Bat For Lashes – Haunted Man (Capitol)
This half-assed Paula Cole bullshit bores the crap out of me. Its Enya-esque sonic soundscapes make me wretch.
Tame Impala – Lonerism (Modular Fontana)
It’s the psychedelia of sitting around your friend’s teenage bedroom smoking shitty weed, listening to people say the most banal shit, and wishing you could leave.
Another ancient interview with Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This one was their first ever cover story. Thought you might enjoy reading this as well.
You’re like the violent interviewer. The Hannibal Lector of interviews. Did you see that scuffle?
The Sonic Narrative – 15 great songs
This was the penultimate lecture in Sex Drugs Rock N Roll this semester at QUT
An ancient interview with Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Thought you might enjoy reading it.
SPONTANEITY! SPONTANEITY! That’s what is central to all the greatest rock’n’roll and THAT’S WHY the Yeah Yeah mother-fucking Yeahs are so vital and the (spit) mother-fucking Vines are just sheep’s turds dressed up in your momma’s glad rags. Fuckheads.
Riot Act Media’s Nathan Walker on Record Collecting: “It’s a mix of excitement and fear…”
There’s nothing more calming than the process of looking through my collection for the perfect record, finding it, and then laying the needle into it.
Buzzbands I Have Known
People don’t know shit about predicting the future of music.
Hating Hipsters: How The Mainstream Hijacked Authenticity And Made Non-Conformity A Joke
Why exactly does the whole world want to distance itself from the term hipster?
Song of the day – 509: Iris DeMent
This song destroyed me on the bus on the way to work this morning. Tears trickling down my face, I had to bury my head in a handkerchief so people didn’t stare.
Hipster Runoff explained in two simple pictures
Get a grip. It’s *supposed* to be funny!
