Added on July 22, 2011
Tom Randall
album review , Big Black , Gang Of Four , Iceage , Joy Division , Music criticism , New Brigade , post-punk , Tom Randall , What's Your Rupture?
Iceage have the wisdom to be brief: what they evoke is too much to bear for too long.
Added on June 5, 2011
Scott Creney
Brisbane , Elephant Babies , French Jizz , James Pants , Joy Division , Koala Kremes , Limp Bizkit , Melbourne , Nirvana , No Anchor , Odd Future , Rape Fantasies , Roy Ayers , Sarah Palin , Scott Creney , Sydney , The Zoo , Tyler The Creator
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.
Added on March 24, 2011
Wallace Wylie
808 State , A Guy Called Gerald , Acid House , Andy Weatherall , Aphex Twin , Arctic Monkeys , Blur , Bobby Gillespie , Bomb The Bass , Britpop , Cabaret Voltaire , Creation Records , Damon Albarn , Definitely Maybe , Depeche Mode , Derrick May , Fool's Gold , Frankie Knuckles , Gary Numan , Give Out But Don’t Give Up , Happy Mondays , Higher Than the Sun , House , Ian Brown , Jack Your Body , Jimmy Miller , Joy Division , Kula Shaker , Led Zeppelin , Let It Be , Loaded , Love , Massive Attack , Morrissey , New Order , Noel Gallagher , Oasis , Orange Juice , Orbital , Paul Weller , Pet Shop Boys , PiL , Primal Scream , Public Enemy , Sally Cinnamon , Screamadelica , Song Of The Day , Suede , Teenage Fanclub , The Associates , The Beach Boys , The Beatles , The Black Crowes , The Boo Radleys , The Byrds , The Human League , The Jam , The KLF , The Libertines , The Orb , The Pastels , The Raincoats , The Rolling Stones , The Sex Pistols , The Slits , The Small Faces , The Smiths , The Soft Boys , The Stone Roses , The Strokes , The Wild Bunch , Uncle Tupelo , Vince Clarke , Visage , Wallace Wylie , We Call It Acieed , WFL , Yazoo
Large elements of the UK alternative press seemed to be waiting for the right guitar band to get behind, the right guitar band to believe in. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Stone Roses.
Added on March 3, 2011
Everett True
1980 , 2003 , Alison Statton , Alright , BBC Wales , Beat Happening , Cardiff , Colossal Youth , Courtney Love , Devine & Statton , Domino Records , Fall Of Saigon , Hole , Joy Division , Lois Maffeo , Melody Maker , New Order , new song , Nirvana , Olympia , Philip Moxham , Rough Trade Record Shop , Rough Trade Records , St David's Day , Stuart Moxham , Wales , Weekend , Young Marble Giants
After 30 years, a new Young Marble Giants song! And it doesn’t disgrace. It is so sweet, so melancholy, so understated, so Young Marble Giants.
Added on January 31, 2011
Emily
Brian Eno , Courtney Love , drugs , Gang Of Four , Joy Division , New Order , NME , Peter Saville , PiL , Pitchfork , post-punk , R. Kelly , The Slits , U2 , Vibe , Wire
1. “(INSERT FEMALE ROCK/POP MUSICIAN’S NAME HERE), THE BAD GIRL OF ROCK…” Description: Virtually every female musician who dyes her hair ‘punk’ colors and/or makes vaguely ‘rebellious’ (or quasi-feminist) pronouncements is saddled with this phrase in music reviews or featured interviews. This travesty of words has been going on since The Slits, and most notoriously […]
Added on January 27, 2011
Everett True
Agent Ribbons , Aretha Franklin , Bikini KIll , Blondie , Buzzcocks , Dexys Midnight Runners , Dirtbombs , Fabulous Diamonds , George Clinton , Herman Düne , Jonathan Richman , Joy Division , La Sera , Lady Gaga , Mudhoney , My Disco , Otis Redding , Pete And The Pirates , Quasi , Ramones , Sonic Youth , Taken By Trees , The Birthday Party , The Commitments , The Fall , The Pastels , The Thing , Thee Spivs , Troublefunk
Julian says: “Everybody’s always like, ‘Oh yeah the music used to be better in the 80s’. No it fucking didn’t.” So what current bands are as good as The Fall, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, The Birthday Party or Dexy’s [sic] in their prime? Not to mention Blondie, Ramones, Jonathan Richman… (This comment originated on another post. I think it’s […]
Added on December 20, 2010
Everett True
A Certain Ratio , Factory Records , Joy Division
If ever there was a song to be played in pitch-darkness, volume on your crappy little Mono turned up past distortion levels, tears streaming down your face…
Added on October 16, 2010
Everett True
A Certain Ratio , Brisbane , Buzzcocks , Chelmsford , Deptford , Dinosaur Jr , Factory Records , Husker Du , Joy Division , Manchester , Mike Finney , Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark , Otis Redding , post-punk , punk , Restricted Code , Steve Perrin , The Clash , The Distractions , The Jam , The Scars , The Undertones , TJM , Wah , You're Not Going Out Dressed Like That
It’s great! Great, I tell you! None of the poignancy has been diminished by the passing years, only increased.
Added on March 29, 2010
Everett True
Buffalo Tom , Damon And Naomi , Domino Records , Galaxie 500 , Joy Division , Luna , Rough Trade , Song Of The Day , Songs , Television , Young Marble Giants
Surely, you had to be expecting this one. Domino Records have just reissued this still-missed Boston band’s three studio albums, each with a bonus CD of ‘rarities’. Exciting, although I do believe I own ALL these songs already at least four times on various previous reissues and box sets and vinyl originals. Exciting, because this […]