Love Letter To A Record: TOWNS On Blink 182’s Self-Titled Record
“Diversity was handed to you on a white, pink and blue platter with a smiley face on top.”
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Love Letter To A Record: Casey Barnes On Bryan Adam’s ‘So Far So Good’
Australian country star Casey Barnes on how the first record he ever owned and loved actually led to his first big break in music, all thanks to Bryan Adams.
Love Letter To A Record: Fractures On John Mayer’s ‘Heavier Things’
“All I remember about the formative part of my musical life is scouring whatever resources I could to figure out how John Mayer played the way he played.”
Love Letter To A Record: The Kite String Tangle On Jamie XX’s ‘In Colour’
“Perfect to listen to in headphones but not out of place at a house party or a DJ set.”
Love Letter To A Record: Seeker Lover Keeper’s Holly Throsby On Lucinda Williams’ ‘Happy Woman Blues’
Holly Throsby discusses the folk songwriter’s 1980 classic.
Love Letter To A Record: True VibeNation’s Gabriel Clouston On Fat Freddys Drop’s ‘Based On A True Story’
“I still don’t know how you could be the life and soul of the party, but also the soothing lullaby that brought sleep at the end of a rough day.”
Love Letter To A Record: Friendless On Porno For Pyros’ ‘Pets’
“Our way of life is staring down its own mortality and you called it a lifetime ago.”
Love Letter To A Record: Bad//Dreems On Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s Self-Titled Debut
“I knew that for the rest of my life, I wanted to try to recreate the feeling of that 30 minutes, either as a listener or performer.”
Love Letter To A Record: MOBS’ Scott MacDougall On Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Suck It And See’
“This album changed the way I listen to music… it tells a story. It’s a masterpiece you listen to from start to finish.”
Love Letter To A Record: Citizen Kay On Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Live In Hyde Park’
“When the slap bass comes in has to be the first time I ever did the ‘stank face’ – where a riff or beat is so damn NASTY that you can’t help but physically show it.”
Love Letter To A Record: WALKEN On At The Drive In’s ‘Relationship of Command’
“Some of the most beautiful things in the world can be messy, frenzied, and fuzzy around the edges.”
Love Letter To A Record: FANGZ’ Jameel Majam On Grinspoon’s ‘New Detention’
“If it wasn’t for you, I might have become the doctor or lawyer my parents always dreamed of. Instead I’m now an inner-west dwelling musician trying his best to write a song as good as any of yours”
Love Letter To A Record: Sea Girls On Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’
“The truly amazing thing about this album is how personal it is, how Scott pulls you in and shares his every thought with you.”
Love Letter To A Record: Sean Sennett On The Sports’ All Sports
“I can recall the exact moment I heard the opening bars of The Sports’ All Sports compilation.”
Love Letter To A Record: Fat White Family On Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’
“Shirt-lessness, The Boss, Guinness and charlie might sound like a hideous combo, and you’d be right, but they came to define this sad yet somehow majestic period in our lives.”
Love Letter To A Record: Stupid Baby’s Will Glencross On Modern Life Is War’s ‘Midnight In America’
“The first line came tearing out of my shitty monitors — ‘Cut through the haze, the loneliness won’t last’ — and I was fucking hooked.”
Love Letter To A Record: Zac Eichner On Gang of Youths’ ‘Go Farther In Lightness’
“You’ve saved and inspired me more times than you could imagine”
Love Letter To A Record: Murray Cook (AKA The OG Red Wiggle) On Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars’
“His androgynous image sowed the seeds for kids of that era to become a little more tolerant of the “weird” or the outsiders. Or it validated us if we were the “weird” or the outsider.”
Love Letter To A Record: Jack Berry On Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’
“I can look back and find a wealth of inspiration in the idea of a guitar-orientated band, channeling this all into a laptop.”
Love Letter To A Record: Circa Waves On The Maccabees’ Wall of Arms
“Wall Of Arms inspired me to write in the way I do.”
