Added on February 11, 2011
Everett True
AMP , Arcade Fire , Australian Music Prize , David Lee Roth , Destroyer , Elvis Costello , Frog Eyes , Mojo , NME , Pitchfork , Plan B Magazine , Uncut , Vampire Weekend
If there’s a better argument for demanding the immediate shutdown of Pitchfork than the rise and rise of Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire, I’m not sure I want to hear it.
Added on February 2, 2011
Everett True
AMP , Australian Music Prize , Brisbane , Cloud Control , Dan Kelly , Dom Alessio , Eddy Current Suppression Ring , Gareth Liddiard , kyü , Lisa Mitchell , Melbourne , Mess And Noise , music industry , My Disco , Noel Mengen , Pikelet , red bull , richard in your mind , Richard Kingsmill , Sally Seltmann , Steve Bell , Sydney , Tame Impala , The Drones , The Holidays , Washington
I got the impression the AMP was supposed to cover ALL forms of music, not just indie. Isn’t Australia known for its hip-hop? Its hardcore?
Added on February 2, 2011
Rhian
Kerrang , Music criticism , music journalism , Nick Hornby , pitchfork media , rhian jones , The Wire
Better a nit-picking, list-making, album-ranking Hornbyite geek than a groupie
Added on January 31, 2011
Everett True
Almost Famous , Brighton , California , Chuck Berry , Courtney Love , Emma Anderson , Facebook , Greil Marcus , Jonathan Franzen , knitting , Lesley Rankine , Lester Bangs , Lush , Meatmen , Miranda Sawyer , music press , Music Writing , Oprah Winfrey , Pauline Kael , Pitchfork , punk rock , sexism etc , Smash Hits , The Edge , The Stone Roses , The Wire
Imagine if the music critic in Almost Famous had been female. Any chance at all she wouldn’t have been portrayed as a groupie?
Added on January 25, 2011
Everett True
ATTN Magazine , Brisbane , Careless Talk Costs Lives , Chris Weingarten , Courtney Love , Daniel Johnston , Drowned In Sound , Everett True , Half-Japanese , Huggy Bear , Kurt Cobain , Melody Maker , music critics , music papers , Music Writing , NME , Paul Morley , Plan B Magazine , Riot Grrrl , Seattle , Southampton Solent University , The Guardian , The Stranger , Twitter
“Most music critics are reading other music critics to find out what they should like”
Added on December 30, 2010
Everett True
53rd & 3rd , Amelia Fletcher , Are You Scared To Get Happy? , Backwash , C86 , Chalk Farm Enterprise , cutie , Damaged Goods , Huggy Bear , Jesus And Mary Chain , Marine Girls , NME , Ramones , Razorcuts , Shop Assistants , Talulah Gosh , The Legend , The Pastels , The Soup Dragons , twee pop
“Each time we play live we always repeat the magic words ‘punk rock, punk rock’ to each other just to reminds ourselves why we’re here”
Added on December 5, 2010
Everett True
1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear , pt 5
Who are these people, and why on earth were they ever allowed to release records in the first place?
Added on November 24, 2010
Everett True
Avenue D , Jandek , John Peel , LCD Soundsystem , Magnetic Fields , Nick Cave , Plan B Magazine , Plan B Magazine #3 , RTX , The Ex , The Mae Shi , TV On The Radio
John Peel dying was a big deal for many of us, especially as it was so unexpected.
Added on November 23, 2010
exkingjohn
Nova Scotia , pastel blaze , sips , The X Factor , undead apes , Vegas Kings
The Troubadour should have closed after this show. I can’t imagine the final night would have been half as good as this one; drunker and longer maybe, but if I want to cry in my beer over music I’ll watch The X Factor final again. OK you’re right, I won’t ever do that again. And […]
