Song of the day – 577: La Luz
This vaguely recalls many delights, but has a sunlit haze charm unique to one street in my Chosen City. Like a toddler walking sideways and falling over just because she can. Delicious.
Scrabble + Amateur Childbirth + The Player Haters @ The Tribal Theatre, Brisbane 28.05.13
It’s a shambles. A glorious shambles. In my brain, I’m slumped down on the stage, my head clasped in my hands.
Song of the day – 576: The Wharton Tiers Ensemble
That’s SIR Wharton Tiers to you punkette, man who’s drummed with the Bangs almighty No Wave band Theoretical Girls (ft. Glenn Branca) and Laurie Anderson.
Song of the day – 575: Scout Niblett
Sometime soon, I need to wake myself up. This abject surrender, this kissing with my eyes open, serves me no good whatsoever.
The appeal of the WRONG! in pop music | 1 – Die Antwoord, Penderecki, Elvis Presley, Marina And The Diamonds, Tubeway Army
It’s the very wrongness of the following that makes them all so appealing. They are, at the least, memorable.
Six alternative reviews of the new Primal Scream album More Light
Edgy, like pulling the wings off butterflies.
Song of the day – 574: The Thin Kids ft. Kate Nash
There’s this slightly pathetic, socially inept indie boy, see. He idolises women. He wants to be with the women, understands instinctively that he’d have more fun if he was with the women
Ten misconceptions about Collapse Board and Savages
Ten misconceptions about Collapse Board and Savages. Number one: that we care if they’re manufactured.
Song of the day – 573: Marsheaux
This could, I suspect, be called synth-pop without much fear of contradiction.
A letter from a Nirvana fan
It is raining heavily in Utrecht, Netherlands, 1:55 AM, a dark and dreary night filled with feedback and grungy slippery guitar overtones wailing from my imagination into my eardrums. I’ve been listening to Leadbelly, Half Japanese and Nirvana. A few minutes ago I finished your 2005 book on that little band from Olympia or Aberdeen or wherever. A million miles away from me, in any case.
