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BOB MURPHY – DAMN THE TORPEDOES

Music, like footy, is always better if I know the story that goes with it. If you walked into the MCG this Saturday having no idea who...

PAUL DEMPSEY – ST VINCENT

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, I’d like to thank you for indulging me over these past few weeks as I’ve rambled on about some of...

DANIEL MERRETT – ARCTIC MONKEYS

ARCTIC MONKEYS – AM (2013) The Final Vinyl. So it’s come to this: the last weekend in September. What record do you play for the biggest...

BOB MURPHY – BIG STAR

Big Star – #1 Record (1972) It’s been said before I’m sure, but one of the great things about owning a record player is how it slows down...

FRANCIS LEACH – THE CLASH

The Clash – London Calling (1979) To know that everything is in its right place, that no moment can match this one? To feel that all...

DANIEL MERRETT – BLOC PARTY

When this album dropped, it came with a huge buzz, a bit like a No.1 draft pick. The Bloc Party boys backed it up with some absolute...

PAUL DEMPSEY – MOSMAN ALDER

Mosman Alder – Humdrum Star (2014) Dear reader, allow me to begin by pointing out, if it hasn’t been sufficiently evident already, that...

BOB MURPHY – HEARTBREAKER…

Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000) I remember being at an under age disco around ’97 in my hometown of Warragul and the ‘Rage Against The...

PAUL DEMPSEY – PEEP SHOW…

The Peep Tempel – Tales (2014) The Peep Tempel are a three piece band from Melbourne and their second album ‘Tales’ is due out in a few...

FRANCIS LEACH – BELIEVE THE HYPE

Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) It made no sense at all. An avalanche of jack hammer beats. An...