#WindBackWednesday

Dec 17, 2019

EMINEM & KYLIE M, MISS DIDO & GO RUSS GO: WIND BACK WEDNESDAY DOES A YEAR IN REVIEW FOR … 20

The pick of this year’s offerings, according to these ears anyway, will be with you shortly. And elsewhere you’ll be getting variations...

Dec 10, 2019

“WE PULL OUR PAST WITH US”: SHIRLEY MANSON TAKES OVER WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

News came last week that Alanis Morissette is marking the 25th anniversary of her decade-defining album, Jagged Little Pill – and her new...

Dec 3, 2019

ALAS I CANNOT SLEEP: WIND BACK WEDNESDAY AND A JETLAGGED LAURA MARLING’S FIRST AUSTRALIAN TOUR

As Laura Marling’s three-show solo tour of Australia, in March next year, inches closer, it’s a good time to go back, right back, to her...

Nov 26, 2019

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN: WIND BACK WEDNESDAY FINDS JULIE DELPY NOT JUST ALIVE, BUT KICKING. HARD.

Actor, writer, director, songwriter and a woman who takes control, Julie Delpy, was always certain this life would end badly. When it...

Nov 12, 2019

JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’: DUSTY IN MEMPHIS PUTS WIND BACK WEDNESDAY IN A HAPPY PLACE

Released 50 years ago, to underwhelming sales and attention, Dusty Springfield’s Dusty In Memphis has come to represent one of the great...

Nov 5, 2019

THE FAST TIMES OF SUZI QUATRO GETS ANOTHER RIDE TO DEVIL GATE DRIVE IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

Wait, didn’t she announce her retirement? Back in 2014? Two more shows this week – in Newcastle and Sydney – to round off the third (or...

Oct 29, 2019

LET’S DRINK TO THAT: A TOAST TO BIRTHDAY BOY CHARLES JENKINS ON A POPTASTIC WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

Mr Charles Jenkins had a birthday at the weekend, and as he is one of the finest pop craftsmen in the country that demands a raised glass...

Oct 22, 2019

THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF INSPIRATION: BEN WATT IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

Ben Watt, formerly of Everything But The Girl, producer/DJ and solo artist (hear two of his tracks on this week’s playlist …..), label...

Oct 15, 2019

NO PERSONA, ALL GRATA: A BELATED 50TH BIRTHDAY WIND BACK WEDNESDAY WITH PJ HARVEY

The great Polly Jean Harvey edged past 50 last week, with the only disappointing part of that being it didn’t come with a new record –...

Oct 8, 2019

THE JOURNEY TO NICK CAVE’S GHOSTEEN BEGINS HERE: UNDERSTANDING SKELETON TREE IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

Today the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album, Ghosteen, is reviewed on this page. It is an album whose emotional landscape and musical...

Oct 1, 2019

THAT FUNNY MUSIC YOU WRITE: A WIND BACK WEDNESDAY FAREWELL TO MARTIN WESLEY SMITH

Not just a composer and experimenter, and one of our finest at that, but a teacher, a passionate supporter of students and other...

Sep 24, 2019

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: A TIMELESS NICK LOWE ON A WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

As his 2020 tour has been announced (see dates below), it’s time to check out the last time Nick Lowe was in this corner of the world –...

Sep 17, 2019

WHAT DO WE WANT FROM AN ARTIST?: DANIEL JOHNSTON IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

A unique and prolific songwriter, a raw soul, a painter and a singer, Daniel Johnston died last week, drawing reflections from unlikely...

Sep 10, 2019

RIGHTING SOME WRONGS FOR AIMEE MANN IN WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

In a week which, more or less, marks both her birthday and the 10th anniversary of her first – and so far only – tour of Australia, you...

Sep 3, 2019

KIDS ON DRUGS! PARENTS ON FIRE! GIANT BALLOON ON OUR HEADS: WHAT ELSE BUT A FLAMING LIPS WINDBACK WE

At the end of this month The Flaming Lips will mark 20 years since The Soft Bulletin turned them from low-selling weirdos with wild ideas...

Aug 27, 2019

SPIT, FIRE AND TUMULT: PATTI SMITH IN THE HOUSE ON A WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

Clearly not ready yet to say farewell for good, despite her 2017 tour being declared her last to Australia, Patti Smith will return here...

Aug 13, 2019

A TOTAL SNEER JOB: WHY A BILLY IDOL SHOW MAY BE THE WIND BACK WEDNESDAY WHITE WEDDING YOU HAVE TO AT

The man who provided a now legendary performance at a rugby league grand final by being heard by no one – which was infinitely better...

Aug 6, 2019

THREE’S COMPANY, TWO ALBUMS ALLOWED: WIND BACK WEDNESDAY AT THE BEGINNING OF SEEKER LOVER KEEPER.

Eight years after their first collaboration as Seeker Lover Keeper, Sally Seltmann, Holly Throsby and Sarah Blasko will release their...

Jul 30, 2019

WHY THE LONG FACE? WIND BACK WEDNESDAY GETS ON BOARD BUSTER KEATON’S CLASSIC SILENT FILM, THE GENERA

The release of a great new score for the 1927 silent film The General – by UK trio Haiku Salut, reviewed here – prompted a turn to a 2004...

Jul 23, 2019

WAITER, MAKE MY FESTIVAL BOUTIQUE: WIND BACK WEDNESDAY ENJOYS THE HARVEST

Amid the wash up from a hugely successful Splendour In The Grass, and the news that it now has approval to be even more huge in the...

BERNARD ZUEL

MUSIC JOURNALIST