![]() ![]() In the uphill climb of organic music, it takes the full package to get songs from the page to the stage. Nor do they have the dedication to see the music through to the end. They don’t have the acumen to articulate the feelings when the little gremlins of self-doubt turn into beasts of self-righteousness, only to ultimately whither into regret and loathing, and bleed out the words of songs. But it’s often more aesthetic than substance. Courtney Barnett certainly does, and though the sound is rock, the potency of the songwriting is universal in both it’s appeal and influence.ĭon’t misunderstand, there are plenty of fuzzy “psych” rockers out there refusing to brush their hair and posting pictures on Instagram of their trashed apartments in order to sell you on the idea they live a poetic, disheveled lifestyle like their overdosed heroes. ![]() Any actual human playing an actual instrument is an endangered species these days, and that’s one reason a rocking singer/songwriter like Courtney Barnett finds herself rubbing elbows with the “Americana” crowd and being booked at the Newport Folk Festival as anyone looking for integrity and soul in music congregates around anyone who exudes it. It’s not just country music that’s under assault. You think the reckless abandon of true rock and roll is dead, and to soak up whatever last dying vestiges are left you have to embed yourself within the fandom of Imagine Dragons, or pay $350 to see legacy acts in their 70’s from the nosebleeds? Well then you need to buy into the hype behind Courtney Barnett, and get yourself a big healthy snoot full of this greasy-haired Australian that’s slinging loud guitar like a boss and writing songs like the second coming of Patti Smith. ![]()
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