Why academics shouldn’t write music reviews
Got alerted to this review via Twitter, thus: Mike Bennett: @Dorianlynskey Jesus. Did Everett True die for this? Interest piqued, I searched and found this review of Julia Holter’s Ekstasis, by Jordan...
View ArticleSong of the day – 451: Julia Holter
Funny how stuff happens. Yesterday, I stumbled across a piece of pseudo-academic excrescence masquerading as music writing around a new album by one Julia Holter. So I ran a small article about it on...
View Article22 of Wallace Wylie’s favourite songs of 2012 (most of which are actually...
By Wallace Wylie 2012. I’m not going to lie to you, it’s been a shit year in terms of my personal life. As usual, I look to music to provide me with an escape. Escape is not enough, so I also need...
View ArticleSong of the day – 515: Julia Holter & Jib Kidder
Another recommendation from Cindy Stern on Facebook. I’m told it’s one of the great lost songs of the summer of 2012, but not having experienced my summer of 2012 yet I can’t vouch for that. Seems...
View ArticleSong of the day – 524: Jib Kidder
Following on from Song of the Day 515, it seemed only natural to check out Mr Kidder’s solo work. I’m glad I did. Now, the challenge (as ever) is to tease readers into clicking through to this post...
View ArticleWallace Wylie’s Top Ten of 2012
By Wallace Wylie 2012 has been my favourite year for music in probably a decade. I bought more new albums this year than the past three combined (though I did stop writing to a large extent which was...
View ArticleThe 20 Most Read Articles on Collapse Board in 2012
I’ve only included posts that were published in 2012. This excludes, for example, Brigette’s consistently popular article around Lana Del Rey and authenticity, and Kelly’s ubiquitous ‘Shut Up About...
View ArticleLaneway Melbourne 2013 @ Footscray Community Arts Centre 03.02.13
By Jake Cleland (words and picture) Big Day Out this year had one of its strongest lineups in recent memory. Sure, the crowd was par for the course, the fields were packed with fluorescent billboards,...
View ArticleThe Quality of Music and The Conformity of Youth | Dwindling Album Sales...
By Wallace Wylie Hear ye, hear ye. Come gather round friends and listen to the news. Album sales are at an all-time low. The American music industry is dying. The vultures are circling, the jackals...
View ArticleBringing Up The Rear – Wallace’s Last Minute Best Of 2013
The worst thing about end of year polls is that they all come out in early December, which is hilarious because that means nobody got to talk about one of the best albums of the year. The Beyoncé...
View ArticleScott Creney’s Album Roundup: Sept 2015
I’ve been a little sleep-deprived & out of focus lately and the news is a horror show filled w/lying sociopaths and so much abundant sadness that it makes the cloying relationship troubles of a...
View ArticleIn Photos: Julia Holter + Keeskea @ The Tivoli, 22.01.2019
Julia Holter plays at The Tivoli in Brisbane, with support from Keeskea.
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