Added on May 16, 2011
Jodi Biddle
Barbie's Back , Barbie's Back review , Fergie , hip-hop , Jodi Biddle , Kanye West , Lupe Fiasco , Missy Elliott , mixtape , Nicki Lewinski , Nicki Minaj , Pink Friday , R'n'B , rap , The Harajuku Barbie
One of the biggest things I struggle with regarding hip hop is lyrical content. A pervasive preoccupation with self-aggrandisement does little for me given the typical scope of a rapper’s goals (money, fame and ‘bitchez’).
Added on May 15, 2011
Matt O'Neill
2562 , Brisbane , dubstep , exercise music , Infected Mushroom , Matt O'Neill , Time Off
I’ve always shied away from dubstep records because spaced-out mid-tempo grooves are about as conducive to stimulating exercise as a warm glass of milk
Added on May 14, 2011
Cheri
Cheri Amour , Django Django , Joseph Mount , Kool And The Gang , Kraftwerk , La Cigale , Lightspeed Champion , live review , Metronomy , Paris , The English Riviera , Thee Mighty Boosh
The sound of a theatre full of enthused Parisians is no mean feat, and Metronomy certainly seem to have instilled a sense of ‘Rule Britannia’ in this sweat-sodden throng as they heartedly cry out in a full crowd sing-along.
Added on May 14, 2011
Everett True
An Horse , Boo Frog , Brisbane , Chris Martin , Coldplay , Crass , Eliza Doolittle , Fleet Foxes , Helplessness Blues , Jesus And Mary Chain , Kurt Cobain , Morrissey , Nirvana , Odd Future , Riot Grrrl , selling-out , sexism etc , Skinny Girl Diet , Smother , Sole Stickers , Splendour in the Grass , Splendour In The Grass 2011 , The Social Icons , Tunabunny , Walls , Wild Beasts
“How am I going to feed my family now? How am I going to afford my casual drug habit? Chris Martin must pay!”
Added on May 13, 2011
Everett True
4ZzZ , Audiopollen , Big Sound , Brisbane , Brisbane Sounds , Epithets , I Heart Hiroshima , Nick Smethurst , No Anchor , QMusic , Sky Needle , Sounds Like Brisbane , The Vine , UnConvention
Do I have to suspend critical judgment if I’m dealing with anything local (or even national)?
Added on May 13, 2011
Carmen Juarez
Brisbane , Carmen Juarez , Dew Process , Endless Somerset , Enemies List , Epithets , Have A Nice Life , I Heart Hiroshima , In Finland , Jens Lekman , Little Scout , Nick Smethurst , Paper & The Plane , UnConvention , Why?
“What does it say about a place when the cultural capital you’re producing is fucking I Heart Hiroshima. That’s unacceptable.”
Added on May 13, 2011
Everett True
Greatest Song of the 80s , Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes
It was the greatest song then, and remains the greatest song now.
Added on May 12, 2011
Sophie
Cat Power , Elliott Smith , Emmy The Great , Former Ghosts , frightened rabbit , Leonard Cohen , Los Campesinos , Morrissey , Nick Cave , Nick Drake , ow , S , Silver Mt. Zion , Sophie MacKenzie-Smith , The Antlers , Xiu Xiu
Why is that male-fronted bands are more easily notorious for emotionality than any similarly visceral girl-fronted bands?
