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Killing Inside – Cavalera Conspiracy

A beautifully constructed guitar solo brought back memories of nights spend rocking out to bands like Pendragon, Rhapsody Of Fire and Slayer…

Untold Rock Stories – 1: The Wesley Willis Fiasco, mid-90s

The majority of the crowd expected an African-American version of Beck, who was releasing songs at that time like 'Satan Gave Me a Taco'.…

An open letter to Stonefield

As I watched you play, Stonefield, I took in the crowd around me. Toward the front - up against the barrier - were groups of males in their 20s and 30s, beers in hand, cheering and leering at you. You probably noticed them.…

karaoke

While we’re on the topic of Japanese music, we might as well…

Lady Gaga thinks homosexuality is perverted

Does Lady Gaga understand the association she is making by having gay rights advocacy infused so strongly with her overtly sexual imagery that looks like dance night at an S&M club?…

Rihanna and the case of the sexual no-no’s

The tied-up scene, with a Lolita-esque Rihanna writhing on the floor, thick chords binding every limb, is bad…

Music and the construction of female identity – Brisbane’s street press

I was going to focus my article on examining the way language is used to present women in the street press. Until I encountered a problem. There are none! …

ETCHI エッチ

This is AKB48, the band with 48 members (many of them DEFINITELY NOT 18), and this song was all I heard all fucking summer. Shit is POPULAR, y’all. 18 million YouTube views & primetime TV popular. And it’s still probably not safe for work.…