Added on September 1, 2014
Everett True
Brooke Candy , cultural appropriation , Everett True , Facebook , FKA twigs , kyü , Pikelet , Rainbow Chan , Song of the day
You see, shit like this really puts me off artists. For New Year’s Eve 2013, Young Turks threw a special party in Tulum, Mexico. Here, FKA twigs performs Hide amidst Mayan ruins. I mean, how’s this any better than promoting your local Australian music festival with Native American imagery and saying it’s cos you’re drawing “inspiration from a […]
Added on June 19, 2013
Everett True
Alyx Dennison , Everett True , kyü , Song of the day
It’s like slipping backwards through sunlight.
Added on July 22, 2011
Everett True
Athens , Austin , Danielle Dax , Effi Briest , Everett True , Faust , Julie Tippett , kyü , Lindsay Cooper , Music criticism , Ništa Nije Ništa , No Mas Bodas , Song Of The Day
Their music is most welcome in this house: subtle, chiding, elliptical, warm, inviting.
Added on March 26, 2011
Everett True
Agent Ribbons , Armedalite Rifles , Belle And Sebastian , Coolies , Cornershop , Crass , Edwin Hawkins Singers , Edwyn Collins , Fever Fever , Frankie Rose And The Outs , Hotpants Romance , It Sound , Jonathan Richman , kyü , Las Kellies , Lispector , Lykke Li , Nico's Bike , Orange Juice , Pete And The Pirates , Pigeonhed , PJ Harvey , Pris , Scarce , Shannon And The Clams , She Makes War , Sheezer , Sky Needle , Song Of The Day , Talulah Gosh , The Cheapmunks , The Dandelions , The Distractions , The Konki Duet , The Lovely Eggs , The Loves , The Nuns , The Slits , Thee Spivs , Top 40 , Tunabunny
fluttering wing-movements and stuttering synth breaks and fluting woodwind and those stunning voices
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 December 31, 2010
Everett True
2010 , Althea & Donna , Angus and Julia Stone , Ari Up , Beyonce , Bitch Prefect , Blank Realm , Byron Lee And The Dragonaires , Daniel Johnston , Dolly Mixture , Eternal Soundcheck , Fabulous Diamonds , Feathers , femme-pop , Gareth Liddiard , gent Ribbons , Ill Ease , Johanna Buccola , Kate Nash , kyü , La Sera , Lanie Lane , Lido Pimienta , Miu Mau , My Disco , Neverever , Pavement , Pikelet , Pixies , She And Him , Sky Needle , Soda Fountain Rag , Super Wild Horses , The Deadnotes , The Distractions , The John Steel Singers , The Lemonheads , The Loves , The Monster Women , The Psychedelic Furs , The Stress Of Leisure , The Thin Kids , The Unthanks , Trash Kit , Velociraptor , Viv Albertine , Washington , Woom
The problem with Brisbane appears to be an overload of the creative process: there are too many folk being creative and not enough people satisfied with being consumers
Added on November 26, 2010
Everett True
2010 , Agent Ribbons , BBC , Chateau Crone , crass opportunism , kyü , Little Joy , Mountain Man , My Disco , Top 5 , Tunabunny
fluttering wing-movements and stuttering synth breaks and fluting woodwind and those stunning voices
Added on November 11, 2010
Everett True
Brisbane , Enya , Everett True , Eyeless In Gaza , Kate Bush , kyü , Old Museum , Pikelet , The Roches , Tom Hall
I wrote a review of kyü’s recent Brisbane show for The Vine. You can find it here. Here’s the original version: slightly expanded, but not so well-edited.
Added on October 12, 2010
Everett True
Bjork , Cyclic Defrost , Istanbul , Kate Bush , kyü , Lawrence English , New Weird Australia , Not Street Press , Old Museum , Pikelet , Triple J
The blurb that comes attached to the shrink-wrap with the debut album from this Sydney duo states, rather ridiculously, “10 mind-bending tracks that will change the way you listen to pop music”. Assuming, one presumes, one has never listened to any of Kate Bush’s more ethereal work, or anything associated with certain female singers from […]
