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Almanac Music: Top Albums, EPs and gigs of 2018

December 31, 2018 by 13 Comments

What are your favourite albums and gigs for 2018? Luke Reynolds lists his standouts for 2018.

Almanac Music: Songs of the Wimmera

December 4, 2018 by 6 Comments

Alex Darling is looking to put together a list of songs about/artists from the Wimmera region. Can anyone help him out? All suggestions welcome.

Almanac Music: Cheap Trick and The Beatles

November 19, 2018 by 4 Comments

What do Cheap Trick and The Beatles have in common? A fair bit, says David Oke.

Almanac Music: Classic Rock’s most underrated lead guitarists

November 5, 2018 by 19 Comments

The beauty of great rock guitarists is they manage to leave an indelible, unique mark on the genre despite having the same six strings and the same twenty-odd frets as every other player to work with. Alex Darling discusses some of his favourite guitar players.

Almanac Music – Blinded by the List: a Springsteen game for the whole family!

October 24, 2018 by 9 Comments

Not interested in horse racing or can’t wait for next footy season? Trucker Slim has come up with a game based upon the music of Bruce Springsteen as an alternative for you to while away your time instead.

Almanac Music – Aussie album review: INXS “Shabooh Shoobah”

October 16, 2018 by 9 Comments

Smokie returns to share the seventh in his occasional series of Australian album reviews- this time “Shabooh Shoobah” by INXS.

Almanac Music (and AFL premierships): ‘Eagle Rock’ and the origin of The Down Trou

September 30, 2018 by 16 Comments

Given the West Coast’s victory, we’re thinking the state of WA should celebrate with a choreographed and coordinated Down Trou. Or a whole year of it – every time the opening riff is heard. This is something about its elusive origins written by an ardent Pies fan Lord Malcaster:

The Down Trou has become world famous. Lord Mulcaster remembers its Union College origins. He was reminded of those grand days recently when he was at a Union College re-Union Ball at City Hall in Brisbane. When that riff plays, there is only one thing to do…

Footy teams have away strips – why not away anthems?

September 17, 2018 by 3 Comments

All clubs have their team song to sing after yet another win. But what about a club anthem – think Liverpool’s ‘You’ll never walk alone’ in the EPL. What about your club? Robert Allen starts a new discussion with the AFL in mind, but don’t let that stop you from including your code of preference.

Almanac Music – Lazy Lester: The Same Thing Could Happen To You

September 11, 2018 by 3 Comments

Peter Crossing pays tribute to blues man Leslie ‘Lazy Lester’ Johnson who passed a short while ago at 85 years young.

Galveston and me

August 20, 2018 by 7 Comments

How influential a song, a time, a longing for another – a longing for peace? Mickey Randall on the seminal track penned by Jimmy Webb, “Galveston”.