Added on July 14, 2017
Darragh Murray
2017 , Brisbane , Deniz Tek , Died Pretty , Echo and the Bunnymen , Golden Plains , GoMA , grouper , live review , R.E.M. , Radio Birdman , Rob Younger , Ron Peno , The Stooges , The Tivoli
My first Radio Birdman experience was at the Golden Plains Festival in Meredith, Victoria back in 2015. I didn’t know much about them at the time. My friend Warren used to bang about them all the time. It seemed that their main guy, Deniz Tek, was some sort of modern day renaissance man, who could […]
Added on February 11, 2015
Everett True
deux furieuses , Everett True , Nirvana , R.E.M. , Rob Ellis , Savages , Song of the day
My theory has always been that mediocre music – when framed correctly – can influence good, or even great music. The group I always cite here is Jesus And Mary Chain, which is somewhat unfair seeing as how they only turned into a self-parody after the second album, which is two more good albums than most manage. […]
Added on August 6, 2013
Everett True
best of 2013 , Eleanor Friedberger , Everett True , Hookworms , Jenny Hval , R.E.M. , Scarce , Song of the day , The Gruffalo's Child , The Rutabega
Choruses as big as Liverpool.
Added on November 23, 2012
Scott Creney
Can , Clinic , R.E.M. , Scott Creney , Suicide , The Fall , World Trade Center
Like The Fall, Clinic is always different/always the same. You know what you’re going to get but you don’t know how you’re going to get it.
Added on October 22, 2012
Everett True
Alan Licht , Between The Times & The Tides , Brisbane , Everett True , George Harrison , Lee Ranaldo , Lee Ranaldo Band , Oasis , R.E.M. , Sonic Youth , Steve Shelley , The Zoo
Lauren (age 1) was learning to stand today.
Added on April 23, 2012
Everett True
Everett True , Everybody Hurts , Frida Hyvönen , Isaac Snazell Thackray , R.E.M. , Silence Is Wild , Village Voice
OK, so it’s a cover. But wait. It’s a cover of the one R.E.M. song I hate above all others.
Added on December 19, 2011
alexg
Alex Gillies , Battle Of Mice , best of 2011 , Boris , Built To Spill , burst city , Earth , Future Of The Left , Harmony , High On Fire , Julie Christmas , Kylesa , Last Chaos , Made Out Of Babies , No Anchor , PJ Harvey , Propagandhi , R.E.M. , Teargas , The Bronx , Tom Waits , Tommy Guerrero
Maybe, just maybe, I’m not the only one in this world with these fears and desires … and that’s what makes music so special.
Added on December 7, 2011
collapseboard
Abba , AC/DC , Ace Of Base , Boy George , BuzzFeed , Damon Albarn , James Flint , John Lennon , Madonna , Meat Loaf , R.E.M. , the eagles
Meat Loaf is actually inedible.
Added on December 5, 2011
Everett True
Barbra Streisand , Bob Marley , BuzzFeed , Celine Dion , Creed , Depeche Mode , Elvis , Flo Rida , Glee , Jimi Hendrix , justin bieber , Katy Perry , Ke$ha , R.E.M. , Rihanna , sexism etc , Shania Twain , The Beatles , The Black Eyed Peas
Fucking Justin Bieber, man. Gotta fucking hate young people.
Added on October 13, 2011
Wallace Wylie
Eddie Vedder , Flea , Jeff Pollack , Ned's Atomic Dustbin , Nevermind , Nirvana , Pearl Jam , R.E.M. , U2 , Wallace Wylie
I thought of The Beatles line, “It was 20 years ago today”, probably because it really had been 20 years ago to the day