Added on May 6, 2011
Everett True
Captain America , Courtney Love , Cow Palace , Daniel Johnston , Dave Grohl , Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy , Everett True , Frank Black , grunge , Iggy Pop , Iron Maiden , Krist Novoselic , Kurt Cobain , Kurt Cobain interview , L7 , Madder Rose , Melody Maker , MTV , Nirvana , Rock The Vote , Rush , Sammy Hagar , San Francisco , San Fransciso , Sassy , The Breeders , U2
The only major arena rock concert I went to was Iron Maiden on the Fourth of July. People were shooting bottle rockets and throwing M-80s into the crowd all night
Added on March 31, 2011
Scott Creney
Animal Collective , Arcade Fire , Best Coast , Big Black , Butthole Surfers , Conflict , Daniel Johnston , Electrelane , Forced Exposure , indie rock , Joanna Newsom , Katy Perry , Melody Maker , Minutemen , Mudhoney , Nirvana , Of Montreal , Pavement , Pitchfork , Rolling Stone , Scott Creney , Sonic Youth , Spin , The Books , The Shins , The Suburbs , Tunabunny , TV On The Radio , Vampire Weekend , Vivian Girls
A band like Arcade Fire has a hell of a lot more in common with Katy Perry than it does with Daniel Johnston.
Added on March 8, 2011
Everett True
Alistair Fitchett , Beat Happening , Careless Talks Costs Lives , Clarice Lispector , coldwave , Daniel Johnston , Debbie Harry , Fall Of Saigon , France , Guide To Personal Happiness , kicking_k , Kid Koala , Lispector , Marine Girls , My Disco , Olympia , Pikelet , Plan B Magazine , Polaroids , Rihanna , Stephin Merritt , The Go Team , Twisted Nerve , Unpopular , Willy Wonka , Young Marble Giants
This is the greatest hidden music you’ll encounter all year. Five hundred songs, and I haven’t yet found one I don’t think is less than magical.
Added on January 27, 2011
Everett True
Alan McGee , Animal Collective , Brighton , Bust , Careless Talk Costs Lives , Creation Records , Daniel Johnston , Everett True , Facebook , Grease , London , Melody Maker , Nirvana , Nirvana The True Story , NME , Norman Mailer , Phil Collins , Pitchfork , Plan B Magazine , Reinspired , Saturday Night Fever , Silverfish , Smashing Pumpkins , Something Awful , Sonic Youth , The Deadnotes , The Legend , The Sex Pistols , The Thin Kids , Unconvention Brisbane , Vox
“I didn’t listen to pop music growing up,” he reveals. “If I listened to music, it would be something classical”
Added on January 25, 2011
Everett True
ATTN Magazine , Brisbane , Careless Talk Costs Lives , Chris Weingarten , Courtney Love , Daniel Johnston , Drowned In Sound , Everett True , Half-Japanese , Huggy Bear , Kurt Cobain , Melody Maker , music critics , music papers , Music Writing , NME , Paul Morley , Plan B Magazine , Riot Grrrl , Seattle , Southampton Solent University , The Guardian , The Stranger , Twitter
“Most music critics are reading other music critics to find out what they should like”
Added on December 31, 2010
Everett True
2010 , Althea & Donna , Angus and Julia Stone , Ari Up , Beyonce , Bitch Prefect , Blank Realm , Byron Lee And The Dragonaires , Daniel Johnston , Dolly Mixture , Eternal Soundcheck , Fabulous Diamonds , Feathers , femme-pop , Gareth Liddiard , gent Ribbons , Ill Ease , Johanna Buccola , Kate Nash , kyü , La Sera , Lanie Lane , Lido Pimienta , Miu Mau , My Disco , Neverever , Pavement , Pikelet , Pixies , She And Him , Sky Needle , Soda Fountain Rag , Super Wild Horses , The Deadnotes , The Distractions , The John Steel Singers , The Lemonheads , The Loves , The Monster Women , The Psychedelic Furs , The Stress Of Leisure , The Thin Kids , The Unthanks , Trash Kit , Velociraptor , Viv Albertine , Washington , Woom
The problem with Brisbane appears to be an overload of the creative process: there are too many folk being creative and not enough people satisfied with being consumers
Added on October 28, 2010
Everett True
Careless Talk Costs Lives , Daniel Johnston , Drowned In Sound , Galaxie 500 , Herman Düne , Jasmine Minks , Jonathan Richman , Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers , Lesbo Pig , Los Campesinos , Orange Juice , Pavement , Peckham , Plan B Magazine , Revolving Paint Dream , Seattle , Television Personalities , The Go-Betweens , The Legend , The Modern Lovers , The Pastels , The Stranger , The Tronics , The Wave Pictures , Winston Echo
In response to a request from a friend on Twitter, I’ve collected together some of my more recent writings about Jonathan. And from tomorrow, you can listen to an incredible early demo of ‘The Morning Of Our Lives’ over here. ——————————————————————————————————————————– (from Plan B #18, originally printed in The Stranger) I first heard Jonathan Richman […]
Added on August 17, 2010
Everett True
Clive Pig , Daniel Johnston , Jad Fair , Mess And Noise , Winston Echo
Winston Echo. He makes Daniel Johnston sound like Daniel Johnston. He makes Clive Pig sound like Clive Pig. He makes Lesbo Pig sound like Lesbo Pig. (See what I did there?) He makes Ivor Cutler sound indubitably like Ivor Cutler. And so on. He doesn’t like folk making jokes along the lines of “Is there […]
Added on July 30, 2010
Everett True
Beat Happening , Courtney Love , Daniel Johnston , David Nichols , Julian Teakle , Melbourne , Mick Turner , Rough Trade , The Cannanes , The Dirty Three , Venom P Stinger
OK. Day two of my tribute to becoming Australian, and this group have significance for me. I’m sure my pal David Nichols can remind me of this, but when he found himself at a loose end for those crucial 12 hours in London on a stopover back from Olympia, WA to Melbourne in 1985, and […]
Added on June 20, 2010
Everett True
Brett Hartenbach , Daniel Johnston , Munster Records
I’ve heard a lot of Daniel Johnston’s music in my life. And I mean a lot. My iTunes folder lists 560 songs by him, and I’m not sure that’s even the majority of it. I dunno. It seems that whenever I press “shuffle” on my iPod Touch it invariably throws up one of Daniel’s songs […]