The Wussification of Indie Rock (it’s all Pavement’s fault)
A band like Arcade Fire has a hell of a lot more in common with Katy Perry than it does with Daniel Johnston.
Song of the day – 314: Mickey And Sylvia
School will make you fail in love
A Conversation With Yannis Philippakis of Foals, 2010
By Andrew McMillen I interviewed Yannis Philippakis [pictured above], singer/guitarist of the British pop act Foals, for Scene Magazine in late December 2010, ahead of their Australian tour as part of Laneway Festival 2011(which I reviewed for The Vine). Our interview originally ran in condensed form as the cover story of Scene Magazine #811. Here’s the full interview transcript.
notes for a lecture to QUT creative non-fiction students
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.
Everett True’s advice for aspiring music critics (revised and expanded)
Don’t be fooled into thinking that just because folk are nice to you when you’re starting off, and flood your mailbox with free CDs and offers of free concert-tickets, they are your friends. They’re not.
Song of the day – 313: Dorothy
The only song that has EVER rhymed “Subway Sect” with “Musique Concrete”
Music Critics Are Scum (Uh Huh Uh Huh, I Like It, Uh Huh Uh Huh)
Fact is, there’s nothing I like more than someone who utterly and completely sucks – that’s why I got into music instead of politics.
A Week in the Life of Jeff Pollack
Have you ever considered how comfortable slippers are?
Song of the day – 312: Michel Polnareff
here is so much that exists within the canon of pop music that I cannot even begin to dream of.
