grunge | COLLAPSE BOARD
Added on February 28, 2016 Hannah Golightly grunge , Hannah Golightly , L7 , Nirvana , Skating Polly , Song of the day
SOTD #719 – Skating Polly
When I heard ‘Perfume For Now’, I took to Twitter with the words “Song of the year in February? Maybe.” Angered girlish squeals and powerful raging screamed words spat out in the direction of the lyrics’ target. “Frying slowly in butter and fate / Take it take it take it take it- it’s a hunt.” […]
Added on April 11, 2015 Everett True Breeders , Everett True , grunge , Sebadoh , Shellshag , Skating Polly , Song of the day , Throwing Muses
The return of Everett True | 143. Skating Polly
Some music gets it. Some music doesn’t get it. This gets it. The above song by Skating Polly reminds me more of Throwing Muses than the usual comparison points thrown their way. Wait a moment, please. These stepsisters have released three albums, and the three albums vary a fair whack and so I don’t want […]
Added on March 15, 2015 Everett True Dead Electric , Dinosaur Jr , Everett True , grunge , My Bloody Valentine , shoegaze , Song of the day
The return of Everett True | 130. Dead Electric
It’s a thin line. I’m not sure I want to quantify it; I have a feeling it keeps moving. Association. That’s what I’d like to talk about here. No, not association. The way the line keeps moving. I’m not the person I was in 1993. I am the person I was. I’m not the person […]
Added on February 1, 2015 Everett True Beat Happening , Citizen Dick , Everett True , grunge , Huggy Bear , Melvins , Mudhoney , Nirvana , Pavement , Silverfish , STP , Tad , The Jesus Lizard
The people have spoken | The greatest band of the grunge era
Grunge began in 1990 when my previous girlfriend broke my heart by leaving me for some bloke she met on a railway station in Germany. Grunge finished in 1996 when I met the woman who would become my future wife. (In between I went out with a woman who – by being my grunge girlfriend – […]
Added on October 25, 2014 Everett True Cell , Everett True , grunge , Lotion , No Jaws , Pavement , slacker , Song of the day
The return of Everett True | 65. No Jaws
I keep telling folk bribery will work. I have no idea why people don’t listen. Failing that, try flattery. Make sure it’s sincere, though. Cue a message left on Twitter*. Mr. Thackray may tear us apart. But perception of a man who percepts so well is recognition enough. This new Song of the Day sounds […]
Added on December 10, 2013 collapseboard Brisbane , grunge , Helmet , Melvins , SIX FT HICK , Stanley Spadowski , The Hi-Fi
Melvins + Helmet + Six Ft Hick @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane, 08.12.13
All in all, cool show. What is all worth it? Sure, ’cause I got in for free.
Added on November 21, 2013 Everett True Courtney Love , Everett True , grunge , Hole , Kurt Cobain , Live Through This , Melody Maker , Mojo , Nirvana , Uncut
Live Through This | the press clippings
Everett True is famous for two things. He’s the last of the big personality journalists…
Added on September 26, 2013 Everett True album review , Everett True , grunge , In Utero , Kurt Cobain , Nirvana
Nirvana’s In Utero, 20 years later
People are re-evaluating Nirvana again, it being the 20th anniversary of the Olympia WA group’s third and final album In Utero. Here’s my contribution.
Added on May 29, 2013 Ben Green 2013 , Andy Kent , Ben Green , Bleach , Davey Lane , Eddie Van Halen , Goddamn , grunge , Hi Fi Way , Hourly Daily , Interviews , Nirvana , Rusty Hopkinson , Sound As Ever , Soundgarden , Sub Pop , Tim Rogers , You Am I
The Collapse Board Interview | You Am I
Collapse Board’s Ben Green speaks to You Am I’s Andy Kent about the band’s past and its claim on the present.