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 Everett True

One-minute reviews – 17: Girls, Dum Dum Girls, Girls In Trouble, The Rapture

Fuck reviewing albums in 140 characters or less.

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One-minute reviews – 16: White Hinterland, Ric McCulley, Scout Niblett, T:Lo

OK. This is me written out for the day. Back to my research. White Hinterland – Kairos From where I’m seated, I’d like everything to sound like the soundtrack to Where The Wild Things Are. Everything doesn’t. That’s fine. I’m happy for music to bewitch, too. I like the fact Arthur Russell had a second […]

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One-minute reviews – 15: Hayseed Dixie, We Are Only Riders, Patches & Gretchen, Ned Collette & Wirewalker

The second part of my doubtless ill-received batch of 60-second reviews. I’ve lost friends over these, y’know – so tread with care. Hayseed Dixie – Killer Grass Yee fucking ha. Not enough metal. Too much duelling. Not enough standards (fuck ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and The Who). Right amount of grass. Killer ‘tudes. (Shrugs.) Yep. That’s the […]

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One-minute reviews – 14: Love Is All, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Zola Jesus

The return of the series that no one wants to read, written by the critic that no one realises exists anymore. The idea being that it takes 60 seconds or under to listen to and critique the music under discussion. Oh, what joy! Love Is All – Two Thousand And Ten Injuries Let’s shout! Let’s […]

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One-minute reviews – 13: Hum, Christy & Emily, Death To Trad Rock, Knight School

It’s nearly Christmas. Of course that has no relevance to anything I’m about to write whatsoever. Just thought I’d lay a little context on you. I have four minutes to spare, so I thought I’d write you four reviews. Hum – Are You Dead? Hum clatter like Swell Maps, and tell tall tales like Joe-Bob […]

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One-minute reviews – 12: MV + EE, Butcher Birds, Hawnay Troof, Junior Boys

Actually, I’m a little out of practice right now, and these reviews are running closer to 90 seconds from the moment I first listen to the music to when I type the final word but… One-minute-and-a-half reviews doesn’t really have the same ring, does it? MV + EE – Barn Nova Man alive, we’re cool […]

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One-minute reviews – 11: Loene Carmen, The Millipedes, Los Campesinos!, Puerto Muerto

Absolutely no feedback whatsoever from the last crop of four. Undaunted, the bloodied and ignored critic battles on… Loene Carmen – It Walks Like Love Tread carefully. Every pace might be your last. Sing slowly. Life is too serene. Smoke, drink, fuck. Psychocandy ruined music for a generation, you know. The Millipedes – Shake Your […]

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One-minute reviews – 10: Joker’s Daughter, The Drones, Giants Of Science, YACHT

And so it continues… I was tempted to make this installment Brisbane-centric but realised it would lose me the three friends I have left remaining. Joker’s Daughter – The Last Laugh Post- (what’s that damn word again) folktronic music for folk who think that sculpting jellies is an art form. Not half as cute as […]

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One-minute reviews – 9: SA Rawls, Mathew Sawyer, Wet Dog, Karen O And The Kids

I don’t see anyone else stepping up to the plate and taking this challenge. I don’t see any web editors lining up to syndicate this series either. SA Rawls – Never Gonna Touch The Ground Confused, chipper dude wishes he was a) living in the 60s, b) pinch-hitting for Pavement, c) back at school, d) surrounded […]

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One-minute reviews – 8: Bo Ningen, Lonelady, To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie, Tap Tap

Anyone can write about music, sure. But can you write about music when the clock’s ticking down, you know nothing about the artist in question and you’ve never heard the album before? And you only had a minute to start with. Bo Ningen – Koroshitai Kimochi EP Blam! That’s the ferociously heavy, grungy guitars fucking with the […]