#WindBackWednesday 4/7

Jul 24, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY GETS ON THE MYSTERY TRICYCLE WITH NOEL GALLAGHER

photo by Lawrence Watson A week ago, a desperate plea-disguised-as-an-insulting-tweet from Liam Gallagher all but begged his brother Noel...

Jul 10, 2018

THAT’S NOT ME: WIND BACK WEDNESDAY TALKS REVELATIONS AND WRITING WITH ELVIS COSTELLO

He’s currently taking some time off to recover from surgery for cancer but Elvis Costello will still likely take that time to write a...

Jul 3, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY IS THROWING A BLOC PARTY

Later this year, Bloc Party will return to Australia to play their debut album, Silent Alarm, in full. That febrile, nervy, agitated...

Jun 26, 2018

FORGET THE WORLD CUP, WIND BACK WEDNESDAY PUTS BOOTS ON FOR THE REAL FOOTBALL

While we are all intoxicated by Belgium’s firepower, Mexico’s giant-killing, Nigeria’s potential and Australia’s presence in their...

Jun 19, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY TRIES TO SQUEEZE IN BESIDE THE EGOS OF JAY-Z AND KANYE WEST

One man recently released an album, though it was hard to hear it over the sound of his growing boy crush on the president; another has...

Jun 12, 2018

SCOTT WALKER HAS NO REGRETS ON WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

Spurred by a marvellous evening of Scott Walker music – played by Jeff Duff, Jess Ciampa, Susie Bishop, John Encarnacao and Glenn Rhodes...

Jun 5, 2018

LILY ALLEN LOOKS TO ESCAPE TO WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

In a few days Lily Allen releases her new album, a fourth. Eleven years ago she wasn’t sure there would be a second. She wasn’t sure she...

May 29, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY SAYS A LITTLE PRAYER WITH HAL DAVID

With this week’s playlist focusing on the brilliant work of Hal David with Burt Bacharach (and Bacharach with Elvis Costello) Wind Back...

May 22, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY PUTS JILL BARBER IN THE QUIZ CHAIR

She has a new, radically different (again) album coming in June and Jill Barber will surprise many fans who have enjoyed folk pop,...

May 15, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY WITH FRIGHTENED RABBIT

The unbelievably sudden and sad news of Scott Hutchison’s death last week sent Wind Back Wednesday to this interview with him recorded on...

May 8, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY AT ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT OIL

This week sees the release of a film, Midnight Oil 1984, that captures the band seemingly at the height of its powers and simultaneously...

May 1, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY TAKES IT ALL WITH AN ABBA BIOGRAPHY

As we wait expectantly for two new songs later this year – and as we brace for the comedy/horror of an avatar tour – it’s time to get in...

Apr 24, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY FINDS STING WHEN WE WERE MORE SCARED OF THE SHAG THAN THE SHAGGY

While we try to avoid the thought, let alone the sound, of his collaboration with the artist actually known as Shaggy, here’s a holiday...

Apr 17, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY GOES GENTLY INTO THE GOOD NIGHT WITH BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

Glasgow’s finest pop romantics return to Australia in a few weeks. In 2004 they made their first visit here and some of us who had been...

Apr 3, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY AND THE SINS OF A SADE FAN

The surprising news that a new Sade album is on its way prompted not just excitement in these parts but a reminder that seeing the band,...

Mar 13, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY DEEP DIVES INTO THE RECORD COLLECTION OF MURRAY “THE ROCKING WIGGLE” COOK.

In 2004, at the height of their world domination, when their benign skivvy rule meant every meal had fruit salad (yummy yummy) and every...

Mar 6, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY AND THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC PRIZE

The Australian Music Prize for the best Australian album of the year is awarded on Friday (early disclosure: I will be part of the...

Feb 6, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY IS BRINGING JUSTIN BACK

He’s all over the news and social media this past week with a new album (conveniently reviewed here), a Super Bowl performance and a...

Jan 30, 2018

DUCKING INTO A LANEWAY (FESTIVAL) WITH WIND BACK WEDNESDAY

As the Australian leg of the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival starts this weekend - hello Adelaide on Friday and Sydney on Sunday – here’s a...

Jan 23, 2018

WIND BACK WEDNESDAY SAYS GOOD LAWD DON’T GO NEIL DIAMOND

It had to be, given he announced this week – not long before his latest tour of Australia was to kick off - that he would no longer...

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