David Bowden

Review: Jeff Duff – Fragile Spaceman

Review: Jeff Duff – Fragile Spaceman

Australia isn’t known for being generous to eccentrics, especially in the music industry. That’s one of the reasons Jeff Duff isn’t popular.

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Review: Baterz Tribute/Great Big Squiddy Fun (3 CD)

Review: Baterz Tribute/Great Big Squiddy Fun (3 CD)

The great thing about ignorance is the opportunity it gives you to learn. In my case I’d never heard of Baterz (real name Barnaby Charles Ward), an Adelaide songwriter who died at the tragically young age of 32 in 2002.

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Album Review: ‘Pop Crimes’ by Rowland S. Howard

Album Review: ‘Pop Crimes’ by Rowland S. Howard

By David Bowden: Let’s get the history lesson out of the way first. Rowland S. Howard is famous primarily for two things – firstly for writing “Shivers” in the band Boys Next Door, which gave us our first glimpse of a young Nick Cave, but more importantly for his role in the band they...

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