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
Category: Music reviews
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
On my stereo this week: ‘Doom generation’ by London-based Cat SFX.
Cat SFX – ‘Doom Generation’. Glasgow-born record industry maverick Alan McGee recently got back in the music industry game. InContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘All I Really Want’ by Alanis Morrissette.
When we talk about the album Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrissette, songs like You Oughta Know, Ironic and HandContinue Reading
Classic albums: Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On (1971).
Motown Records didn’t want Marvin Gaye to make What’s Going On, a socially conscious record, but in 1971 the worldContinue Reading
On my stereo this week: ‘In a Good Way’ by Faye Webster.
In the middle of last year, Faye Webster came across my radar via various spotify recommendations. Upon listening to herContinue Reading
On my stereo this week: Greentea Peng, Sweet Whirl and Siobhan Wilson.
Greentea Peng – ‘Ghost Town’. I really like giving local and upcoming artists a leg up. I heard Ghost TownContinue Reading
