Added on July 4, 2016
Lee Adcock
50 Foot Wave , Bernard Hermann , Dog Chocolate , Emily Rodgers , Eureka California , Floating Points , Future Of The Left , Guerilla Toss , Massive Attack , Nachthexen , Orchestra of Spheres , Pikelet , Skating Polly , Teen , The Gotobeds , The Poisoned Glass , The Veldt , Witching Waves
Above: The righteous and super-smart TEEN. Photo by Hannah Whitaker. I had a very dreary introduction here when I started writing this article. It involved despair about the US, physical and mental fatigue from my job, more despair for the UK, and similar nagging thoughts. I tried to deny the purging effect that music can […]
Added on September 1, 2014
Everett True
Brooke Candy , cultural appropriation , Everett True , Facebook , FKA twigs , kyü , Pikelet , Rainbow Chan , Song of the day
You see, shit like this really puts me off artists. For New Year’s Eve 2013, Young Turks threw a special party in Tulum, Mexico. Here, FKA twigs performs Hide amidst Mayan ruins. I mean, how’s this any better than promoting your local Australian music festival with Native American imagery and saying it’s cos you’re drawing “inspiration from a […]
Added on June 27, 2012
Everett True
Chapter Music , Everett True , Fabulous Diamonds , Frida Hyvönen , Mia Schoen , New Estate , Pikelet , Recovery , Sleepy Township , The Deadnotes
Fuck the press quotes: I don’t trust a single one of those supine, fawning cunts.
Added on August 2, 2011
Everett True
Alice , Angel Eyes , Blank Realm , Brisbane , Echo Lady , Frankly , Frankly It's A Pop Festival! 2011 , free album , free download , Full Moon Door , Hallway Master , LA Vampires Goes Ital , Lawrence English , Loosing Grip , Miko , Oorutaichi , Pikelet , Room 40 , She Didn't Know , Streetwise , Twerps , Wet Hair , Yoake , Ytamo
Here’s a free nine-track digital download compilation
Added on March 14, 2011
Everett True
Anna Calvi , Anni Rossi , Electrelane , Heavy Meadow , Lispector , Micachu , Pikelet , Portland
Is it just me, or is Everett True losing it nowadays?
Added on March 8, 2011
Everett True
Alistair Fitchett , Beat Happening , Careless Talks Costs Lives , Clarice Lispector , coldwave , Daniel Johnston , Debbie Harry , Fall Of Saigon , France , Guide To Personal Happiness , kicking_k , Kid Koala , Lispector , Marine Girls , My Disco , Olympia , Pikelet , Plan B Magazine , Polaroids , Rihanna , Stephin Merritt , The Go Team , Twisted Nerve , Unpopular , Willy Wonka , Young Marble Giants
This is the greatest hidden music you’ll encounter all year. Five hundred songs, and I haven’t yet found one I don’t think is less than magical.
Added on February 3, 2011
Everett True
AMP , Australian Music Prize , Cloud Control , Dan Kelly , Dom Alessio , Eddy Current Suppression Ring , Gareth Liddiard , hip-hop , Lisa Mitchell , Melbourne , Mess And Noise , music industry , Pikelet , red bull , richard in your mind , Sally Seltmann , Sydney , Tame Impala , The Holidays
Is the Australian music industry – ‘alternative’ or not – racist at its heart
Added on February 2, 2011
Everett True
AMP , Australian Music Prize , Brisbane , Cloud Control , Dan Kelly , Dom Alessio , Eddy Current Suppression Ring , Gareth Liddiard , kyü , Lisa Mitchell , Melbourne , Mess And Noise , music industry , My Disco , Noel Mengen , Pikelet , red bull , richard in your mind , Richard Kingsmill , Sally Seltmann , Steve Bell , Sydney , Tame Impala , The Drones , The Holidays , Washington
I got the impression the AMP was supposed to cover ALL forms of music, not just indie. Isn’t Australia known for its hip-hop? Its hardcore?
Added on December 31, 2010
Everett True
2010 , Althea & Donna , Angus and Julia Stone , Ari Up , Beyonce , Bitch Prefect , Blank Realm , Byron Lee And The Dragonaires , Daniel Johnston , Dolly Mixture , Eternal Soundcheck , Fabulous Diamonds , Feathers , femme-pop , Gareth Liddiard , gent Ribbons , Ill Ease , Johanna Buccola , Kate Nash , kyü , La Sera , Lanie Lane , Lido Pimienta , Miu Mau , My Disco , Neverever , Pavement , Pikelet , Pixies , She And Him , Sky Needle , Soda Fountain Rag , Super Wild Horses , The Deadnotes , The Distractions , The John Steel Singers , The Lemonheads , The Loves , The Monster Women , The Psychedelic Furs , The Stress Of Leisure , The Thin Kids , The Unthanks , Trash Kit , Velociraptor , Viv Albertine , Washington , Woom
The problem with Brisbane appears to be an overload of the creative process: there are too many folk being creative and not enough people satisfied with being consumers
