The 10th Anniversary of the 20th Anniversary of October by U2, by Jeff Pollack
By Wallace Wylie I still remember where I was 10 years ago when I first heard that it had been 20 years since U2 released their sophomore effort October. I was in the middle of a high-stakes poker...
View ArticleBuzzfeed’s 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music: an answer
The following ‘article’ (I used the term in its broadest sense) appeared on BuzzFeed – “the hottest. most social content on the web” (imagine The Sun on steroids) – a month ago. This is a site whose...
View ArticleThe 12 Mildly Disappointing Facts About Popular Music They Didn’t Want You To...
By James Flint 1. John Lennon shifted over 5.5 million units of ‘Imagine’ worldwide. 2. AC/DC have sold almost three times as many records as Boyz II Men. 3. Damon Albarn is not an early 90s...
View ArticleThe soundtrack to the inside of my head over the last year | Alex Gillies
By Alex Gillies Top Albums of 2011 1. Harmony – Self Titled Really there’s not a lot more I can say that isn’t said here. I will add though that while I am Australian, I am in no way nationalistic....
View ArticleShit I never thought I’d live to see happen. Number one. There’s an R.E.M....
OK, so it’s a cover. But wait. It’s a cover of the one R.E.M. song I hate above all others. As my earthier followers on Twitter would put it: WTF?! (From Hugs and Kisses 64: Frida Hyvonen’s Silence Is...
View ArticleLee Ranaldo Band @ The Zoo, Brisbane, 21.10.12
Lauren (age 1) was learning to stand today. She thought it was hilarious the way, after swaying upright for a second or two, she’d drop down with a BOMP on her padded bottom. She was so proud when she...
View ArticleClinic – Free Reign (Domino)
By Scott Creney If the internet is suburbia[1] and Collapse Board is a small undervalued subdivision along its outskirts[2], the most popular band in our neighborhood is probably The Fall. And one...
View ArticleSong of the day – 620: The Rutabega
I have my man Conan to thank for this one. He said, “the best album of 2013 is by a little band from South Bend, Indiana” . I’m not sure I would entirely agree with that. Contender 1 Contender 2...
View ArticleThe return of Everett True | 115. deux furieuses
My theory has always been that mediocre music – when framed correctly – can influence good, or even great music. The group I always cite here is Jesus And Mary Chain, which is somewhat unfair seeing as...
View ArticleRadio Birdman, Died Pretty @ The Tivoli, 23.06.2017
My first Radio Birdman experience was at the Golden Plains Festival in Meredith, Victoria back in 2015. I didn’t know much about them at the time. My friend Warren used to bang about them all the time....
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