COUNTER CULTURE

Looking back at some Wollongong music history

June 27, 2024 • Jeb Taylor

This week, reminded by the Oxford Tavern sign, I take a look back through some important bands and releases in Wollongong's musical history.

Some great record stores around the country

June 20, 2024 • Jeb Taylor

This week I’ve been joining Hockey Dad for a bunch of their in store shows around the country and although I’m always aware of the role record stores play in local music communities, it’s great to get out beyond here at Music Farmers and visit some other stores, for this week’s column I decided to highlight some of the stores around the country and some of the other things they do beyond just being a store. There are a lot of great stores in this country, and these are just a handful that featured on this week’s run, there will...

Hockey Dad release week and their Sparkadia connection

June 13, 2024 • Jeb Taylor

This Friday Hockey Dad release Rebuild Repeat, their fourth album and there is a lot happening around it. For this week's column I check out the journey to the release and the connection with Sparkadia on the album.

New Moaning Lisa & Totally Unicorn singles, New Richie Weed video, Spinning Around & Silhouette winter showcase

June 05, 2024 • Jeb Taylor

New singles this week from Moaning Lisa and Totally Unicorn as well as a new video clip from Richie Weed. This weekend is Sultans Of Spin's party night Spinning Around while next Sunday is Silhouette Label's winter showcase.

A Playlist feature

May 30, 2024 • Jeb Taylor

This week, I’m highlighting some of my playlists, a couple I update regularly and a few that are archival. The regularly updated ones are generally focused around new music where the archival ones feature music from the past, with this week a focus on the nineties as I’ll be doing a nineties only DJ set this Friday night at Howlin Wolf in Wollongong from 8pm, til midnight.