The return of Everett True | 118. Sunday Painters
Most the time, I have no idea what’s going on here. I was scrolling through recent acquisitions on my iTunes, playing and discarding songs within a matter of seconds. I often don’t recognise names, that’s not how it works. I was drawn to an album by a band called Sunday Painters: it had one track […]
The return of Everett True | 117. The Wendy Darlings
This one has a little of ace unforgotten post-Riot Grrrl 90s U.K. indie band Prolapse about its intro before lapsing into full-on pop. It reminds me of former Brisbane sweethearts The Go Violets in its shouty melody, but that’s natural. Enthusiasm over ability, any day. Actually, my bad. Prolapse were way more shouty and turbulant […]
Who was it that said pop and politics shouldn’t mix? | 20 incredible Nina Simone songs
As voted for by my ‘friends’ on Facebook… This isn’t my personal list. You can tell that. The top entry is one of the very few occasions where I prefer another version to Nina’s. Who was it that said pop and politics shouldn’t mix? A white man, no doubt. 1. Strange Fruit “Slavery has never been […]
