Song of the day – 633: The Moonrakers
It’s just nice to know there are still bands out there who give a shit enough not to give a shit.
Song of the day – 624: The John Steel Singers
Nice way of putting it. Sunny QLD krautrock. So close to an oxymoron, and two ‘genres’ which very possibly should never be allowed to cross-pollinate… one thinks… but, yeah I like it.
An apology to GOD
Maybe if I hadn’t been such a dull-jawed slack-witted alcoholic retard…
Song of the day – 549: GOD
One of the greatest Australian rock songs ever.
STATE OF THE MUSIC PRESS.
This was the year I became convinced that there wasn’t a secret world of great Australian music writing I simply wasn’t privy to.
The Collapse Board interview | Darren Levin (FasterLouder, Mess+Noise)
Why should people write for FasterLouder when they’re accumulating clips when they could just start a tumblr instead? Is there a single good editor who actually cares where a piece was published as much as they care about the quality of the writing?
You know it’s really fucking coming to something when Faster Louder of all places attempts to draw a line in the sand
So bad, it almost makes one yearn for the lazy advertorial of Australia’s street press. Almost.
The importance of being Everett
Why are fans of music who end up writing about it so fucking boring and sound like they’re planning to read their first book down the track?
Song of the day – 457: Catcall
Frankly, I could listen to the above on repeat for most of this morning, and even do some work.
R.I.P. Brendon Annesley (Negative Guest List)
I’d been well aware of Negative Guest List as a genius ‘zine with shitloads of enthusiasm and energy and attitude for quite a while now.
