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Standish/Carlyon: An inhuman touch
Published by Street Press Australia, 28 May 2013. A sinister gnome rears its head midway through the second track of Deleted Scenes (Chapter Music), the debut album from Standish/Carlyon. Or, you know… more →
Adam Curley
Standish/Carlyon: An inhuman touch
wrote 3 weeks ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 28 May 2013. A sinister gnome rears its head midway through the … more →
The Great Gatsby: Chart-pop as tragic theatre
wrote 1 month ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 01 May 2013. With its tracklist spinning around the internet th … more →
Absolute Boys: Disrupting the Flow
wrote 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, March 27 2013. Did you ever play that game as a kid where you f … more →
The Breakdown: Summer Flake shows up
wrote 3 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 4 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 6 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 12 December 2012. Scott Walker’s latest album closer, The Day T … more →
The Great Pretender
wrote 6 months ago: Published by Street Press Australia, 27 November 2012. The woman hasn’t wiped away the hair pasted w … more →
The Breakdown: On the road, listening
wrote 7 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 7 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 →
