The Raincoats | COLLAPSE BOARD
Added on February 14, 2017 ed 2016 , Athens Popfest , Australia , Bek Moore , Brisbane , Ciggie Witch , Croque Madame , David Bowie , Everett True , Hinds , Nachthexen , omni , Peaness , Skating Polly , Skinny Girl Diet , Sticky Fingers , The Drones , The Goon Sax , The Raincoats , The Rubens , YACHT
The 31 Most Read Articles We Published in 2016
1. RIP Bek Moore Putting together this list of times Bek’s bands were written about, it looks like she has to have been one of the most written about Brisbane musicians in the five and a half years that Collapse Board has been running. (Justin Edwards) 2. Why The Australian Music Press needs to get […]
Added on September 21, 2016 Lee Adcock album review , Alexis Late , Bikini KIll , Bratmobile , Joy Division , L7 , Mudhoney , Nirvana , Nots , Sleater-Kinney , The Cure , The Raincoats
NOTS – Cosmetic (Goner): The Analytic Approach
“No novelty”, shouts Natalie Hoffman, lead singer and guitarist of Memphis punk band Nots, on their sophomore record Cosmetic. It’s one of the last tracks on the record, but it’s the one to reference in case someone wants to point out that this gang of four is “an all-girl band”. Carrie Brownstein has often stressed […]
Added on August 17, 2016 Alexis Late 2016 , Alexis Late , Kurt Cobain , live review , Patti Smith , The Clash , The Libertines , The Raincoats , The Ramones , The Sex Pistols , The Slits
A knot in my heart: The Raincoats at the Feminist Library Summer Benefit, London, 2 July 2016
Photo by Amber Bateup. It’s hard to talk about The Raincoats. I’m writing this from a teahouse in London, trying to figure out why that is. I can’t find the right phrase to describe the knot in my heart that tightens when I think about them. It’s the kind of knot that holds you together. […]
Added on July 28, 2016 Caspar Jacobs 2016 , Album Reviews , Belle & Sebastian , Caspar Jacobs , Martha , Pulp , The Clash , The Raincoats , The Slits
Martha – Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart (Fortuna POP!)
I fell in love with Martha because she had sunburned shoulders, just like my girlfriend. Their downbeat admission that “the autumn forecast’s looking dismal again” somehow proved irresistible. And when ‘Ice Cream and Sunscreen’ suddenly sped up, my heart did the same, singing along to all band members of Martha bursting out in unison: “I […]
Added on July 22, 2015 collapseboard Alexis Late , Buzzcocks , John Lennon , NME , Patti Smith , Placebo , Rudyard Kipling , Sleater-Kinney , The Clash , The La's , The Libertines , The Raincoats , The Slits , The Smiths , The Strokes , The Vines , Wilfred Owen , X-Ray Spex
Ardent Mythology: Following The Libertines
By Alexis Late A lot of well-worshipped musicians tend to have a web of mythology encompassing them. Sometimes it’s created by scandal loving press and is, not surprisingly, flawed or exaggerated; sometimes it’s unearthed by fans through intimate obsession, or woven by the artists themselves, as they make their manifestos public. The Libertines were a […]
Added on April 18, 2015 Everett True Afghan Whigs , Buzzcocks , Everett True , Gang Of Four , My Bloody Valentine , Pavement , Pixies , The Breeders , The Raincoats , The Sex Pistols , The Wedding Present
Name and shame | The great bands that should never have reformed
This line. It might be thin, so thin that it can’t be seen by the human eye so I can only give you a representation, but it exists – believe you me. Here. Here’s a reminder. OK. Let’s get on with the chart. Reminder: to qualify, the band needs to have been great in the first […]
Added on March 26, 2015 Everett True African highlife , Everett True , Ibibio Sound Machine , Song of the day , The Raincoats , Tom Tom Club
The return of Everett True | 135. Ibibio Sound Machine
I nearly decided against this as a Song of the Day because my frame of reference is so slight. It’s not like I can’t describe it, though. African highlife, a smattering of the streetwise rhythms that made Tom Tom Club so intoxicating, repetitive beats continually shifting and changing and teasing: vocals that keep on and […]
Added on November 20, 2014 Everett True 1980 , best bands of 1980 , Buzzcocks , Everett True , Joy Division , Ramones , The Raincoats , Young Marble Giants
Everett True’s Favourite Bands (and Venues) of 1980
I started, so I may as well see this mini-series through to its conclusion. This is probably the most dubious ‘top’ chart of all from my teenage self in 1980. It’s not based on ‘likes’ or ‘ratings’ (as you might have expected), but on simple numbers, calculated via a point system – two for a […]
Added on November 19, 2014 Everett True 1980 , best bands of 1980 , Everett True , Joy Division , live shows , Ramones , The Raincoats , The Slits , This Heat , Young Marble Giants
Everett True’s Favourite Gigs of 1980
And so… to the third part of the series. (You can find part one here, and part two here.) Once again, taken from my diary of the time with all the star ratings attached. The first for how ‘good’ the band was; the second for my enjoyment of them. Pluses and minuses are related to […]
Added on May 18, 2014 Everett True Everett True , Love , Rough Trade Records , The Raincoats
Your favourite three Raincoats songs | a thoroughly scientific survey
This was inspired by a thread on David Quantick’s Facebook page, wherein he asked friends to nominate their favourite three Wah! songs. A worthy cause, I felt. Surely it could be expanded to other great bands’ back catalogues? The obvious place to start was with The Raincoats. Here are the results, in order (just typing […]