Never tired of making a racket: Interview with Tired Lion’s Sophie Hopes.
Tired Lion’s rise to prominence on music’s indie scene dates back to the early 2010s. It was formed by aContinue Reading
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Classic Songs: ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman.
Some of the best acoustic arrangements have been written with simplicity in mind, especially in terms of chord changes, butContinue Reading
Classic songs: Veruca Salt’s ‘Shutterbug’.
Veruca Salt, the band, not the spoilt little shit from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has been on myContinue Reading
Classic songs: Whitesnake’s ‘Is This Love’.
How is it that Whitesnake haven’t already been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Their early stuffContinue Reading
Interview with blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Gráinne Duffy.
I must admit my exposure to the Blues was once limited to B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. Interestingly,Continue Reading
The Best Songs That Made 2020.
Leaving 2020 in the rear view mirror still seems to be a process for many of us. Personally I feltContinue Reading
10 Best Albums of 2020.
I’m not going to bother ranting too much about what a shit year this was for all of us. ButContinue Reading
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
In the shelter of a song: Interview with Lisa/Liza.
On her brand new album, Maine-based singer songwriter Liza Victoria aka Lisa/Liza wants us to join her on a journeyContinue Reading
The lasting legacy of Fiona Apple.
Marking the end of 2016, Fiona Apple performed an impassioned version of her Anti-Trump Christmas parody “Trump’s Nuts Roast on an Open Fire”,Continue Reading
Rearview Mirror 