I had always thought Jonathan Richman was the most silly song writer in all the world. That was until Ariel Pink arrived two decades later. Continue reading
Category Archives: Music
Isabelle Huppert in her latest role by Richard Jones
A look at Things To Come (M)…
ISABELLE Huppert must rate as one of the most in-demand actresses on the planet at the moment. Continue reading
Barricades and brickwalls by Les Everett
WAFL round seven

Co-author Sean Gorman, Mark Greenwood (one of 36 subjects) and Dennis Cometti who launched Derby by Gorman and David Whish Wilson.
IT’S big in WA during derby week but I had a very little footy weekend. Continue reading
Music top 10s
Via the Footy Almanac musical, top 10s from Andrew Fithall and Luke Reynolds… for your enjoyment and education.

2016: another year live by Les Everett
1. Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings: Perth Concert Hall
Top 12 songs of the year by Rick Kane

It’s a preposterous title isn’t it? Around this time of the year my mind goes mushy and hazy trying to distil everything I listened to in the last 365 days of my life, into a compact list. I still listen mainly to albums so this list is really a song from 12 great albums. But it’s not my top 12 albums (with a track from each). Missing from a list like that are standout records such as case/lang/veirs, Hayes Carll and Common. Anyway you get the gist. This is a cruel exercise that I will claim immunity from the moment I finish writing it. There are many, (very many) other as deserving songs. Continue reading
The best gig of 2016 by song list rat
There is a lame joke that goes: An angel walked into a bar… Continue reading
2016 in Review by Dean Schulze
My highlights for 2016 were all musical. The major highlight occurred on 20 October in the John Curtin Hotel at the bottom of Lygon Street in Melbourne. Continue reading
2016: a year of consolidation and dissolution by Nick Gye
The Top 20 musicians we lost in 2016 that I will miss the most* by Polly Coufos

We begin the annual australianrules.com.au best-of series in a melancholy mood with a reminder of what we lost in the world of music…
