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The impending death of the album.

9 July, 20123 May, 2017 Industry, Opinion, Pop, Record 2

It’s doomed, along with the CD in general. But then, albums have always sorta sucked.

The Shit Record Covers group.

17 June, 20127 May, 2017 Record 0

For those of you on Facebook: the Shit Record Covers group, and its hall of fame. NSFW for unstylish seventies breasts. I am particularly

Old, tired, worn-out second hand sentences.

27 February, 20127 May, 2017 Post-Punk, Record 0

Students of Australian music need to listen once to the first six songs on Icehouse by Flowers as part of first-year New Wave. Beyond

Remember when records had covers?

11 November, 201110 May, 2017 Record 0

For your delectation: The Kitten Covers.

Pink Floyd sell actual bottom of barrel with scrapings.

14 May, 201110 May, 2017 Record, Writing 0

TIME, Dark side of the moan, Wednesday (N! News) — Both remaining members of Pink Floyd have announced the launch of the “Why Pink

40 Sad Portraits Of Closed Record Stores.

12 April, 201110 May, 2017 Record 2

Saturday the 16th of April is International Record Store Day, but this photo essay documents the ones that are no longer with us.

One soul less on your fiery list.

11 March, 201110 May, 2017 Record 0

Paul Harding emails to tell of his blog Perthmusic (and earlier version), a pile of unavailable CDs, records and tapes from no-longer-gigging bands of

Even in the futurepop, nothing works.

20 February, 20113 May, 2017 Industrial, Opinion, Record, Writing 0

In the early 1990s, I tried very hard to become a serious Anthony Burgess fan. A Clockwork Orange is absolutely first-class and probably my favourite novel of all time.

However, all his other novels suck. All of them.

Sign up or go underground in the summer of ’81.

18 February, 201110 May, 2017 Record, Television 0

You’re young? Never got into the Australian mainstream in the ’80s when it was happening? Annoyed that most of Mushroom’s output is not available

How to lose four hundred kilograms.

29 January, 201129 January, 2011 Record 2

It’s been a wonderful month of house-culling. We’ve thrown out a veritable mountain of shite and regularly overfill our bins with just culls of

My Album Cover Lifestyle

27 July, 2010 Record 0

With thanks to the fabulous Kallisti of blastmilk.com for the heads up, album covers as Ikea catalogue pages on Flickr.

Cover versions.

29 January, 2010 Record 0

“Today is not much skilled craftsmen capable of creating a truly awful cover for a vinyl disc. This art, alas, almost lost. When we

Albatross.

7 March, 20097 March, 2009 Record 0

Saw a girl on the tube with a Get Hip Records bag. I told her I approved. I’m contemplating my own half a ton

Danny Ben Israel: Bullshit 3¼ (1970).

7 February, 200929 March, 2017 Esoterica, Prog, Record 0

Today’s music is Bullshit 3¼, a 1970 psychedelic prog album in Hebrew (with titles in English) by Danny ben Israel. The music is deeply

Whatever happened to Festival Records.

31 December, 200831 December, 2008 Record 0

Festival had a truly spectacular decline and fall. When it finally died, it seems it was bought by Warner, who, being helmed by the

The dream world of Dion McGregor.

13 June, 200830 June, 2024 Esoterica, Record 4

Dion McGregor was the most prolific somniloquist in recorded history. A somniloquist, or voluble dreamer, is a person that talks during their sleep. Dion

Emperor Norton in shock music giveaway

4 November, 20024 November, 2021 mp3, Record 2

This may not be the newest news around, but… For those who haven’t noticed, Emperor Norton Records have started putting some new albums, in

Review: Kim Salmon, E(a)rnest

16 September, 200224 September, 2016 Record, Rock 0

Long term fans of Mr Salmon’s heavier works may have been in the main disappointed by the musical detours of recent years (a subject he actually canvases on this album), but nevertheless respect was always due for the fact he had decided to go his own way rather than merely retread the past.

TISM Best.off launch, fortyfivedownstairs gallery

17 July, 200223 August, 2016 Live, Record 0

The unfortunately-timed TISM greatest hits compilation, tism.bestoff, (which is being released less than a year after their last studio album DeRigueurmortis, which was delayed by two years anyway) was launched at Melbourne art gallery fortyfivedownstairs on Tuesday night. If you’ve ever harboured a desire to have Ron Hitler Barassi serving you sushi, you shoulda been there.

New Darkwave/EBM/Synthpop quickies

13 April, 200219 December, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

It seems that maybe the muse has been getting around in EBM and Darkwave circles of late, or maybe just the right drugs are being taken … whatever it is, there is some fantastic new music on its way, and here are some short reviews of some of the current and future releases …

Icon Of Coil ‘The Soul Is In The Software’

12 April, 200219 December, 2016 Industrial, Record 1

Scandinavian act Icon of Coil have been plying their brand of boppy EBM for a number of years now, wowing European audiences with their reputedly spirited live shows and dancefloors everywhere (including Australia) with club-friendly tracks like “Shallow Nation”, “Former Self”, “Floorkiller” and “Situations Like These.” Ironically, it’s often been their less dancefloor-oriented tracks that have stuck out more, and, thankfully, new album The Soul is in the Software (due out later this month) has quite a few of these, as well as toying with new vocal styles and rhythms more often employed by other stalwarts of the EBM scene, Covenant and VNV Nation.

Jock Cheese: The Jock Cheese Platter

29 January, 200219 December, 2016 Record 0

Disclaimer: I host a site called TISM Self Storage, and Jock Cheese is the bass player of TISM, and I could therefore be considered

Bizarre-o Tori Amos covers album

24 July, 20015 September, 2016 Record 27

Love her or hate her, the new Tori album, Strange Little Girls, is due out in a bit over a month and will no

Jodi Phillis, Fibrotown – Cornish Arms (Brunswick, Melbourne)

26 May, 200111 March, 2021 Indie, Live, Record 1

Jodi Phillis: What you’d expect, well worth not missing. Fibrotown: Country indie rock, surprisingly good. Cornish Arms: Good venue. Rating: Damn fine night out.