Blondie – Heart of Glass

The U.S. state of Florida has a reputation for being home to sone eccentric types. Whenever you think the “Florida Man” meme has reached its peak, something happens to remind us that Florida either exists inside some kind of energy…

Ramones – Do You Remember Rock’n’Roll Radio?

Anecdote time! Legendary producer and songwriter Phil Spector is one of those guys who is equally Legendary for being utterly bonkers, but you’d never know it from his calm, reassuring exterior. It’s kinda surprising just how successful he managed to…

Womack & Womack – Teardrops

This is a FANTASTIC song. There’s no denying it. If you think otherwise, you’re just wrong. Sorry. I loved it when I was a kid way back in 1998 and I love it now. Brother and Sister in law to…

Abba – Dancing Queen

I’ve been playing loads of Disco gigs lately. It feels like the ‘Disco revival’ people have been desperately trying to get off the ground in Melbourne for the last decade might finally eventuate. Every Birthday, Wedding-almost every Party I’m being…

Robyn – Dancing on my Own

No doubt, you’ve heard this song. Or a version of it. It’s a banger. This song was released in 2010 to a reasonably lukewarm response, except for the Indie community who embraced it wholeheartedly. it was a big hit in…

Yazz – The only way is up

As weeks go, this has been a pretty terrible one for your pop music scribe. Almost NOTHING has gone my way this week. From bad news to bad luck, this week has gone from bad to worse in just a…

Figure it out – Royal Blood

I had the pleasure of seeing British duo, Royal Blood this week at Margaret Court Arena and it was awesome. I didn’t know a whole lot about them except for the two facts mentioned in the opening sentence. They’re British…

Remi – My People

I’ve bemoaned the current state of Hip-Hop/Rap music for a while now but have lately found solace in some exciting voices coming from Europe and even our own shores. Melbourne duo, Remi have this week released their latest single, ‘My…

Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up

The last few weeks on Facebook you may have noticed lots of people posting images of album covers with little or no reason as to why. It’s a new one of those, Facebook ‘nomination’ things… “In no particular order –…

Coldplay – Yellow

Coldplay are arguably one of the biggest bands in the world and have been for a while now. They shift Albums in the millions and they effortlessly sell out stadiums on a global scale. But, once upon a time this…