I am totally and utterly obsessed with Thunder Road, the opening track on Bruce Springsteen’s album Born To Run.This song recently changed my world again when I saw Springsteen’s VH1 Storytellers DVD. Was it ever a very big hit in Australia? It doesn’t seem to get played on radio in this country. Perhaps Bruce broke […]

Finally managed to see Neil Young: Heart Of Gold last night, the new Jonathan Demme film that captures Neil’s performance at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. It’s beautifully shot. Right in there onstage with the performers, no crowd shots. No fat of any sort really. In the movie, Young and his band (including trumpets […]

Whatever happened to the Sundays anyway? I attended a funeral on the weekend and a female performer sang this song, and it reminded me of this version. It’s a great version – very different. It took me a while to track it down too. It was also used in a pivotal scene in Buffy, the […]

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Wilco. Over the weekend the band performed a new song on Conan, during a special wek of that show broadcasting from Chicago.The song is great – a very soulful slice of the early 70s. You can hear some Charles Wright in there. They have really reached […]

I am not a very big fan of the Flaming Lips. I blame this song for it.Again I’m deep in unknown territory here, but this is another song that I simply love, by a band I’ve been meaning to explore, but I just haven’t.MP3: Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space- From […]

The Replacements are releasing a one disc greatest hits on June 13 in the US through Rhino. It’s called Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best of the Replacements. It features two new tracks, one of which was recently premiered on US radio and hit the internet within 5 hours! You can […]

Grant McLennan of the Go-Betweens passed away this weekend. He was 48. When I was, what, 17 maybe, I came across a book by Clinton Walker called Stranded: the Secret History of Australian Music. I’m searching my mind and I can’t figure out what drawn me to it. I couldn’t have known more than 3 […]

Country’s come a-crumblin’ and the government is not our friendWe’re living for the moment cos any moment this might end

This blog is supposed to be some sort of forum where I talk expertly about some of the music that has meant a lot to me over the years. Oddly, I seem to be talking a lot about people I know very little about. That said, the song I’m talking about today couldn’t possibly mean […]

When Brian Wilsom decided to actually make a definitive (attempt at) Smile, he took away one of my favourite toys. The reshuffling of great tracks to make different coloured masterpieces.Then there’s the ever-popular idea that the Beatles White Album would be better as a double. So I decided to have a little fun. THE SINGLE […]