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Everett True

September 2019

  • ‘Charming, infuriating, enthusiastic and needy in turns’ ... Daniel Johnston.

    Daniel Johnston had the biggest heart in indie rock – and magical songs

    Everett True
    Over many years of knowing Johnston, I discovered a man who was unpredictable and charming – and who valued true love and art more than almost anyone

February 2018

  • Sarah Blasko

    Sarah Blasko: Depth of Field review – sublime vulnerability with a dark undercurrent

    Australian artist’s impressive sixth album is an intimate exploration of desire haunted by a sense of deep disquiet

August 2016

  • Aaradhna

    Aaradhna: Brown Girl review – a career-defining moment with political bite

    New Zealand artist marries the personal and political, and delivers a stunning album about racism, pride and heartbreak

April 2016

  • Bek Moore from Scrabble plays Chardons Hotel, in Brisbane, in 2014.

    Music blog
    Bek Moore: why the Brisbane punk scene will never forget its unruly queen

    Founding member of Brisbane underground bands Clag and Scrabbled will be remembered for her courage, mischievousness and flying her freak flag high

March 2016

  • Original punk had great typography (unlike today’s mainstream imitations).

    Music blog
    Bonfire of vanity: 10 ways Joe Corré could use his £5m of punk memorabilia

  • The Goon Sax are Brisbane teenagers James Harrison, Riley Jones and Louis Forster

    The Goon Sax: Up to Anything review – like living in a great coming-of-age film

February 2016

  • Photo of POISON GIRLS and Vi SUBVERSA<br>UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 01: CHAT'S PALACE Photo of POISON GIRLS and Vi SUBVERSA, Vi Subversa performing on stage (Photo by Chris Mills/Redferns)

    Music blog
    Vi Subversa: flesh and blood and punk

    In her 40s when she burst on to the scene with Poison Girls in 1976, Subversa was a powerful and inspiring embodiment of punk music and politics

January 2016

  • Star men … David Bowie in 1974 and Glenn Frey of the Eagles in 1973.

    Music blog
    You mourned David Bowie, but you mock Glenn Frey. Why?

    Everett True
    Anyone who was defensive over the mass mourning of Bowie but laughed at the death of the Eagles member is a hypocrite

December 2015

  • Cosima Jaala of Melbourne four-piece Jaala, photographed in 2015 for the release of album Hard Hold.

    Jaala: Hard Hold review – proggy punk-rock experiments yield mixed results

  • Australian pop singer Troye Sivan photographed for his debut album Blue Neighbourhood in October 2015.

    Troye Sivan: Blue Neighbourhood review – immaculate doses of three-minute emotion

November 2015

  • Elefant Traks stablemate the Tongue has released his fourth album, Hard Feelings.

    The Tongue: Hard Feelings review – generic and lacking in adventurousness

  • Sarah Blasko says her fifth album, Eternal Return, is ‘totally about love’.

    Sarah Blasko: Eternal Return review – swathed in melancholia, cast in desire

October 2015

  • Tina Arena cuts loose on her latest album, Eleven.

    Tina Arena: Eleven review – full-blown ballads in a marvellous lack of restraint

    The Australian singer is back in fine form, with songs so overblown and emotion-racked it makes the likes of Celine Dion sound restrained and retiring

September 2015

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Natalie Imbruglia: Male review – cover album of all-male artists plays it too safe

    It may be ‘more fun’ to cover men, but Australian singer’s cappuccino-hipster song choices of Damien Rice, Iron and Wine and Josh Pyke fall flat

August 2015

  • Bitchratch

    Bitchratch: I Know My Truth review – mutant disco and a dose of self-loathing

  • Totally Mild -landscape

    Totally Mild: Down Time review – empowered bedroom sulk music

June 2015

  • Tex Perkins (centre) and the Dark Horses

    Tex Perkins and The Dark Horses: Tunnel at the End of the Light review – a very male album

  • King Gizzard and his Lizard Wizard

    King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: We should have started a taxi service

  • Princess Chelsea

    Princess Chelsea: The Great Cybernetic Depression review – post-web 2.0 ennui

  • Ben Salter

    Ben Salter: The Stars My Destination review – hugely affecting Australiana

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