September, 2011

Came from the booze and the fags generation And prayed for the mayhem to start You said you were foolish but I saw the genius In pulling the stitches apart – Let’s Roll Like We Used To, Kasabian Velociraptor! markets Kasabian as the last gang in town. Singer Tom Meighan revealed the album’s title was [...]

PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake, released in February, won the 2011 Mercury Prize for best album from the UK and Ireland. Was it a deserving winner? Louis was my dearest friend Fighting in the ANZAC trench Louis ran forward from the line I never saw him again Later in the dark I thought I heard [...]

Birds down basement Night time’s got me beat In two corners, I’ve been feeling weaker than usual Fill my veins with anything or love Your dilated eyes are in my mind more than usual – Birds Down Basement, Ball Park Music Six-piece Brisbane band Ball Park Music look quirky but don’t let that put you [...]

Music nostalgia is still what it used to be. The baby boomer bands — The Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, et al — generally receive mainstream media praise even if they haven’t released a half-way decent album in decades. The times they are a-changin’ though. The 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind has [...]