FORTY FUCKING TRACKS!! THAT'S THREE ENTIRE FUCKING HOURS OF FREE MUSIC?! Xiu Xiu, Tojiko Noriko, Tenniscoats, Leighton Craig, I8U, Glim and the gang. …
As audiences become less important to artists, it's corporate sponsorship which is already filling the gap.…
Treat every interview as if it’s the most important thing in the world, just for that 15 minutes or half hour or hour, even if it’s not. Boring interviews are still boring on paper.…
They’re not working for a bureaucracy. They’re not working within guidelines. The idea at 4zzz is that you can create whatever you want and I think that’s a really exciting concept…
We heart Slumberland Records here at Collapse Board.…
You just have to wonder how much of ‘popular’ music’s ongoing canon is being written by a very narrow range of music reviewers.…
I hope you fucking choke on the immensity of the hyperbole I’m about to direct at you.…
This is a shameless plug for something I’ve had a small part…
Once there was no “three songs, no flash” rule, now it’s industry standard in all but the small, local shows. Once there were no releases. Once there were no copyright-grabbing contracts.…
Don't let anyone ever browbeat you into thinking music criticism is dull, or reviewing a band is a chore. you think that? get the fuck out of writing about music. …
I am now over men in dress-ups and edgy makeup singing about the devil an' shit and thanking us for coming along tonight an' here's a song about dead things I have crafted just for you thanks again.…
We’re a bit late this year (the story of our life) but it’s time…
Unaddressed allegations of racism, misogyny, violent abuse and bad behaviour. There’s a problem with…
You break up with your ex. You like them, but they’ve pushed the limits…
Thursday 12 March 2020 and I’m at Sleaford Mods sold out show in Brisbane…
After moving from New Zealand to Melbourne in the early 2000s, Jess Cornelius found…
Party Dozen are a band that stays with you. On paper, a drummer/saxophonist duo…
It was always going to have to be something special to break the 14…
For the last year it’s been like a nuclear winter for the live music…
Let’s get it over and done with – 2020 hasn’t been a great year.…
Once I was blind, now I can see Once I was blind but now…
BRIGHTON KOMEDIA: I have never felt very comfortable with my body. This feels like home.…
The opening song sounds like My Bloody Valentine. You may well be enthused by…
Truth be told, I haven’t listened to a lot of new music in the…
Here’s something else from Bills & Aches & Blues, the forthcoming 4AD tribute album…
It’s been a year this week since I started working from home. Last week…
