the interview | Iceage want you to know that they’re not fascists
The idea was to not to try to, you know, glorify violence or anything, we just thought it was a fun idea
Iceage | an open letter to Louis Pattison
The only thing worse than a band deliberately putting violent/racist/fascist imagery out there is a writer like myself taking exception to it.
Iceage | Who makes the Nazis?
I loved going to Jesus Lizard shows as much as any other teenaged alt-punk guy in the 90s, but David Yow always had such a glorious element of beautiful fagginess to what he did.
Iceage | smart and naive can be a dangerous combination too
They’re Joy Division and they’re being treated like they’re Skrewdriver. Perhaps they’ve brought it on themselves, but I think it’s a pity.
THE ALTERNATIVE REVIEW | Iceage – You’re Nothing (Matador)
The nastiness, the blackness and bleakness, is a lot of the attraction.
Iceage – New Brigade (What’s Your Rupture?)
Iceage have the wisdom to be brief: what they evoke is too much to bear for too long.
Song of the Day #783: Sarah Mary Chadwick
Photo: Sian Stacey The big music “news” in Australia in the last couple days has been the announcement of Taylor Swift’s Australian tour dates and that she’s only playing dates in Sydney and Melbourne. I guess if you’re a Taylor Swift fan not living in Sydney or Melbourne, that’s pretty annoying but anyone not living […]
Collapse Board at 7: The 25 Most Read Articles
Collapse Board celebrated its seventh birthday yesterday. To celebrate, here’s the 25 most read articles over those seven years. Enjoy! 1. Shut up about Kreayshawn being Racist – Kelly McClure In the last few days I’ve gotten into two very intense debates via Facebook about whether or not Kreayshawn is a racist. Naturally Facebook would be […]
Not one… but TWO open letters to the music industry
This blog entry is long overdue. After intense consultation with the other Collapse Board editors (not easy when there are so many, spread so far and wide), I was inspired to write it after reading photographer Pat Pope’s brave, discussion-provoking post on Louder Than War, An Open Letter to Garbage – which I wholeheartedly support. Think […]
A brief history of Collapse Board
2010: Justin Edwards and Everett True found the site. It is intended as a radical alternative to the established Aus music press, with a focus on Brisbane. Meetings are held, where everyone stares blankly at everyone else. Drowned In Sound runs a series of articles asking “is music journalism dead?” 2011: Everett True brings in an array […]
