I wanted blurred angst. I got cold-shouldered warmth. …
Treat yourself to a single by what will be your next band crush and start saving up those pennies for the album.…
You could hop over stepping stones on a stream with your children to this.…
Why the hell should I sit here for an hour or two racking my brain as I struggle to evoke the beauty, the tragedy and loss of Clams Casino’s music, its programmed swoons and electronic sighs, its music of weeping computers and children trapped in ice, when someone else has already done it?…
I thought pop music in this agile, ADHD age would never make me feel like this again, obsessed, living and loving and lurching and lounging in these songs to the exclusion of all else. But All Blackshirts To Me is one of those records that simply won’t become background, is impossible to live with rather than live within, a record you’d be a prick to ignore. …
The first in hopefully a lengthy series of reviews, in which you can sing the review in real time over the actual song…
History shows us there are infinite interpretations of Christ and his message. And if all this ‘power’ and ‘glory’ shit makes me uncomfortable, if $30 t-shirts and $15 souvenir tour drumsticks make me feel like flipping over the tables in their stadium temples, then maybe Hillsong and I have just read The Bible differently.…
Six months ago I wrote that Can music was a universe. Hell, it’s way better than that. It's a better version of our universe.…
There’s an elephant in the room, and that elephant needs to have its back shaved.…
Vows is a signal post for pop music. It’s like Kate Bush if she knew how to write a good song. It’s like Cat Power if she had someone who loved her. It’s like Adele if she knew how to dance. It’s like the Rolling Stones if they were still alive. Where can anyone go from here except sideways?…
It feels like watching the rain through a window. It makes the back of my neck prickle. I think you'll like it.…
If you can’t be great, you can at least be interesting. …
We’re a bit late this year (the story of our life) but it’s time…
Unaddressed allegations of racism, misogyny, violent abuse and bad behaviour. There’s a problem with…
You break up with your ex. You like them, but they’ve pushed the limits…
Photo by Luz Gallardo Kid Congo Powers rose to prominence in the punk and…
Photo: Matthew Reeves Formed in 1977, the Psychedelic Furs melded punk energy with atmospheric…
Glen Matlock is a British musician, songwriter, and producer, best known as the original…
Codeine’s first ever Australian tour ends with a show at Brisbane’s Stranded, with support…
Tropical Fuck Storm bring their Cellophane Honeymoon mini-festival to Brisbane’s Triffid, with C.O.F.F.I.N, Cool…
The Damned play their final show in Brisbane with their classic early 1980s line-up…
Once I was blind, now I can see Once I was blind but now…
BRIGHTON KOMEDIA: I have never felt very comfortable with my body. This feels like home.…
The opening song sounds like My Bloody Valentine. You may well be enthused by…
Photo: Sian Stacey The big music “news” in Australia in the last couple days…
Photo: Eleanor Petry Well, this is just great. On first listen it reminds me…
Photo by Anita Shao Something from the open browser tab collection that I’ve been…
