12 from 13 | IAN GETS EDDYCATED
So what does this tell us? That I still have a musical bone in my body? That we all reference from the familiar? That nothing is new? To my mind, it’s all about telling something true. And therein lies the spark.
The Continuing Sad, Sorry State of Australia Street Press
If Street Press Australia is still inviting discussion about sexism in its papers, I would like to let them know that I think Fred Negro’s Strip included in Time Off edition 1611 is sexist.
Happy Jawbone Family Band – Tastes The Broom (Mexican Summer)
It’s too demented and gleeful to be offensive. It’s barely of this planet and doesn’t have a mean bone in its body.
12 rough jewels of integrity in a sea of overproduction and hype
Seweeeet!!! Thought stuff like this had died and gone to the pub. A rough jewel of integrity in a sea of overproduction and hype. ‘course they’ll never ‘get’ anywhere – and therein lies their beauty. Made my day. Thanks fir that. Thanks indeed.
Veronica Falls – Waiting For Something To Happen (Slumberland/Bella Union)
best listened to three minutes at a time. Like a bag of decades-old Smarties, an entire 36 minutes of consumption is guaranteed to sicken.
Laneway Melbourne 2013 @ Footscray Community Arts Centre 03.02.13
This isn’t guitar masturbation. It’s guitar blue balls. It’s guitar priapism. All build up, no release.
Scrabble + Kitchen’s Floor + The Legend! + Bremen Town Musician @ Noisepit, Highgate Hill, Brisbane 03.02.13
More punk than you’ll ever be, punk.
Song of the day – 556: Scrabble
“Chaos, noise, No Wave – fuck the post-prog!”
Can sushi be the wrong way up? 22 miniature reviews of the new My Bloody Valentine album
“The one that sounds like relentless helicopters is my favourite so far” – Lucy Cage on Facebook.
My Bloody Valentine – m b v
Maybe this has only been a clearing of the throat, a shaking off of the cobwebs, a necessary step into the harsh daylight of everyday existence. Maybe there is more to come.
