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The Uncertainty of Soul Mining
Essay on The The’s Soul Mining album published in The Lifted Brow, May 2013. Copies can be purchased from the site. “Perfect. Well, not quite perfect.” On the false rooftop of a bar in Wilmingto… more →
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The Uncertainty of Soul Mining
wrote 2 weeks ago: Essay on The The’s Soul Mining album published in The Lifted Brow, May 2013. Copies can be pur … more →
The Great Gatsby: chart-pop as tragic theatre
wrote 3 weeks ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 01 May 2013. With its tracklist spinning around the internet th … more →
Absolute Boys: Disrupting the Flow
wrote 1 month ago: Published by Street Press Australia, April 17 2013. There’s a point midway through Absolute Boys’ de … more →
Kurt Vile: Being here, now
wrote 1 month ago: Published by Street Press Australia, April 9 2013. It’s said that happy songs are the hardest to wri … more →
Simo Soo: A city of people, real and unreal
wrote 1 month ago: Published by Street Press Australia, April 3 2013. Sydney rapper-producer Simo Soo isn’t the first a … more →
Iggy Azalea: Post-authentic, underdog white rapper?
wrote 1 month ago: Published by Street Press Australia, March 27 2013. Did you ever play that game as a kid where you f … more →
Are You Comfortable?
wrote 2 months ago: THE QUESTION OF KIRIN J CALLINAN Published by Mess + Noise, 18 March 2013. From Mercy Arms and Jack … more →
The Breakdown: Summer Flake shows up
wrote 2 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 6 March 2013. If there was any justice in the music world, next … more →
The Breakdown: The twin peaks of Angel Eyes
wrote 3 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 12 February 2012. The influence of David Lynch and, more specif … more →
The Breakdown: LOL Boys, YOLO IRL
wrote 3 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 23 January 2012. It starts with a trumpet. Do-do-da-daaaah-dah- … more →
The Breakdown: Pantha Du Prince finds religion?
wrote 4 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 9 January 2013. Marcus says he doesn’t see the distinction betw … more →
The Breakdown: Why the GIRLS soundtrack is a bad idea
wrote 5 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 19 December 2012. Of all the online promotional devices used by … more →
The Breakdown: Shooting the messenger of Scott Walker's Bish Bosch
wrote 5 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 12 December 2012. Scott Walker’s latest album closer, The Day T … more →
The Breakdown: On the road, listening
wrote 6 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, November 6 2012. I’m preparing for a road trip. In a few days I … more →
The Breakdown: Katy Perry wants to make you cry (and love her)
wrote 6 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, October 30, 2012. Tweeting that “Katy Perry will make you cry” … more →
The Breakdown: Saying something about nothing, AC Newman and Paul Banks
wrote 7 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, October 17 2012. The idea of communicating something that goes … more →
The Breakdown: 2012 in Aus music (6)
wrote 7 months ago: It is always surprising how little it’s recognised that music and mental health are intrinsically li … more →
The Breakdown: Slacker pop romance with Bored Nothing
wrote 7 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, October 3 2012. On a Thursday night in August I wandered into a … more →
The Breakdown: Sarah Mary Chadwick has reason to be lo-fi
wrote 8 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 25 September 2012. During his keynote interview at Brisbane’s B … more →
