
Independent music is actually growing sillier, weirder, and more irreverent.
Jan 16, 2013 | Categories: Erika Meyer | Tags: Bobbyteens, Courtney and the Crushers, Cyclops, Eat Skull, Erika Meyer, Grass Widow, Guantanamo Baywatch, Hunx And His Punx, King Lolllypop, King Tuff, Mean Jeans, Midnight Snaxx, Nobunny, Oakland, Pissed Jeans, Portland, Rhythm Chicken, Shannon And The Clams, SMMR BMMR, The Bugs, Thë Ünïcörnz, Thee Oh Sees | 17 Comments »

I don’t seek the heaviest rockers or the baddest shredders. To me, that’s not what is rock’n'roll is about. Rock’n'roll is about laying it on the line.
Dec 25, 2012 | Categories: Best of 2012 | Tags: best of 2012, Ema, Erika Meyer, Grass Widow, Hunx And His Punx, Midnite Snaxxx, Shannon And The Clams, The Slutty Hearts, Wax Idols, White Lung | 19 Comments »

Something to do with believing in the power of music
Jul 22, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Everett True | Tags: Art Brut, Barbara Panther, best of 2011, Crystal Stilts, Cults, Ema, Everett True, Gyratory System, Karaocake, Katie Stelmanis, Micachu and the Shapes, Music criticism, PJ Harvey, Pris, Shannon And The Clams, Skinny Girl Diet | 1 Comment »

This mix-tape was compiled for another website, who were going to run a feature on Collapse Board. The feature didn’t run. So here I am now, with the mix-tape nobody wants. The original idea was that to put them all up on SoundCloud, but I can’t be fussed with that, so you can find a [...]
Apr 23, 2011 | Categories: Everett True | Tags: Analogik, Dandelions, Dirt Child, Elli et Jacno, Fall Of Saigon, Gyratory System, Hello Seahorse!, Karaocake, Kashmere, M9 ft Blasphemy & Cyrus Malachi, Melanie, Pascal Comelade, PJ Harvey, Pris, Rah Digga, Ruth, Shannon And The Clams, Song Of The Day, The B-Girls, The Deadnotes, The Legend, The Lovely Eggs, The Notes, tUnE-yArDs, Vivian Girls | Leave A Comment »

fluttering wing-movements and stuttering synth breaks and fluting woodwind and those stunning voices
Mar 26, 2011 | Categories: Song Of The Day | Tags: Agent Ribbons, Armedalite Rifles, Belle And Sebastian, Coolies, Cornershop, Crass, Edwin Hawkins Singers, Edwyn Collins, Fever Fever, Frankie Rose And The Outs, Hotpants Romance, It Sound, Jonathan Richman, kyü, Las Kellies, Lispector, Lykke Li, Nico's Bike, Orange Juice, Pete And The Pirates, Pigeonhed, PJ Harvey, Pris, Scarce, Shannon And The Clams, She Makes War, Sheezer, Sky Needle, Song Of The Day, Talulah Gosh, The Cheapmunks, The Dandelions, The Distractions, The Konki Duet, The Lovely Eggs, The Loves, The Nuns, The Slits, Thee Spivs, Top 40, Tunabunny | Leave A Comment »

Seems to me I most listen to music most any hour, don’t matter day, don’t matter night.
Feb 18, 2011 | Categories: Everett True | Tags: Andreya Triana, Buzzcocks, Elli et Jacno, Elvis Costello, Jackie Mittoo, Kofi, Kraftwerk, La Sera, Lia Ices, Lord Creator, Mindy Misty, Rihanna, Shannon And The Clams, Sugababes, The Chefs, The Deadnotes, The Dirtbombs, The Four Tops, The John Steel Singers, The Legend, The Roches, The Undertones, Tom Tom Club, Young Marble Giants | Leave A Comment »

Do they perform in their underwear? ARE THEY HAVING MORE FUN THAN THE OTHER 50,000 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM COMBINED? Yes, yes yes!
Feb 15, 2011 | Categories: Everett True | Tags: Arcade Fire, bondage, Brisbane, Dave Graney, Indiewolf, Lady Gaga, Pearbear, Pitchfork, Pris, Rihanna, S&M, Shannon And The Clams, street press, TeenageHairWaste, Twitter, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, Wolf-Wolf | Leave A Comment »

I’ve had too much coffee.
Feb 10, 2011 | Categories: Brisbane, Everett True | Tags: 1001 Australian Nights, achacha, Best Coast, Brisbane, Dave Graney, Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes, Denis Semchenko, Ed Guglielmino, Elli et Jacno, Facebook, Kate Nash, M. Ward, Robert Forster, Shannon And The Clams, The Moodists, The Thin Kids, Vivian Girls | 6 Comments »