John Blonde – Autothysis (Estuary)
“I wanted to humanize the computer, show its dynamism. I see myself as an aesthetician of emotionalism. If people see me in my johnnie, maybe they can see all the heart I’m pouring into this machine.”
Letters from Rosie 10 | I am perhaps the last Madonna fan on earth. That’s as may be.
The top two percent of indie music history is remembered and the median is just disregarded.
Playing Fair
I would never treat my guitar like I treat my boyfriends. It means more to me than that.
Hangar 03: Primitive Motion + Faspeedelay + Ghost Notes @ The Waiting Room, Brisbane 09.03.13
A night of playing with sound and song, experimental but structured and beautiful
Why I ended up enjoying a Justin Bieber show
We watched 1991: The Year Punk Broke on videotape. The boys asked me to sing, I never did. I preferred staying hidden behind my instrument with my short dresses.
The Audio Pollen Social Club @ 199 Boundary Street, West End, Brisbane, 10.02.13
Four bands play but there was one undeniable star of the night – UNAUSTRALIANS. Amazing. No, beyond amazing. Unmissable.
The Creator and the Critic
How to Distract Yourself from Making Art, or “Did You Read That Article?”
Iceage | Who makes the Nazis?
I loved going to Jesus Lizard shows as much as any other teenaged alt-punk guy in the 90s, but David Yow always had such a glorious element of beautiful fagginess to what he did.
Iceage | smart and naive can be a dangerous combination too
They’re Joy Division and they’re being treated like they’re Skrewdriver. Perhaps they’ve brought it on themselves, but I think it’s a pity.
12 from 13 | IAN GETS EDDYCATED
So what does this tell us? That I still have a musical bone in my body? That we all reference from the familiar? That nothing is new? To my mind, it’s all about telling something true. And therein lies the spark.
News exclusive | Brisbane supergroup to reform?
Perhaps The Go-Betweens are planning on reforming, with Everett filling the role of Grant McLennan?
Something for the youth to spit on | a live execution with BABYLAND
And the call? It’s OK to be you. The freaks, the nerds, the outcasts. The last ones picked, the ones never picked. Fuck! There’s power in that.
R.I.P HMV (1921-2013) – Some thoughts on growing up and falling apart.
Nothing’s more heartbreaking than being reminded of a time when you thought you had a future, even if it was a no-future, fuck-everybody, gonna-die by the time I’m 30 kinda future.
A 10-point guide to reviewing music festivals
Animal Collective was like if a 10-year-old made a batch of E and forced you to take it even though you wanted to take a nap instead.
THE YEAR OF RIVER COTTAGE POP – My 2012 In British Pop Music
The true sound of the UK, the true folk music of our time. Not a fuckin’ Alt-J fan among them and none of them are gonna end up running a fkn dairy-farm
Conan Neutron’s best of 2012 | WARNING: Contents will likely rock heavily
Another year passes by! Another year filled with wonderful life affirming music, and yet another year with tepid uninspired lists filled with background music and exercises in mediocrity.
Lawrence English’s ear exploder list from 2012
By Lawrence English These Things That Made My Ears Alive In 2012
Billy Corgyn and the Melon Ball Sadness
Whether you’re a vampire, you do not want a history lesson and a list of effects that you want the magical world of mouth.
WHY I AM POSTING THAT DREADED FACEBOOK COPYRIGHT/PRIVACY MESSAGE
I am posting it in the spirit of untied shoes, unrealistic demands, indecipherable lyrics, and inarticulate rage.
Stuck in crowds near a Rolling Stones concert in Greenwich
The set should last no longer than 20 minutes, or shorter if they should become tiresome.
X-TG – Desertshore/Final Report (Industrial)
Desertshore is intricate and sonically interesting, yet it remains at times curiously passionless
Ringometrics 12/44: As wholesome as collecting smegma from the laundry of an STD ward
I need to consume the right stuff. Maybe if I consume enough of the right stuff then finally I’ll understand. Maybe I should buy myself a book or something?
“Music fans have to stop being so fucking menopausal” | An interview about teens, emos, chavs, music
Subcultures stop being creative as soon as they become aware of themselves as subcultures.
