Millie is 19 and likes the Beatles, Lachie is about a year older and loves The 1975. Put them together with three other Gold Coast…
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Cast against the backdrop of a conservatively regressive political climate, Psychocandy’s amalgamation of melody and extreme noise bucked against prevailing notions of popular taste. Paired…
Rebel Yell is a balancing act. On one hand, Grace Stevenson has attitude, creativity and a rhythmic drive. On the other, there’s a burning desire…
When Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins quit Genesis, they became pop stars and media personalities. While this door was no doubt open to Steve Hackett…
Jay Watson is sitting in a tent. Next to him is James Ireland. James is POND’s drummer, a quiet guy. He’s happy to let Jay…
Like Clinton Walker’s Inner City Sound before it, Andrew Stafford’s Pig City stands apart from the sparse body of flimsy and forgettable tomes stacking the…
Andy Bell. Interesting guy. Enters the scene with Ride in the ‘90s, a guitar band destined to be the next big thing. It doesn’t exactly…
“The Beyond, whatever it consists of, might not be nearly as far away or inaccessible as we think.” – Michael Pollan
Compare Erik Davis to…
Stonefield once inhabited a world of high rolling producers, radio hype and a whole raft of other music industry nonsense. This no doubt had its…
Kurt Cobain came from a small town. Aberdeen was nowhere, a place where a mixed-up kid like Kurt could never aspire to anything more than…
Michael Collins isn’t trying to be original. He isn’t trying to be innovative either. He’s just a guy from the Californian underground trying to turn…
Barney Hoskyns has compiled a book about Radiohead, titled Present Tense: A Radiohead Compendium. In its opening pages he praises the band, but not so…
Jim Reid never saw Syd Barrett and punk as opposed. Neither, he thinks, did Johnny Rotten. Throw the Sex Pistols in with Barrett-era Pink Floyd…
