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Everett True and his 40 favourite songs of 2014

Everett True and his 40 favourite songs of 2014

This year stuttered in bits and firsts. Music is the healer. Here are the songs. The Aquadolls – Wander It’s knowing that passion can be full-tilt and consuming. It’s about Shadow Morton and Ellis Greenwich and 2014. It’s a love for the same love for that a ton of other folk show a love for but […]

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The appeal of the WRONG! in pop music special

The appeal of the WRONG! in pop music special

Final lecture in KMB003 (Sex Drugs Rock’N’Roll) this semester. Always a happy-sad occasion. There’s no denying the music, though. What better way to go out with an Appeal of the WRONG! in pop music special? INTRODUCTION MUSIC 1. Robyn – Dancing On My Own 2. Wah! – The Story Of The Blues (I didn’t actually […]

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The return of Everett True | the 10 most read entries in 2014 so far

The return of Everett True | the 10 most read entries in 2014 so far

I like this doing this, occasionally. I do wish Collapse Board had a few more readers so these results weren’t so skewed by friends of the bands, but there again… Here are the 10 most read entries in my return to Song of the Day in 2014 so far, as evidenced by Google Analytics. I’ll […]

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The final lecture| the Appeal of the WRONG! in pop music

The final lecture| the Appeal of the WRONG! in pop music

Great lecture. The vast majority of my students missed it. Just sayin’. The descriptions are taken from my regular weekly column at The Vine. Die Antwoord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdeizHM9OU  According to Pitchfork, Zef is a “philosophy of intentional ignorance and crassness”. Die Antwoord, a rave-rap outfit from South Africa, try so hard to be WRONG in everything they do, […]

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The return of Everett True | 4. Babymetal, of course

The return of Everett True | 4. Babymetal, of course

the ladies’ image and demeanour (as cute pop puppets) feeds into the conventional Japanese view of women as passive, adornments

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The Friday Afternoon Playlist, 21.02.2014

The Friday Afternoon Playlist, 21.02.2014

The annual gathering of angry men with tattoos and long hair (i.e. Soundwave) starts this weekend with the Brisbane leg at the RNA Showgrounds on Saturday. A quick and dirty unscientific study (we looked at the profile pictures on Soundwave’s website and counted up band members) shows 318 musicians playing the festival of which a […]