Daniel Johns turns ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ into a Coldplay song
Wow. I don’t know which is worse. The idea of Daniel Johns (the Chris Martin soundalike guy from national embarrassment Silverchair) covering ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ at a triple j party, the actuality of Daniel Johns (the whiny, wallpaper, Chris Martin soundalike guy from national embarrassment Silverchair) covering ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ with harp and […]
Observations made around the new D’Angelo album
The fact Black Messiah reached Number One in Village Voice’s annual Pazz + Jop poll tells us nothing about the merits of the album itself, plenty about the 700 or so “music critics” who voted in the poll. And it ain’t just Pazz + Jop. That venerable institution MetaCritic rated it 95/100 based on…uh…30 reviews (kinda puts […]
Yesterday and today: favourite songs of the Interweb (volume one)
To celebrate the new enlarged, enlightened Collapse Board contributors Facebook group, I asked all members to nominate their favourite songs of the day – one old, one new. Here are the results. Grades go HD (High Distinction), D (Distinction), C (Credit), P (Pass), F (Fail) OLD: Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out NEW: Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love GRADE: […]
Why do you like The Go-Betweens?
Ask a simple question… Too hard; the all too rare ability to combine talent, taste, style, and wide-ranging themes in a peerless body of work. 1. The work of lively minds. 2. A bridge between adolescence and adulthood (mine and theirs) which is open both ways… and if you stand in the middle, you can […]
R.I.P. Kim Fowley 1939-2015
I read that Kim Fowley has died. I met the brilliant, fucked-up, manipulative, thoroughly entertaining, reprehensible, inspired, inspiring producer and musician a few times during the 90s. I want to reproduce this story I wrote last year in memoriam. I have a feeling he’d have appreciated it. ——————————————————————————————- A rock symposium, Vienna, 1995 She recognises me, soon […]
The return of Everett True | 101. Throwing Muses
I’ve had occasion to remark upon my slowness before. Music. Currency is all. Or if not all, then a considerable part. No, it ain’t as facile as it sounds. Currency is tied up with notions of Bourdieu’s ‘cultural capital’ and – less you are a member of Bumford & Cunts or Alex ‘I Had That […]
Ten great cover versions
Wonderful photography: Nataworry Photography Dedicated to F.U.N.K. 1. Like A Hurricane 2. Wave Of Mutilation 3. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 4. Pennyroyal Tea 5. Trouble 6. I Will Never Marry 7. Panic Pure 8. Cry Baby Cry 9. Amazing Grace 10. Cuckoo BONUS Manic Depression Ride Into The Sun Crayon […]
The return of Everett True | 100. Eureka California
Sometimes, all you’re looking for from music is a good romp. This is a damn fine romp. No, don’t stop me. I’m going somewhere with this line of thought. Oh wait… I’m not. Damne fine. Rompe. Lee says: Yes yes, the local hometown slacker pop heroes…fact is, though, I’ve heard this album more than any […]
The return of Everett True | 99. The Shivas
I’m a little confused here. I have The Shivas’ Whiteout and it sounds… no, not sludgy. It sounds like many other things of its time (2013). (Hint: it’s post-Vivian Girls.) There’s little wrong with it, aside from the fact if you’re gonna do these girl-pop harmonies then you might as well have a girl singing […]
The return of Everett True | 98. Trash Kit
This series been around for a while now. There have been around 700 of these suckers, give or take. My initial vow – not to repeat the same band twice – was broken years ago (initially by Kate Nash, if I recall correct). Too many names. So much wonderful music. I forget sometimes. No reason. I just […]
