Song of the day – 426: Azealia Banks
I’ve been meaning to feature this song since formatting its video in Brigette’s excellent list of songs from 2011. My life doesn’t change much day-to-day, you know? Tiredness is omnipresent. I rarely...
View Article22 of Everett True’s favourite songs of 2012 so far
A little early, perhaps … but there’s always so much great music around the difficulty is documenting it all, giving it a fair shake. DISCLAIMER 1 This is a random list – influenced by the heat today,...
View Article22 of Princess Stomper’s favourite songs of 2012 so far
By Princess Stomper A jumper at the top of a skyscraper was being talked down by a stranger. “No, you don’t understand,” the first man said. “This building has special air currents so that if you jump...
View ArticleEverett True’s 64 Favourite Songs of 2012
Last year was sensational for music. Here, re-acclimatise yourself. This year was even more sensational, so much so that I find myself having to increase this list somewhat to incorporate a little of...
View ArticleEverett True’s 20 Favourite Songs of 2012 (the edited version)
It seems like folk just don’t have the time these days for the full unexpurgated version. (You can find a much much more extensive version of this list, over here.) Fair enough. So here is my (rather...
View ArticleSong of the day – 562: Nicki Minaj
Seventy-one million views later, and I finally play catch up. Consider my tiny little mind blown into a thousand tiny little pieces. I played this song to my Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll class in...
View ArticleLetters from Rosie 10 | I am perhaps the last Madonna fan on earth. That’s as...
By Rosie I’ve come to talk about Madonna. I am perhaps the last Madonna fan on earth. That’s as may be. “Meeting him was like running into a tree” – Marilyn on Arthur Miller Lately, since last...
View ArticleWhat I did tonight instead of going to see Temples play live
Everett True details what he did tonight instead of watching dishwasher-safe 60s-style “psychedelic” revivalist pop band Temples. Surly UK music critic Neil Kulkarni writes, “A conservatism blankets...
View ArticleThe return of Everett True | 86. Azealia Banks
Look at all the comments underneath this video. Most every single one is pitting her against another female rapper – usually Nicki Minaj or Iggy Azalea. Or perhaps Brooke Candy. Lady Gaga, even. Like...
View ArticleThe return of Everett True | 132. Kendrick Lamar
I don’t normally like rap but this new Kendrick Lamar album is the greatest hip hop album I’ve heard since The Marshall Mathers LP. Of course it’s the only hip hop album I’ve heard since The Marshall...
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