Thunderbirds are coming out – TISM I never liked TISM. People who like things like The Glasshouse, Machine Gun Fellatio and university revues liked TISM. However, the video for this song is a thing of genius. A single three and a half minute tracking shot of however many more-interesting Melbourne bands you can fit into [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Thunderbirds Are Coming Out
Posted in australian bands, TISM on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Emily
Posted in Allo Darlin' on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Emily – Allo, Darlin’ Even though i’m sure the timelines don’t match up between the release of this song and the event, i like to think that this song is about Emily from Betty and the Werewolves taking over Elizabeth from Allo, Darlin”s job playing guitar in Tender Trap – Tender Trap being the boyfriend, [...]
You’ve Got the Best of My Love
Posted in Emotions on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve got the best of my love – The Emotions I had the fortune to hear this song played on the radio on 2SER during the minute window it takes to drive to work (rainy days/when i’m late). It was so fantastic to hear, to have it and all its accompanying joy delivered over airwaves [...]
I Wouldn’t Know What To Do
Posted in Honeydrips on April 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I wouldn’t know what to do – The Honeydrips This is such a wonderful song. The Honeydrips is Mikael from Dorotea’s post-Dorotea solo venture so of course it is great and of course i love it. It is not quite Dorotea for me – the songs are about four times as long, less political, more [...]
So Jealous
Posted in Tegan and Sara on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So jealous – Tegan and Sara There are a lot of people at my work who like Tegan and Sara. It might be only three or four if measured, but it’s a number, and it’s at my work. I know they like them because they wear Tegan and Sara merchandise when not in uniform. Not [...]
The Instrumental
Posted in June Brides on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The instrumental – The June Brides As well as yesterday recognising the correctness of my assertion that this is among the five best side one track ones in all music, the more astute of you may have figured out that this song is in fact not an instrumental at all. Those wily June Brides.
The Instrumental
Posted in June Brides on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The instrumental – The June Brides In the movie High Fidelity there is a scene where one of the people is tasked to list his top 5 side 1: track 1s. I can’t remember what was on it but i remember clearly that it was a very boring list, reflecting one of two things: The [...]
Taste
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Taste – Ride This song is a blast to play on the drums and because i feel in one of these slumps recently have a video of Mr. Everything-i’m-not doing that exact thing. The hair, the clothes, the belt, the posture, the not-falling-apart drum kit, the non-cracked cymbals, the technique, the probably transcribed and replicated [...]
Million Tears
Posted in Pastels, Scottish bands on April 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Million tears – The Pastels ? and the Mysterians sang of 96 tears, an oddly specific number that carries in its specificity that those tears were indeed real, tallied, felt, cried. The Pastels in 1984 raised the lachrymatorial ante: One million tears. Who’s to say that number is any less calculated than the Mysterians’? Is [...]
That Girl
Posted in Tender Trap on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
That girl – Tender Trap It’s because it is different and not just a facsimile of their earlier bands that i haven’t latched on to Tender Trap (and Marine Research) as much as i should have. Their most recent album is somewhat more of the gratifying, easy, congenial facsimile i need, but still i have [...]
