Karl Wallinger would have to be one of the most underrated artists in popular music. From the mid 80's through to the late 90's his band World Party released a string of remarkable records that never seemed to find the audience they deserved. Admittedly World Party's second album Goodbye Jumbo was named album of the year in 1990 by Q magazine and was also nominated for Best … [Read more...]
Learning To Crawl – Pretenders
The Pretenders, what a band! The original line up of Chrissie Hynde (rhythm guitar, vocals), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar), Pete Farndon (bass) and Martin Chambers (drums) only managed to survive through two albums before Jimmy and Pete lost their lives through drug abuse. Learning To Crawl was the band’s third album and while only half of the original line up remained, … [Read more...]
Aaron Keylock – Podcast
There's a new gun slinger in town... How’s this for a bio? At the age of 8 you pick up your first guitar, by the age of 11 you’re playing local clubs and bars with hundreds of gigs under your belt. Within another 2 years you’re playing every night of the week and you’re attracting the attention of some big time players like Joe Bonamassa. By the age of 16 you’ve seen it … [Read more...]
Parallel Lines – Blondie
The phone rings twice. Pause. Then Debbie Harry launches into “I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall…” the driving power pop and immediacy of Hanging on the Telephone hits you right between the ears. It’s the perfect entrée to one of the great summer soundtracks that is Parallel Lines, an album I recall with great fondness as a substantial part of my summer of … [Read more...]
East – Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel, one of the most dynamic live acts Australia has ever produced. A band of outsiders driven to succeed at any cost and a band that lived as they played – hard and fast. A band of fractious temperaments that could implode at any moment and often did. If ever an Australian band embodied the sex, drugs and rock and roll ethos it was Cold Chisel and their record company … [Read more...]