From Seattle last weekend’s TTT to London this Sunday! This English label does have a few of my fave artists on it over the years so it’s totally no brainier for me. Am I today calling it the U.K. best … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: 4AD
Well, it could easy be HTRK today but I’ve banged on about them a bit later so got with another fave member of a band, maybe not the biggest Aussie band ever but very important: The Birthday Party! This A … Continue reading A to Z: H is for…
Changing back to fave band member of big huge act! The second bass player to feature in my A -Z thingo! She yet another given name Kim and surname Gordon, off course formerly of Sonic Youth. I did blogged about … Continue reading A to Z: G is for…
So I’m saying today and most likely only me? The greatest English band ever was The Fall and the best English singer-songwriter of all-time is Mark E. Smith! Every and all English readers/followers can bitch and moan at me, what … Continue reading A to Z: F is for…
Cassandra Wilson – Death Letter X – Sugarlight The Stooges – 1970 Mickey Newbury – Just Dropped In Warren Zevon – Reconsider Me Cassandra Wilson – Billie’s Blues Jerry Lee Lewis – Another Place Another Time Bill Evans Trio – … Continue reading Soundtrack Songs: True Detective (Season 3)
OK, I’m changing it up again today! I’m naming Einstürzende Neubauten as one of my top ten bands for me and easy winning my award show greatest Euro band ever! It was one of the very first times after finding … Continue reading A to Z: E is for…
Let’s totally change things up for my TTT posts right now! Going to start this Sunday doing my ten fave songs as released by a selected record label each weekend for a little while, OK? Beginning with one of most … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Sub Pop
So letter “D” is just gotta be Kim Deal, one of the greatest bass player ever as in the band Pixies and one of my fave or just greatest singer-songwriter, guitar player in The Breeders and off course to honor … Continue reading A to Z: D is for…
“They’re just better at it, I don’t know why,” he says. “I just think physiologically and attiudedly, they’re just better at it. Men are better drummers, usually, but women are way better singers. A great male singer like Frank Sinatra … Continue reading Gareth Liddiard’s 5 Favorite Female Vocalists
Right, I’m back after a couple of weeks off blogging so did anyone miss me? Anyway what a month of new music, maybe the best month of new stuff for 2019! Some of my most very, very, very fave acts … Continue reading What I’ve Been Listening to in August 2019
OK, I haven’t done a cover song blog post in a little/long while and I can’t believe I’ve not done this before! But seems they’re well, two main members Fiona Kitschin and Gareth Liddiard now calling The Drones now defunct … Continue reading Cover Versions: All The Covers The Drones Ever Did!
Well, I’m changing things up already on the third letter of the alphabet because off course, it was going to be Nick Cave but I do bang on and on about him way too much on my blog anyway. So … Continue reading A to Z: C is for…
So who do I follow last weekend’s Swifty TTT post? Well, why not Kanye? BTW I’ve not done any rappers yet in my TTT series, so far but that’s going to change today! Does everyone hate him these days? With … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Kanye West
It’s been over a couple weeks since my art gallery post! If you remember or not? I did say was going to some Aussie artists and this time it’s a painter and another controversially artist again. He’s born in Launceston … Continue reading Great Art: Rodney Pople’s Selected Work of 2008-18
Another old song from 2004 today, well it’s three tracks really! But that’s only song co-written by Dan Kelly and Gareth Liddiard above. When Gareth was a member of Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males band he played bass guitar … Continue reading Wicked Songs: River O Tears by Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males
Leonard Cohen – Nevermind Lera Lynn – My Least Favorite Life Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – All The Gold In California Warren Zevon – Detox Mansion Bonnie ‘Prince’ Bonnie – Intentional Injury T-Bone Burnett – The Locked Room Lera … Continue reading Soundtrack Songs: True Detective (Season 2)
Just one old song today of mid-2000’s from an under-rated somewhat forgotten Aussie artist. He once was an very early member of the Aussie band called The Drones, you might remember them? Or notices I’ve blogged about them just a … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Black Brown and Blue by James McCann
I got the next year done quicker than I was thinking I would! No fuckin’ about with almost zero intro! Here’s my top (Edit 27/8/19) 60 tracks of the year 2007! Just press and listen to these songs… Ed Kuepper … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 2007
It’s gotta be William S. Burroughs as my letter “B” artist even if he’s more an author than singer or something else? Earlier this year I did post up some of his paintings/artworks, linked here. So he did more than … Continue reading A to Z: B is for…
So I said I’ll do some of the biggest and newer acts of all-time last weekend so who’s bigger that Swifty these days? Right now? Most likely NOT someone who you think I would blog about but it’s her one … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Taylor Swift
Flashback gig yet again today and yet another dream show I did get to see! Why in hell would I go and see them live in 2019? Costing me hundreds of dollars when I got to see them back in their … Continue reading Live Gigs: Metallica 1993 @ Perth Entertainment Centre
I’ve dug up these and now just gotta kind-of re-post more lists of songs and album as named dropped by singer-songwriter Gary of TFS and The Drones. Both thingos are from the year 2010 which was around of his one … Continue reading Gareth Liddiard’s Take Five Songs & Top Three Aussie Albums
If I haven’t got too much stuff going on or I’m trying to do on my blog, I’m adding yet another thing today! Kicking starting my yearly playlists now! Beginning where I stop last year sometime and I guess, I’m … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 2006
So who does remember his late 2000’s museum shows? Kind-of combining last month Cave’s website The Red Hand Files he list twelve books he recommend to a young writer to read, I’ll copy and paste that list far below but … Continue reading Great Reading: A Pile Of Nick Cave’s Fave Books
Things are now really going to get very and totally random on my blog now with this intro post of my A to Z type of list thing! Yet another series, if I don’t have too much stuff going on … Continue reading A to Z: A is for…
When I was in seventh grade I had a friend named Chris. We’d sit around his basement listening to albums and one of our favorites was Highway to Hell. He loved Bon Scott and could sing just like him – … Continue reading Mark Kozelek on Bon Scott
After the last art gallery post in July, I realized I’ve only blogged about a couple Aussie visual artists! This series of art posts is somehow now at 40 plus and all linked here under the great art tag. Someone … Continue reading Great Art: Tony Garifalakis’ Selected Work of 2007-14
This is the most insane bonkers playlist I’ve ever posted on my blog! It’s 600 video clips, you know? They’re all are official promo video clips, don’t quote me but I think I’ve seen all these clips played at least … Continue reading Playlist: I’m the RAGE guest programmer tonight
So the big huge news this month I’ve not blogged about yet is HTRK fourth album entitled Venus In Leo is finally announced with the 30th of August release date. Also brand new video/song You Know How to Make Me … Continue reading What I’ve Been Listening to in July 2019
Just before the end of this month, I’ve got all this done! It’s twenty-something albums from that year as named in this book. What I’ve done to pick the next year for myself to listen too in this book/list: is … Continue reading 1001 Albums Book: 1979
OK, to another painter/artist I’ve posted before but it was in way back in January which does seem like a very long time ago now. That Jan Howard post was all about his Nick Cave portraits or studies and can … Continue reading Great Art: Howard Arkley’s The Ritual painting of 1986
Almost everyone on earth has seen the movie by now? So finally I’ll blog post them in my little own TTT blog posts this Sunday, if need reminding they’re not the highest selling singles or anything like that? Just my … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Queen
I better scream SPOILERS! If you’ve not seen the film or even read the novel for that matter? So to start with, some pretty great horror movies have been made lately but with this one now called IT Chapter One … Continue reading Soundtrack Songs: IT Chapter One (2017)
Salty foam, your daddy’s most Classic pin-up of the California coast I couldn’t trust your heavy stare The poly-cotton all circles and squares You didn’t drown in the water While the dollars fell like rain You looked in that blue … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Who’s My Eugene? by Tropical Fuck Storm
Jezebel: Dog Eared: I’m Here Now: Words From The Executioner To Alexander Pearce: I Don’t Ever Want To Change: Work For Me: I Looked Down The Line And I Wondered: Are You Leaving For The Country: Sixteen Straws: “I’m recording, … Continue reading M+N’s Article: Gala Mill by The Drones
I’m kind-of follow-upping my art post of at the start of this month about Freud and Bacon. Last year some private tape recording of Bacon interviews came to light and made clear in more details what happened between them. Because … Continue reading Great Art: Francis Bacon’s Two Figures painting of 1953
