Added on August 30, 2011
Brigette
Beast of Burden , Bette Midler , Brigette Adair Herron , Carrie Brownstein , Cock-rock , David Lynch , Elvis Costello , Harry Pussy , Helium , individualism , Janet Weiss , Margaret Keane , Mary Timony , Merge Records , Mick Jagger , NPR , Pete Townshend , Quasi , Rebecca Cole , Sleater-Kinney , SxSW , The All-Star Special , The Minders , The Rolling Stones , The Waffle House , Wild Flag , Wild Flag-Wild Flag
Wild Flag isn’t really a band, it’s just four All-Stars negotiating for their spot on the plate.
Added on May 25, 2011
Everett True
amazon , Autoboosh , Brighton , Careless Talk Costs Lives , Cat Power , Chan Marshall , Chicken Run , Coldplay , Dad's Army , Damaged Goods , Dublin , Dusty Springfield , Dusty The Musical , Elliott Smith , Front , Fun Lovin' Criminals , Graft , Grunge: The Everett True Years , Have I Got News For You , Hobomedia , Hunt Emerson , Jamie Sellers , John Robb , Jon Slade , Kathryn Williams , Kevin Shields , King's Reach Tower , Kurt Cobain , London , Mari Wilson , Mark Lamarr , Martin James , Mary Timony , Maslam , Maxim , Melody Maker , Metroland , Minesweeper , ninetynine , NME , Oasis , Passport To Pimlico , Peanuts , Plan B Magazine , Quasi , Reggie Perrin , Ronald Searle , Royal Trux , Seattle , Sleater-Kinney , Sonic Youth , Steven Berkoff , Supergrass , Tangents , The Browning Version , The Go-Betweens , The Guardian , the Millennium Dome , The Onion , The Simpsons , The Spice Girls , The Stranger , The Sun , The X-Files , Theatre Royal , Tony Benn , Uncut , Wichita Records
I want a little glamour around my presence: glamour is the last thing I possess right now. I don’t know if I’ll ever recapture that mood again.
Added on January 27, 2011
Everett True
Agent Ribbons , Aretha Franklin , Bikini KIll , Blondie , Buzzcocks , Dexys Midnight Runners , Dirtbombs , Fabulous Diamonds , George Clinton , Herman Düne , Jonathan Richman , Joy Division , La Sera , Lady Gaga , Mudhoney , My Disco , Otis Redding , Pete And The Pirates , Quasi , Ramones , Sonic Youth , Taken By Trees , The Birthday Party , The Commitments , The Fall , The Pastels , The Thing , Thee Spivs , Troublefunk
Julian says: “Everybody’s always like, ‘Oh yeah the music used to be better in the 80s’. No it fucking didn’t.” So what current bands are as good as The Fall, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, The Birthday Party or Dexy’s [sic] in their prime? Not to mention Blondie, Ramones, Jonathan Richman… (This comment originated on another post. I think it’s […]
Added on August 10, 2010
Everett True
Alien Sex Fiend , badminton , Brighton , Chan Marshall , Cranes , David Feck , Dinosaur Jr , Janet Weiss , Jon Slade , Lift To Experience , Martha And The Vandellas , Melody Maker , Mogwai , Quasi , Seattle , Slint , Slipknot , Smog , Sparklehorse , Sylvia Plath , Tangents , The Bangs , The Free Butt , The Gossip , The Lollies , The Strokes , The White Stripes , Twiglets
I’m trying to avoid working here, so here’s another excerpt. Taken from 2001, I believe. FRIDAY AUGUST 17 2001 Clever, friendly and articulate, I notice I have no memory of the events that transpired more than three days hence. The sun beats down upon a town of ingrates and foreign students, each more desperate than […]
Added on February 20, 2010
Everett True
kill rock stars , Quasi , Song Of The Day
It’s Quasi, and it’s not even the finest track from their forthcoming album American Gong – that honour belongs (today) to ‘Everything & Nothing At All’. I have the whole album here, courtesy of kill rock stars, and I’m here to tell you that it’s as wonderful, melancholy, melodic, inventive, bitter, yearning, chaotic, climactic as […]
