Tag: "Mod"

Paul Weller : Sonik Kicks
0 Comments. 892 Views. Posted 15 May 2012 @ 8:23am.
Sometimes it’s hard to decide whether Paul Weller really gives a flying fuck about anyone other than himself. Despite his genesis as a angry young mod, and evolution as a songwriter disposed to political tirades, Weller appears to have no loyalty to external constructions of himself, or his songwriting. That is to say, Paul Weller makes the music Paul Weller wants to make, and fuck you if you’re... Read More
The Chords
0 Comments. 1,312 Views. Posted 10 May 2012 @ 11:23am.
  This month, celebrated mod-revivalist band The Chords grace Australian shores for the very first time, headlining Mods Mayday 2012. According to original frontman Billy Hassett, a special opportunity kick-started their resurgence almost 30 years after their initial split. “In 2010, we had an offer to play a festival. It fell through in the end, but it initiated a string of events... Read More
Little Murders : Dig For Plenty
1 Comments. 2,736 Views. Posted 29 Jan 2011 @ 12:00pm.
The mod revival of the late 1970s seems an eternity away: Vespa scooters, green parkas and Fred Perry shirts have given way to Subaru four-wheel drives, boot-cut denim jeans and pastel shirts. Mod music – rooted in the black soul and r’n’b sounds of the ‘60s, spliced with the attitude of punk – lives on, albeit with negligible commercial attention. The mod... Read More
Little Murders
0 Comments. 2,422 Views. Posted 29 Jan 2011 @ 10:00am.
Little Murders protagonist Rob Griffiths, by his own admission, was an “anglophile” in his music listening tastes in the 1960s and 1970s. Griffiths had arrived in Australia from England in 1965; already listening to his brothers’ ‘60s records, the explosion of the UK punk scene in 1976 added new spice into Griffiths’ musical mix. But it was The Jam... Read More
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