Song of the day – 205: My Disco
I hate their name. It was enough to stop me listening to them for years*. Shame. Music = warm + repetitive + abrasive + more repetition + towering psych-trance + bare drums = bass-fixated + monolithic + brilliant. The new (third) album Little Joy keeps threatening to break out into something but wonderfully never does. […]
Song of the day – 204: It Sound
Do It Sound remind me of West Seattle? Phew. Tough question.
Song of the day – 203: Orange Juice
Orange Juice were Glasgow boys manly enough to admit their feminine side was at least twice as enticing as their male.
my advice for aspiring readers of music critics
Which part of ‘music critic’ don’t you understand?
Song of the day – 202: Edwyn Collins
There’s a new Edwyn Collins album out. You don’t know how happy it makes me, just typing those words.
Song of the day – 201: Nico’s Bike
Some wonderful abrasive, melodic stuff with lots of killer muted brass and stomach-wobbling guitar noises from the just-formed Nico’s Bike. Female vocals chastise. Female vocals jiggle, with fire and fury. Female vocals make like there was no need to record a bad song no not never no how. I was tipped off to this splenetic […]
Song of the day – 200: The Distractions
It’s great! Great, I tell you! None of the poignancy has been diminished by the passing years, only increased.
Song of the day – 199: Chairmen Of The Board
R.I.P. General Johnson, 1943-2010
Song of the day – 198: The Corin Tucker Band
New music. From Corin Tucker. What more do you need to know? Me and my wife, we used to love Cadallaca, back in the day. Like a fun-time Portland party band with righteous vocals, a kick-ass drummer and the sweetest of Hammond organs. There were a couple of other bands too, but their names momentarily […]
Songs about Brisbane – 10: Ed Kuepper
Shortly after I arrived in Brisbane, I sat at a table in the government building on George St with several high-up types from Arts QLD and Trade QLD and Tourism QLD. I’d been expressly invited to discuss a potential new venture from myself, and funded by the state government: a high-quality, bi-annual music and arts […]
