickly carved out a unique position at the intersection of power pop, punk rock and pure pathos. His driving synth pop conjures hazy anthems of the past while glimmering with hints of tomorrow.

Maus’ propulsive bass-lines and cascading arpeggios create a constant sense of momentum but his careful mastery of production gives each of his original songs a frosted, nostalgic air – dreams of a hopeful future as found in a dusty thrift store. His signature style has seen him develop a cult following the world over, while leaving critics bewildered and grappling to comprehend where his sonic experiments might lead next. Perhaps that’s what you get when a former philosophy teacher at the University of Hawaii with a PhD in political science does a career U-turn and turns his hand to music. One thing is certain: there’s no one else like John Maus.

"John Maus is a maniac on a bloody crusade; a tortured evangelist on a mercenary quest to rid our world of villainous defilers of The Gospel of True Love. By turns shockingly infectious and disarmingly unpredictable, his music conflates a perplexing marriage of Moroder’s ‘Never Ending Story’ and classical 12-tone renegades of 20th century past, harking THE NEW path which resurrects romance from its post-modern shackles, and reignites the promise of a better world" – ARIEL PINK

“John Maus crafts brittle electro-pop with absurdly baroque keyboard flourishes, that sounds like the mid-point between a rave and a church organ recital. Althought it is musically very different from Ariel Pink’s songs, the “feel” of the two is very similar: like Ariel Pink, John Maus’ music comes across like a flickering, over-exposed home-video from the 1980s. It’s intensely personal and often beautiful music, the sound of memories and daydreams” – SIMON HAMPSON (FACT MAGAZINE)