Songs To DIY For: Messthetics, Throwing Up and Hug Party
They don’t care. That’s what makes them DIY. That’s what makes them cool.
The Trashies – Space Jam (Minor Bird)
Smells like spilt bourbon, guitar grease and peanuts.
Essendon Airport – Palimpsest (Chapter Music)
As smooth as Kenny G’s newly-waxed ball sack.
Over the last few days, half of England burned. The other half talked witless bollocks about it.
Truth dies when news stories are reduced to binaries: good, evil, black, white, them, us. Difficult concepts are dumbed down into sound bites. We click ‘like’ and make a cup of tea.
Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread (Drag City)
My immediate reaction was The Three Bs: Boring. Blokey. Beards. But it’s not that simple.
6 Favourite Musical Things in 6 Months Jan-July 2011
Choral music. Screaming. The other theme for me so far this year, has been female rap.
The Coathangers – Larceny & Old Lace (Suicide Squeeze)
It’s brash, bristling and jagged as a dirty needle in a jungle gym.
Wu Lyf – Go Tell Fire To The Mountain (LYF)
Music for people who don’t like life.
10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 9: the girl group review
Cults are cute. A cute bunny rabbit of a band. But bunny rabbits fuck.