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AdamPope

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 08:03:02 +1300

The Gladstone _was_ open on Sundays in the early eighties, despite the law. I remember, we'd get served hip-flasks as 14 year olds. Though admittedly, there weren't any gigs going down...

linger

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 09:22:32 +1200

Awesome. I hadn’t realised vintage restyling was quite such a thing. Following the links from that clip would fill the weekend if I didn’t have editing to do…
For example, Radiohead’s “Creep” by Haley Reinhart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw

And Reinhart’s version of “Black Hole Sun”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6RD6mjiIZE

nzlemming

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:13:24 +1200

Just playing YouTube Roulette and came across this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKBzt-v8w4

nzlemming

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:42:45 +1200

It the way whole damn thing actually works.

Quite.

Russell Brown

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:23:58 +1200

It’s not Lorde, it’s the whole damn industry.

And has been for a long while now.

It's not actually the revenue, which is stabilising – and has increased for two years running in New Zealand. It the way whole damn thing actually works.

nzlemming

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:49:23 +1200

It's not Lorde, it's the whole damn industry.

And has been for a long while now.

nzlemming

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:48:30 +1200

I'm totally the guy that wants to give Holden Caulfield a slapping.

Get in line! #whinylittlebitch

Ken Double

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:17:35 +1200

Ha! Hand me the switch Mother!

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:12:22 +1200

glad all over...
I’m totally the guy that wants to give Holden Caulfield a slapping.
of course you realise his middle name is Morrisey!!
;- )

Ken Double

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:55:29 +1200

Being Chris Isaak wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world

Indeed. Or (cough) Neil Finn. Someone once asked Joe Boyd who he thought had the best career in music and he said "Richard Thompson, even though he probably doesn't realise it". Lorde's ambition is Taylor Swift's audience but unless…

Russell Brown

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:39:54 +1200

From the New Yorker review:

After a while, the record feels less like a subversion of pop tropes than like a hyperintelligent narration of them. “I know this story by heart / Jack and Jill get fucked up and get possessive when they get dark,” Lorde confesses on “Sober,” a…

Russell Brown

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:38:32 +1200

His comparison of ‘Liability’ with ‘All the Young Dudes’ is completely mystifying,

But this touches on some very interesting points:

I still remain ambivalent about “Royals,” and because there’s no reason why a good song couldn’t survive – couldn’t thrive on – an ambivalent response, I’m sure I’ll keep Melodrama…

lloydois

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:24:23 +1200

And this is particularly lovely.
https://medium.com/@theneliad/listening-to-melodrama-18a34307af22

If I was Lorde this would be all i'd need as affirmation.

Ken Double

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:21:53 +1200

I enjoyed "Royals" but it never quite struck me as a revelation. She was a very clever, self-assured 16 year old but a 16 year old nonetheless. It's waaaay better than Janis Ian but when I listen to Pure Heroine the callowness of the pose spoils it for me. Melodrama…

Carol Stewart

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:55:22 +1200

I'd forgive him a lot for this line:
An incongruous guitar, like a wasp on a birthday cake

lloydois

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:01:39 +1200

Not the best thing I've read about Lorde by any stretch of the imagination. Alfred is way too cool and hedging his bets.

There's plenty of reviews to choose from on Metacritic, the joy is that most are simply great reviews that have thought long and hard about what she's…

Sacha

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:42:03 +1200

Interesting, thanks.
How did you respond to Royals, personally?

Ken Double

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:35:17 +1200

I think this is the best thing I've read about it. "Best" meaning "I agree" of course.

Russell Brown

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:37:23 +1200

That's an excellent observation.

lloydois

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:22:59 +1200

It's not just that the reviews are extraordinary, it's the quality of the reviews I'm finding most interesting. They really 'get' Lorde and are engaging with her on her terms. Whether it's a commercial success at this stage pretty much irrelevant. The triumph is all hers.
http://www.metacritic.com/music/melodrama/lorde?ref=hp

Russell Brown

Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:36:35 +1200

What is it though with favouring producers who used to be in previously useless guitar pop bands? Who’s next? Does someone from Fall Out Boy have a relevant CV?

Lol. I always thought it was sweet that Ella used to tease Joel about having been in Goodnight Nurse.

Funny thing…

Jason Kemp

Mon, 19 Jun 2017 17:13:49 +1200

Perhaps a bit too much detail but this might be of interest to some. What is significant is Ella herself taking part in the process.
The Spinoff Exclusive: Lorde explains the backstory behind every song on her new album By Henry Oliver | Music Editor

Ken Double

Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:53:40 +1200

Yes good on Lorde for "Melodrama". Joel Little’s production on "Pure Heroine" always sounded hermetic to me but that now she’s got pianos and guitars and strings she’s sounding like the natural she obviously is. What is it though with favouring producers who used to be in previously useless guitar…

Russell Brown

Mon, 19 Jun 2017 09:52:26 +1200

Wow: Melodrama is tracking at 89% on Metacritic. Raves from Pitchfork, the NYT, Guardian, etc.

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:06:34 +1200

And while Lorde impresses, so does Aldous Harding.with Party – check out the new video for Blend where she channels Apocalypse Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHR3uEOkkSo

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:49:12 +1200

Opposite Sex also played recently in Dunedin with Colt 45 and The Terminals – and a cracker that was too.

I hear on good authority, in the absence of any listing, that the latter two are playing at the New City Hotel the night before Darxspace 3. NCH is a…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 11:41:00 +1200

Christchurch’s DarkSpace festival has announced a psych-heavy lineup for July 22, including Hex, Teeth and All Seeing Hand.

Should be a cracker, a couple of Dunedin bands in the mix incl. Opposite Sex Here's one of their earlier songs, Sea Shanty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZOc40Q4eQU

Russell Brown

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:12:00 +1200

Further to Andrew Schmidt's 1981 history: Simon Grigg's account of the Screaming Blamatics Tour – smack in the middle of the Springbok Tour controversy.

Ross Bell

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 08:51:01 +1200

Loving Melodrama "Broadcast the boom boom boom boom and make 'em all dance to it."

Public Address

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 08:51:01 +1200

Discussion from blog post.