The return of Everett True | 53. Meghan Trainor
Wow. Someone could write a thesis around gender discrimination and wanton bullying misogyny just based around the comments for this song. Number one in the States. Fucking good on ya, you (marginally) altered States. Dear sloppy fat girls, please stop co-opting the curvy bootylicious thing. You’re fat and gross not hot. You’re not Jlo. Yours Truly, A […]
Ty Segall – Manipulator (Spunk | Drag City)
A flock of youths gather around the artificial campfire and check their iPhones anxiously. “Oh, god, there he is!” a girl gasps, pointing upwards at the cliff over their heads. The audience swoons collectively as the guitar hero of the hour appears, hair streaming behind him, jangly Bowie chords descending like heavenly light from above… […]
Philip Selway – Weatherhouse (Bella Union)
Open mind and ears, I swore to myself before diving into Weatherhouse. Never mind that Philip Selway hails from the obelisk contingency that is Radiohead. Let’s isolate this thing, then. An ordinary ancestral manor in the shady and ever-shifting landscape populated by pop music. High ceilings, high windows. A large study with a wall of […]
Song of the Day #694 – Junglepussy
By Virginia Henslizley Brookyln’s Junglepussy ain’t just a rapper – she’s a healing property. Her iridescent skin consistently drenched in essential oils or sweat, her commanding stature and commanding words; she stands at six-foot tall, her raps contain motifs from her personal teachings, with her debut release Satisfaction Guaranteed playing out like a self-help guide […]
Daniel and Lauren’s all-time favourite songs, September 2014
Noted Australian music critic Jake Cleland paid a fleeting visit to our house the other day while he was in town for Big Sound: stopped for a beef curry and a muted chat, you could tell he was in the middle of industry convention lock down mode and the change of pace threw him some, […]
R.I.P. Peter Gutteridge 1961-2014
I read on my Facebook feed this morning that Peter Gutteridge died earlier today. I never knew the dude, but I certainly loved a lot of his music. He was a founding member of both The Clean and The Chills. He formed The Great Unwashed and Snapper – two wonderful Dunedin bands. He was involved with […]
That U2 Twitter rage in full
Anyone fancy distributing this to half a billion people free of charge? Go on, you can have it. Honest. I don’t mind. ————————————————————————- Why did the U2 fan cross the road? Because it was free. How many U2 fans does it take to change a lightbulb? None. They just let it go dead and follow […]
In Photos: Pop Will Eat Itself + Dog Machine + Monster Zoku Onsomb @ The Zoo, 05.09.2014
Photos of Pop Will Eat Itself at The Zoo in Brisbane, with support fro Dog Machine and Monster Zoku Onsomb.
A response to ‘For Whatever Reason’ | A photograph of Plan B and Careless Talk Costs Lives magazines from 2001-2009
My Facebook feed has been full of commentary following my repost of Annie Gardiner’s excellent ‘For Whatever Reason…’ (Access) (an installation of copies of NME magazine from 1989-2008). My response is above (the piles lying: male-female-both). This, I feel is WAY more representative of music being made during the 2000s than that piles of NMEs. But who […]