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 Everett True

The sacred cows of indie music – 6: Nirvana

In the Sex Pistols’ day, this was called flogging a dead horse.

 Everett True

The sacred cows of indie music – 5: Sonic Youth

Never mind the quality, feel the length.

 Everett True

The sacred cows of indie music – 4: Pixies

You’d think people had never encountered dynamics in rock music before.

 Everett True

The sacred cows of indie music – 3: Joy Division

All these bands that copy ’em … why draw the line at the music?

 Everett True

Song of the day – 447: of Montreal

This music, this song, makes me feel giddy with nausea and nauseous with delight.

 Everett True

The sacred cows of indie music – 2: The Fall

It’s hard to criticise a band that have made an art-form out of being inconsistent

 Everett True

Song of the day – 446: Coasting

We’re talking The Vivian Girls stripped of the 60s West Coast stuff and with layers of mid 80s Dunedin stuff added in its place.

 Everett True

The sacred cows of indie music – 1: Pavement

It’s not easy to draw blood from a glass of warm milk.

 Everett True

‘The Muppets are raping Kurt Cobain’s memory’

Rock stars, huh? Fucking muppets.

 Everett True

The 4-track DIY aesthetic of The McTells

I used to love their scratchy, fragile, poignant, personal music. They always seemed like scurrying little creatures bringing light to the deepest shadows.

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