The return of Everett True | 15. Alice Boman
Today, a slight deviation from the source. Today, a recommendation from a most trusted friend. Today, a slight test for you. Try listening to these four versions, without hearing who they’re by. Now tell me, which do you prefer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU_2Ud9Q7Kk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j54Yk3xSYx4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BiTkdX0-I0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkpDDngb1Ew I ain’t sayin’ there’s a right or wrong way to answer this question. Stephen […]
The final lecture| the Appeal of the WRONG! in pop music
Great lecture. The vast majority of my students missed it. Just sayin’. The descriptions are taken from my regular weekly column at The Vine. Die Antwoord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdeizHM9OU According to Pitchfork, Zef is a “philosophy of intentional ignorance and crassness”. Die Antwoord, a rave-rap outfit from South Africa, try so hard to be WRONG in everything they do, […]
The return of Everett True | 5. Nirvana ft. Lorde
Please, no more words. Just incredible. Ah, never mind. Maybe it might be interesting to reproduce some of the commentary on Facebook around a link to this post. Many people seem to take issue with my taste here. Everett True Steve Gullick, you heard this? 8 hrs · Like Steve Five “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” – […]
Everett True’s 100 Favourite Songs of 2013. Yes, one hundred, and every last fucking song is genius.
Maybe that’s why I’m increasingly turning to Tasmania. I know what it’s like to be ignored.
An interview with Everett True for Rumore magazine
Music criticism in web 2.0 – it’s not dancing about architecture (that old chestnut). It’s music about music!
A Conversation with Everett True, October 2013
Listening to whole albums has become irrelevant due to the immediacy of the internet
Everett True’s favourite songs of 2013 so far
Fuck’s sake. Where have all the men gone? Do men even make music any more?
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.
Everett True’s 64 Favourite Songs of 2012
Last year was sensational for music. This year was even more sensational.
A surprisingly insightful Everett True interview from 2009
It is worth bearing in mind that writing – like any art performed in the public arena – is part-performance, so it’s worth having a persona that you can slip in and out of.
