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 Scott Creney

Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)

Bon Iver is hazier than you expect. It is lost and narcoticized, simultaneously desperate and asleep.

 Scott Creney

What the hell are we doing here? A Collapse Board manifesto of sorts.

We have a freedom that Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, daily and weekly papers lost a long time ago. The freedom to say whatever we want to say, however we want to say it.

 Scott Creney

Tyler, The Creator @ The Zoo, Brisbane, 05.06.11

The Zoo may be the finest venue in all of Australia. It’s called The Zoo for a reason, and not just because there’s shit all over the floor and someone just gave birth to a litter of baby elephants.

 Scott Creney

My Morning Jacket – Circuital (ATO)

This is music. It’s personal. It’s pheromones, not Trivial Pursuit.

 Scott Creney

Jad Fair – Beautiful Songs (The Best of Jad Fair) (Fire)

If people really did root for the underdog, if they really did want the unlikely nerd to be the hero, then Jad Fair would be a household name.

 Scott Creney

REVIEWED IN WORDS Lady Gaga – Born This Way (Interscope)

Born This Way is Lady Gaga’s Be Here Now. It is bloated and too full of itself.

 Scott Creney

Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys (Atlantic)

Like McDonald’s, Death Cab For Cutie is nothing if not consistent.

 Scott Creney

10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 5: the good review (U.S.)

Cults knows the difference between an influence and a cliché.

 Scott Creney

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop)

Helplessness Blues is 50 minutes of laments for one’s self in the face of shifting uncertainty, framed in endless soothing harmonies, an opiate of sighs.

 Scott Creney

Depeche Mode: the Martin Luther Kings of Synthpop

It is common knowledge that there are three pivotal moments in the history of US race relations.