Added on November 30, 2017
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2017 , Brisbane , live review , Lorde , Melodrama , Pure Heroine , Riverstage

I was always planning to get tickets to see Lorde on this current tour. The tipping point that got me into acting on my intentions was seeing the broadcast of her amazing Glastonbury set online. For this festival appearance she performed in front of a shipping container-sized glass box that filled with dry ice and […]
Added on March 16, 2015
Everett True
Brisbane , Daevid Allen , Everett True , Jessie J , Kylie Minogue , Lorde , Taylor Swift

I wrote a tribute to a man I never met – Daevid Allen from Gong/Soft Machine. I tried to make it as honest and true to life (which means injecting humour) as I could. I spoke to my close friend Mike Howlett first, as he’s played bass in Gong for three zillion years. I tried […]
Added on February 17, 2015
Lee Adcock
2015 , album review , Britney Spears , Charli XCX , Fun. , Green Day , Joan Jett , Lee Adcock , Lorde , Psychedelic Furs , Sky Ferreira , The Cure

I’ll admit right here that I’m not the most qualified person to write this review. But then, you don’t read Collapse Board for qualified persons anyway, do you? I’ll also admit that, the third time I chugged down Sucker (for that is indeed how you consume Charli XCX – bottle held high over yr lips […]
Added on August 20, 2014
Everett True
Alice Boman , BABAGANOUJ , BABYMETAL , Bernays Propaganda , Everett True , Gifted Gab , Girlpool , Kim Gordon , Lorde , Manflu , Nirvana , Song of the day , The Aquadolls , the tuts

I like this doing this, occasionally. I do wish Collapse Board had a few more readers so these results weren’t so skewed by friends of the bands, but there again… Here are the 10 most read entries in my return to Song of the Day in 2014 so far, as evidenced by Google Analytics. I’ll […]
Added on May 22, 2014
Everett True
Adam , Addie Hamilton , appeal of the WRONG , BABYMETAL , Boyfriend , Brooke Candy , Bruce Springsteen , Die Antwoord , Elvis Presley , Etta James , Everett True , Gavlyn , Lorde , Penderecki , Pussy Riot , Suicide , Tiny Tim

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, […]
Added on April 16, 2014
Everett True
Everett True , Lorde , Nirvana , Song of the day

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?” – […]
Added on February 5, 2014
Sophie
2014 , Brisbane , Chvrches , Festival , frightened rabbit , haim , Kurt Vile , Laneway , Lorde , Savages , Sophie Blackhall-Cain , The Jezabels , Unknown Mortal Orchestra , Vance Joy

Words: Sophie Blackhall-Cain Photos: Reuben Beer For the first time in recent memory, Laneway’s line up this year failed to grab me. Megastars Lorde and HAIM made the relatively low ticket price seem worth it, but I was dubious as to whether each of the acts could pull off strong performances. So it was with […]
Added on December 22, 2013
Scott Creney
Arthur Russell , best of 2013 , Blanche Blanche Blanche , Body/Head , Coco Rosie , Colin Stetson , Deerhunter , Dirty Beaches , Dot Wiggin Band , Filthy Huns , haim , Happy Jawbone Family Band , Holograms , Hookworms , John Grant , Kanye West , karen green , King Krule , Laurel Halo , Lorde , M.I.A. , my dick , Pere Ubu , Rachel Kushner , Run the Jewels , Savages , Sky Ferreira , steve gunn , The Knife , The New Sound Of Numbers , Ty Segall , Willis Earl Beal

Man, what a crazy goddamned year. Not the music, the music was great.
Added on October 12, 2013
Everett True
Blondie , Cyndi Lauper , Everett True , haim , Lorde , Paramore , pop music , Scott Creney , Song of the day

We don’t care, we’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams.