Song of the day – 567: The Boys
People think now that New Wave means Duran Duran or some shite, but in reality it was this: laddish power-pop, with its roots firmly in the Herman’s Hermits and Small Faces of the past, and totally confused about how it should view the present.
Camperdown & Out – Couldn’t Be Better (Popfrenzy)
Couldn’t Be Better is so disinterested in any reality I’ve ever experienced that it’s impossible to connect.
Song of the day – 566: Blanche Blanche Blanche
This is more fun than three rounds of fun staring at a wall of Jad Fair papercuts. This is more lo-falutin’ than a disco full of Teena Marie fans dancing to your momma’s collection of Minor Threat demos.
Hangar 03: Primitive Motion + Faspeedelay + Ghost Notes @ The Waiting Room, Brisbane 09.03.13
A night of playing with sound and song, experimental but structured and beautiful
Song of the day – 565: Misty’s Big Adventure
Ah now. This is what I’ve been waiting for ever since I moved to Brisbane five years ago. A new song from Misty’s Big Adventure.
In Photos: The Mark Of Cain + Blacklevel Embassy + The Sea Shall Not Have Them @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane 21.03.13
Can you write about The Mark Of Cain without using the word “brutal”?
Why I ended up enjoying a Justin Bieber show
We watched 1991: The Year Punk Broke on videotape. The boys asked me to sing, I never did. I preferred staying hidden behind my instrument with my short dresses.
You can’t judge a book by its cover. Or an album. Or can you? PART TWO
children’s concept music, experimental, noise, post-rock, Starbucks
Ensemble Pearl – Ensemble Pearl (Drag City)
Imagine a German Dirty Three. Of if you’re feeling cynical, imagine a 10-year-old boy pretending to be a monster, stomping all over Tokyo in a nuclear-induced haze.
Song of the day – 564: Primitive Motion
Immolation and insulation and isolation and imagination. The opposite of sex. Serious music for serious people.
