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 Added on January 27, 2015  Everett True  Bedroom Suck , Blank Realm , Everett True , Jake Cleland , Lee Alexandra Adcock , Martyr Privates , Music criticism , Slipknot

Conversations about music criticism | Does writing ‘Bedroom Suck sucks’ suck?

Conversations about music criticism | Does writing ‘Bedroom Suck sucks’ suck?

We had a bit of a set-to the other night on the Collapse Board Faceboook group over a review of the Bedroom Suck compilation. I thought you might enjoy the edited highlights. If you haven’t done so already, read the review first, otherwise much of this won’t make sense. Lee: I just read this, and this […]

 Added on November 27, 2013  Everett True  2013 , Blondie , Courtney Love , Everett True , Hole , Jake Cleland , Pulp , Scott Creney , Sky Ferreira , Song of the day , The Beatles

Song of the day – 668: Sky Ferreira

Song of the day – 668: Sky Ferreira

Would I take drugs with Sky Ferreira? Of course I fucking would.

 Added on July 8, 2013  Jake  best of 2013 , Bloods , Courtney Barnett , Dempagumi.inc , Jake Cleland , Kirin J Callinan , Kyary Pamyu Pamyu , My Chemical Romance , Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds , Super Wild Horses , TV Colours

THE 9 BEST SONGS OF 2013 ACCORDING TO JAKE CLELAND

THE 9 BEST SONGS OF 2013 ACCORDING TO JAKE CLELAND

‘Beverly’ is total emotional obliteration. Turn up, switch off, cry, cry, cry.

 Added on March 31, 2013  Jake  2013 , Album Reviews , Camperdown & Out , Couldn't Be Better , Dead Farmers , Jake Cleland , Jangle-Pop , Marf Loth , Popfrenzy , Raw Prawn , Royal Headache , The New Melbourne Jangle

Camperdown & Out – Couldn’t Be Better (Popfrenzy)

Camperdown & Out – Couldn’t Be Better (Popfrenzy)

Couldn’t Be Better is so disinterested in any reality I’ve ever experienced that it’s impossible to connect.

 Added on February 6, 2013  Jake  Chet Faker , Cloud Nothings , Jake Cleland , Japandroids , Jessie Ware , Julia Holter , Laneway , Melbourne , Nicolas Jaar , Perfume Genius

Laneway Melbourne 2013 @ Footscray Community Arts Centre 03.02.13

This isn’t guitar masturbation. It’s guitar blue balls. It’s guitar priapism. All build up, no release.

 Added on December 24, 2012  Jake  best of 2012 , Collapse Board , Crawlspace , Everett True , FasterLouder , Jake Cleland , Marcus Teague , Mess+Noise , Music criticism , Tumblr

STATE OF THE MUSIC PRESS.

This was the year I became convinced that there wasn’t a secret world of great Australian music writing I simply wasn’t privy to.

 Added on December 17, 2012  Jake  8 Bit Love , best of 2012 , Catcall , Francolin , Jake Cleland , Mere Women , Rayon Moon , ScotDrakula , The Stevens , Urthboy

THE TOP EIGHT AUSTRALIAN SONGS IN 2012 JAKE CLELAND THOUGHT WERE QUITE GOOD, SOME OF WHICH YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T HEARD OF

These aren’t the best Australian songs of 2012. These are just songs I know you might not, but might like to.

 Added on November 12, 2012  Jake  David Greenwald , Jake Cleland , UNCOOL

How not to launch a new music publication

Maybe if a balance actually existed, anemic room spray like Grizzly Bear wouldn’t be so fucking popular.