What I did tonight instead of seeing Foo Fighters play live
First, I do not believe a bad live review affects a band’s sales or reputation. Certainly not a band the size of Foo Fighters, able to play Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium (capacity 52, 500). If anything, a bad review helps shore up the fans – they can unite in their condemnation of the idiot fuckhead’s opinion, possibly […]
The campaign for real rock 2015 | Beck at the Grammys
This entire conversation is taking part on social media. Exhibit one Beck’s Wikipedia page immediately after he won the Grammy for Album of the Year Exhibit two Beck’s early years Exhibit three Some dickhead from the Sydney Morning-Herald who should learn to spell people’s names correctly “Beyonce [sic] used a team of 25 writers and […]
Conversations about music criticism | Does writing ‘Bedroom Suck sucks’ suck?
We had a bit of a set-to the other night on the Collapse Board Faceboook group over a review of the Bedroom Suck compilation. I thought you might enjoy the edited highlights. If you haven’t done so already, read the review first, otherwise much of this won’t make sense. Lee: I just read this, and this […]
Is it OK to write negative reviews of other people’s music?
So, we opened up the “secret” Collapse Board Contributors Facebook group to a few hundred readers the other day. Cue much confusion and hilarity and the odd piece of incredible music being shared. After the usual butt-clenching and soul-wringing and back-slapping, a few folk posited that they could indeed write some stuff for Collapse Board […]
10 songs recommended for me by YouTube that I don’t like
See how many you can work out from the descriptions. Answers at the end. No peeking! 1. This one is insipid, Mazzy Star for people who don’t like The Velvet Underground (though I like another song she’s on, just fine). Parent music for hipsters. 2. Insipid psych rock from Norway (though, once again, I like […]
No Jaws – Young Blood (Modern Guilt)
This is not about No Jaws. This is about a band who pitched their new album by quoting Everett True, the German Rolling Stone (?), and me. You hear that? Me. Yes, me. Do you know how many full albums reviews I’ve written since I came/stumbled upon Collapse Board almost a year ago? 44. (I […]
What I did tonight instead of going to see Arctic Monkeys play live
Everett True details what he did tonight instead of watching dad rock revival band Arctic Monkeys. I thought how much I hate the concept of indie bands playing arenas, and wondered whether I’d ever seen a decent one. (Answer: yes. Several times.) I performed on stage in a lecture theatre, spinning a web of myth […]
That whole “music used to sound better when I was younger” theory
Here it is in a nutshell (or some similar badly used metaphor). 2013 was an amazing year for music, possibly the greatest yet. I was listening to so much and writing about so much and… well, wow. It was incredible. 2014, on the other hand, is such a rubbish year for music… now that I’m […]
Music played in week 4 of KMB003 (Sex Drugs Rock’N’Roll) Pt 2 | Music That We Hate
For the tutorials this week, I asked groups of students to come up with examples of music they detested.
Dot Wiggin Band – Ready! Get! Go! (Alternative Tentacles)
I’m pleased to say that Ready! Get! Go! is nothing less than brilliant, a wonderful album from start to finish. A record that can stand beside The Shaggs, and in places even goes beyond it.
