Gruff Rhys + Matt Tow @ Excelsior Hotel, Sydney, 03.05.11
Without the strange adjuncts Rhys has a nice collection of folky tunes. With them he has a nutball bag of charming oddities.
In Numbers: Splendour In The Grass 2011
The reason Splendour hasn’t sold out instantaneously, as it normally does, is that the line-up doesn’t justify the price.
Song of the day – 342: Skinny Girl Diet (free download)
Riot Grrrl, like I always understood it … i.e. female empowering, and not scared to experiment with new musical forms, and not rooted.
REVIEWED LOCALLY: Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (Capitol)
I guess the debate here is whether or not a band is required to continue attempting to evolve past a certain point. Beastie Boys have a solid formula with beats + one-liners = fun, so why should they change?
