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 Everett True

Song of the day – 16: The Thin Kids

All this banter about The Thin Kids. It’s about time we celebrated with a song. And there’s only one song that is appropriate here. The Thin Kids – In Joke Photograph courtesy of the fine Brisbane Live Reviews blog

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Song of the day – 13: Everybody Was In The French Resistance… Now!

Oh, this is just wonderful, pure el Records – Bad Dream Fancy Dress, Louis Phillippe, Songs For The Jet Set. My six-year-old laptop is freezing every few seconds, the music is crackly and distorted, but I just had to play this album twice through this morning. This particular song features members of Art Brut and […]

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Song of the day – 4: Pavement

Someone who keeps the faith sent me an advance promo of Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement, and I  remembered that my listening pleasures in the car are limited. So I took it into that sacred place, and listened as I drove to QUT, and listened as I drove to Deadnotes practice, and listened […]

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Song of the day – 2: The Deadnotes

Today is a Friday. This means I have the recordings of The Deadnotes (with The Legend!) from the previous week to listen to. This means that – if I’m being honest with you – I rarely listen to anything else. And this was a particularly fine session. Here’s our take on a Thin Kids song, […]

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The Cribs live @ The Zoo, 16.02.10

I was on my way into QUT this morning, a little tired and a little cranky: sleep deprivation is a powerful anti-intoxicant. I was listening to The Unthanks, stuck at Normanby bus station for a little too long. (‘The Testimony Of Patience Kershaw’ is the one I’d recommend for today.) And they inspired me to write […]

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Hugs And Kisses (December edition)

This was written for Spanish website Playground a couple of days ago. I dutifully sent it off, and received a return email stating the column had been pulled, financial considerations. Damn. They could have told me that before I wrote it! Anyway. Thought it was too good to waste. Hugs And Kisses The Strangely Muted […]