I Know Why The Caged Grrrl Sings (Tuff Enuff)
This week – well, apart from stoking the forest fire that should spark on this post – we shall keep the good vibes rolling by hyping the hell out of the new compilation from Brighton saviors Tuff Enuff. The comp begins as if it might implode. SNAKESKIN! SNAKESKIN! Like actual snakeskin, the tune crackles and […]
Dirty Jeans – The Rise of Australian Alternative Rock (…from a non-Australian music critic)
Well, how bloody convenient! So here we were, musing about how Triple J has gripped the Aussie music industry so tightly that even writers are falling all over each other to sound exactly alike – when along comes this compilation. Fantastic! Now we have here a bona fide aural coffee table book – 25 tracks, […]
A Christmas Gift from Everett True 2012
This year I thought I’d play it straight. List my 15 or so favourite Christmas songs to play when wrapping presents, or making lime meringue pie
A Christmas Gift from Everett True 2011, part two
That 10-minute long James White And The Blacks track might place a slight strain on familial relations
A Christmas Gift from Everett True 2011, part one
I suspend most of my regular aesthetic values when it comes to this season.
