Tag: Courtney Barnett
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Jen Cloher: An Album Of The Year…
Album of the year lists are both a blessing and curse. As a way to demonstrate your discerning taste there are few better ways to impress your friends. On the other hand, there are fewer more effective ways for your friends to demonstrate how much greater their taste is than yours, and how mundane and…
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The Every Record Tells A Story Albums of 2015
It’s nearly Christmas, so what better time to take a look back at all the great albums released in the year? (Rhetorical question). Christmas may bring with it traditions such as hangovers, bad office parties and over-priced Christmas menus in restaurants, but it also brings the tradition of end-of-year album lists for us all to…
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Half Year Report: The Best Albums of 2015 So Far Part 1
…and a couple of releases from 2014 that I missed first time around. Do you remember how you felt when you had to take your school report home to your parents? Would they pick up on Mrs McHugh’s scathing sarcasm about your general inattentiveness, or Mr Hepworth’s comment around feeling there was “more to come”…
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Why You Should Hear The New Courtney Barnett LP…
2015 looks like being a big year for Australian singer songwriter Courtney Barnett, with her laconic, grungy, stream-of-consciousness style attracting strong reviews with debut album “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit”. Barnett brought a three piece band to Rough Trade last night to launch the album. Barnett has built a good…
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Courtney Barnett – Live at Glastonbury: Friday – The Park Stage
Well, it had to happen in music eventually. For years we Brits have had to smile through gritted teeth as Australians beat us at everything, especially sports we had taught them to play. Cricket, rugby, tennis (although we have come good on that one recently) – you name it. Even their football team looks like…
Every record tells a story 