Phil Dimitriadis is reminded of his first experience at a disco when his daughter and her friends take a ‘Fancy’ to some of the music from 1985.
Almanac Music: Aussie album review – Redgum “If you don’t fight you lose”
April 23, 2015 by 9 Comments
In the third instalment of his series on classic Australian albums, Smokie revisits a time capsule which helped shape him politically and socially
Almanac Music: Songs to Brush By
March 24, 2015 by 8 Comments
Nothing like classic rock-and-roll anthems to turn even the most mundane chore into a festive jam session. Dips O’Donnell shares some of his favorites.
Almanac Music: On Record
March 23, 2015 by 2 Comments
Everything old is new again. As the demand for music on vinyl experiences a resurgence in the digital age, Keiran Deck interviews Phil Place from Dynamite Records in Canberra
Pure XTC
March 23, 2015 by 21 Comments
All the world is football shaped, so why didn’t XTC kick that ball well and truly into space? Jeff Dowsing looks at a band who should have been one of the biggest groups of the U.K’s New Wave movement in the early 80s
Almanac Music: Aussie album review – Dan Sultan “Blackbird”
March 13, 2015 by 7 Comments
Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson continues his Australian album series, this time with Dan Sultan’s 2014 album, “Blackbird”. Dan’s wonderful voice gets the recognition it deserves.
Almanac Music: Aussie album review – Hoodoo Gurus “Stoneage Romeos”
February 27, 2015 by 13 Comments
Welcoming in a new addition to our Almanac Music collection. In the first of an occasional series, Smokie revisits – and offers a few thoughts on – classic Australian albums. To get the ball rolling, it’s The Hoodoo Gurus and their breakthrough debut LP: Stoneage Romeos.
Almanac Music: Let’s straighten up this crap music discussion on namby-pamby derivative bull sh!t tunes
February 16, 2015 by 11 Comments
My heart is so swollen I’m overcome. I’d forgotten how much I missed Queensland. This is yet another piece which demonstrates the Almanac is an international site (are you with me on the six nations?). Last year we had a real Crow-eater theme for a while – which added much to the conversation. Now Archie waves the flag from the Deep North with his eight greats of music featuring such greats as Hey Hey We’re the Broncos from The Ipswich Connection. [Absolute cracker – JTH]
David Essex…..and me
February 13, 2015 by 11 Comments
When your adolescent fantasy turns into an adulthood reality. Tess Pryor recalls the in-the-flesh meeting of her teenage idol. [A brilliant and humorous tale – Ed]
Living and Breathing Tamworth
February 6, 2015 by 8 Comments
In Tamworth for the annual music festival, Andrew Starkie encounters a woman named Angeline.
Almanac Music: My Favorite Australian Albums of 2014
January 25, 2015 by 24 Comments
On this Australia Day weekend, Andrew Fithall – that most ardent fan of Australian music – lets us in on his favourite Australian albums of the year just gone.
Who gets the new ball: Seasick Steve, Derek and The Dominos, Chad Morgan, or The Big Lebowski?
September 23, 2014 by 9 Comments
It is Grand Prix weekend in Singapore but family emergencies intervene so Mickey Randall is contemplating his musical education.
AFL Round 22 – Hawthorn v Geelong: My Dark Side of the Moon
August 25, 2014 by 3 Comments
“Run…. Hawthorn, run…. kick those goals…. ’till the game is won….”
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