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View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1929
Weezer, Pinkerton (1996) I found a copy of Pinkerton on vinyl not so long ago – a couple of years, three or four even? – and it didn’t cost that much. Excellent condition. New in fact. It was a good...
View ArticleBoa Constrictors: Nice Try
Boa Constrictors Nice Try (Independent) Joe Astle, as Boa Constrictors, pumps out confidant, cute, tousle-haired power-pop and snotty, bratty almost-punk that so clearly references Jonathan Richman he...
View ArticleWeezer: Everything Will Be Alright In The End
Weezer Everything Will Be Alright In The End Universal Republic What’s important here is not that this is the best Weezer album in a decade or more. What’s important is that that is no real compliment,...
View ArticleThe Monkees: Good Times!
The Monkees Good Times! Rhino Records Perhaps no one expected that a new album by The Monkees in 2016 would get rave reviews, but Good Times! is deserving of a great gush. For a start it’s fun (with an...
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Foo Fighters & Weezer ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park; Sydney, Australia Saturday, January 27 The Foo Fighters are a strange beast – they have been in existence some 22 years. Started, as a solo...
View ArticleWeezer: Weezer (The Teal Album)
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View ArticleStubs: # 222 – Foo Fighters, Sydney, 2018
It wasn’t that I was desperate to see the Foo Fighters again – although I was curious (call it a perverse ‘professional curiosity’ if you like…) I saw the Foos when they had only just formed and were...
View ArticleWeezer: Van Weezer
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