Rihanna – Pon De Replay

Here’s a Hollywood story for you. A hypothetical buddy caper starring Rihanna and Black Panther’s Lupita Nyong’o, penned by Insecure‘s Issa Rae, and directed by Ava DuVernay has actually become a reality, with Netflix picking up the film at this year’s Cannes…

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…

The Lemon Twigs – These Words

I often find myself not much caring for a lot of modern/contemporary  music. I sometimes dread the fact that I may have already heard the best songs I’m ever gonna hear. And this makes me sad. But then theres The…

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…

Eddy de Pretto – Random

I have recently become a little obsessed with all things French and it’s all thanks to this baby faced 24 year old, Eddy de Pretto. To label de Pretto’s music simply as  ‘Hip Hop’ is to do him a bit…

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 –…

Finally – Cece Peniston

This week I had the pleasure of seeing the current stage adaptation of beloved, Aussie masterpiece, Priscilla Queen of the Desert… I was blown away. It was fantastic. Just fantastic. If you’re somehow unfamiliar with the story of Priscilla, it follows drag queen…