Playing Fair
I would never treat my guitar like I treat my boyfriends. It means more to me than that.
Hair Police – Mercurial Rites (Type)
Now this is some real grisly shit right here. Forget your Swans, forget your Big Black, forget your Danish bands of dubious intelligence
Song of the day – 523: Sleigh Bells
I like this 21st Century groove, the cut-off jeans, the shadow boxing, the way everything is distorted and MEGA and seizure-inducing. the shallowness of the concept and the embracing of the NOW.
Sleigh Bells – Reign Of Terror (Mom & Pop)
As pop, it’s irritating and destructive. As rock, it could give a fuck. What more could you ask for?
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.
The Wussification of Indie Rock (it’s all Pavement’s fault)
A band like Arcade Fire has a hell of a lot more in common with Katy Perry than it does with Daniel Johnston.
Spotlight – 23: No Anchor
I’ll be blunt here. These guys praised me, so I thought I’d check their shit out. Seems like I’ve been yearning for a little of this recently. My iTunes has been flickering between Pissed Jeans and Wavves, Crocodiles, recs of the flesh, Melbourne’s Witch Hats (who are Australia’s greatest rock band when The Drones are […]
