Classic songs: ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ by Crowded House.
Crowded House’s Don’t Dream It’s Over is one of those songs that if you don’t seriously well-up every time you hear it,Continue Reading
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Classic Songs: ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman.
Some of the best acoustic arrangements have been written with simplicity in mind, especially in terms of chord changes, butContinue Reading
Classic songs: Veruca Salt’s ‘Shutterbug’.
Veruca Salt, the band, not the spoilt little shit from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has been on myContinue Reading
The Best Songs That Made 2020.
Leaving 2020 in the rear view mirror still seems to be a process for many of us. Personally I feltContinue Reading
10 Best Albums of 2020.
I’m not going to bother ranting too much about what a shit year this was for all of us. ButContinue Reading
Top Ten Australian Albums of 2020.
It’s easy to look back at 2020 as an awful one for the Australian music industry, but in actual factContinue Reading
Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy: Weird, Wonderful and Iconic!
At the end of 1993, there was no bigger band in the world than Pearl Jam, except maybe Nirvana. IfContinue Reading
Songs about overcoming adversity: ‘Intangible’ by Amy Montgomery.
Belfast-based Irish songstress Amy Montgomery lost her mother to suicide at the age of 16. It’s fair to say shock,Continue Reading
On my stereo this week: A.A. Williams debut album ‘Forever Blue’.
Death gospel. Metal. Post-rock? I’m a little lost in how to describe London-based classically trained cellist, pianist and self taughtContinue Reading
Classic albums: Split Enz, True Colours (1980).
I distinctly remember the first time I heard Australian New Zealand rock band Split Enz’s song I Got You onContinue Reading
