Tag Archives: Music

Concept albums are difficult things to get right. Most of the best-known examples from the ‘70s ‘rock opera’ heyday – Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, Alice Cooper’s Welcome to my Nightmare, Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell – really just have a ...

On my way to work one morning, I heard ‘Royals’ on the radio. I thought it was amazing, but it was one of those annoying times when the announcer didn’t say what the track was called or who it was ...

‘If you want my views of history then there’s something you should know The three men I admire most are Curly, Larry, Moe’ – ‘Everything Louder Than Everything Else’ In the late ‘60s, Elektra Records employed Danny Fields as their ...

I remember the lead up to the millennium. There was a whole lot of BS about the Y2K bug and people making a big deal out of the change in century. I didn’t really see what all the fuss was ...

I have always loved film and TV soundtracks. Often they introduce me to artists I haven’t heard of before and provide an interesting variety of songs and artists with a common mood or theme. Soundtracks have become more important in ...

When Ashes to Ashes, the follow-up series to Life on Mars, needed a countercultural icon to lead a protest in 1981, their choice was a little leftfield. A staunch advocate for gay rights, women’s rights and right-on, antiauthoritarian left wing ...

‘I’ve been hell on the women in my life, and the women in my life have been hell on me’ – Axl Rose One upon a time there was a band who, for their second album proper, decided to lay ...

While everyone else is reflecting on what came out this year, I’m going to be different (I always was contrary). There are a lot of things I have loved this year that I was very late to jump on the ...

Pop Verse spoke to Perth group Anton Franc‘s Jamie Kuzich about the band’s latest EP, All This Talk. Their folktronic sound has made them a hit as far away as Germany. They continue to make interesting music, with a focus on ...

Ye think I’m kiddin’ ye? ‘Life’s really pissing me off, to the point/where I might bomb a microdot joint and wear a Celtic top/running through an orange walk in Drummoyne/so I can make an honest point about how life at ...