December 2009
2 posts
6. The Panics - Sleeps Like A Curse
In my...
OK…I fell off the wagon a little…I...
November 2009
7 posts
9. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
One of the most...
10. Eddy Current Supression Ring - Primary...
Top 10 Albums of the Decade
For another forum I made up my list of Top 10 Albums of the decade. A tough list to formulate. The actual list was of 50 and I’ll post the full list after the countdown, and it was inspired by NME and The AV Club formulating theirs.
The list starts now. MP3’s included where possible…
Them Crooked Vultures
The supergroup of the year...
October 2009
7 posts
Australian Music
The other day when I was writing...
Big Day Out - A Follow Up
I thought I would add a few other thoughts to my Big Day Out post. There doesn’t seem to be any massive outcry about the way that the sale of the Sydney tickets was handled. Everybody seems to be appeased by the second show which is exactly how they would have wanted it. I still believe that they have concocted this whole thing perfectly to ensure two sellouts.
Now…in second thoughts...
Big Day Out - A Lesson in Marketing
Today was supposed to be the day that tickets to the Sydney leg of the Big Day Out went on sale. Demand was huge, the lineup was annoyingly mainstream popular - we were going to see a sell out on the day for sure.
So if you were Vivien Lees and Ken West, what would you do? You could go through the motions, sell out the Sydney leg of the festival in predictably typical fashion and lose the hype...
Chainsaw - Daniel Merriweather
I’ve heard...
The Perfect Romantic Pop Song
Those who know me...
September 2009
12 posts
RIP - The Hopetoun Hotel?
Some sad news for the Sydney music scene came through yesterday. The iconic Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills - a pub which literally every musician everywhere has played or nailed a groupie of a mate who’s playing there (heck - even a mate of mine who’s greatest claim to fame is to drum for Human Nature has played there!) - has closed quite abruptly. So abrupt that the staff and bands...
1. Crazy In Love - Antony & the Johnsons...
2. Lenin - Arcade Fire (Dark Was The Night)
It...
3. Just Breathe - Pearl Jam (Backspacer)
It is...
4. Won’t Trade - Q-Tip (The Renaissance)
...
5. Where Did All The Love Go - Kasabian (West...
6. Now We Can See - The Thermals (Now We Can See)
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7. Silver Trembling Hands - The Flaming Lips...
8. That’s That - Doom (Born Like This)
...
9. All Is Love - Karen O & the Kids (Where the...
OK…so as a start I’m going to go...
My Half-Arsed Music Blog
OK…so Dave told me he wanted me to make a music blog. I see the many, many music blogs out there and I see that I wouldn’t stand a chance out there - let alone getting past the fact that I am far too half-arsed to maintain a decent blog. So Dave suggested I use tumblr - looks relatively easy to use. Let’s see how I go…
Oh…and how the fuck do I change the title on...