Bernard Zuel
@bernardzuel.bsky.social
Writer & critic (SMH, Guardian, Rhythms & everything found at bernardzuel.net) teacher (Sydney University), podcaster, host/facilitator (anywhere you want me), media trainer (you talk, I help). Opinions definitely are those of my employer - moi.
A pairing made in some guitar pop dream factory, Redd Kross & The Hard Ons+Tim Rogers, jut announced a tour of Australia (well, actually, the east coast - sorry WA, SA, NT) in March 2026.
Dates & tickets from linktr.ee/thehardons
Dates & tickets from linktr.ee/thehardons
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November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A pairing made in some guitar pop dream factory, Redd Kross & The Hard Ons+Tim Rogers, jut announced a tour of Australia (well, actually, the east coast - sorry WA, SA, NT) in March 2026.
Dates & tickets from linktr.ee/thehardons
Dates & tickets from linktr.ee/thehardons
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This week's playlist gives you Austra, The Prodigy & Simon Robert Gibson; Depeche Mode, ZHU+Vancouver Sleep Clinic+Daniel Johns & Jenny Lewis; Petula Clark, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets & Voice Of The Beehive; The Church, Living Color & Bad//Dreems + 12 more.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This week's playlist gives you Austra, The Prodigy & Simon Robert Gibson; Depeche Mode, ZHU+Vancouver Sleep Clinic+Daniel Johns & Jenny Lewis; Petula Clark, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets & Voice Of The Beehive; The Church, Living Color & Bad//Dreems + 12 more.
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open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
Can’t you feel that sun a-shinin’? Ground hog runnin’ by the country stream. #morningpop #mondayvinyl #bobdylan #newmorning
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Can’t you feel that sun a-shinin’? Ground hog runnin’ by the country stream. #morningpop #mondayvinyl #bobdylan #newmorning
New playlist for you. From Courtney Barnett & Pat Benatar to Lisa O'Neill & (the other) Nirvana, with stops at Robyn, L7, The Gnomes & Madonna, then Tristen, Charm Of Finches, The Chills & Fred Again+Amyl And The Sniffers. With Simon Robert Gibson & Living Color.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New playlist for you. From Courtney Barnett & Pat Benatar to Lisa O'Neill & (the other) Nirvana, with stops at Robyn, L7, The Gnomes & Madonna, then Tristen, Charm Of Finches, The Chills & Fred Again+Amyl And The Sniffers. With Simon Robert Gibson & Living Color.
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www.bernardzuel.net/post/stay-in...
But my mama she said Son, you better get right cause if you don’t, you’re gonna spend some long lonely nights, yeah. #morningpop #mondayvinyl #archiebellandthedrells #theresgonnabeashowdown
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
But my mama she said Son, you better get right cause if you don’t, you’re gonna spend some long lonely nights, yeah. #morningpop #mondayvinyl #archiebellandthedrells #theresgonnabeashowdown
When the morning cries and you don’t know why, it’s hard to bear with no-one beside you, you’re goin’ nowhere. #morningpop #mondayvinyl #beegees #spiritshavingflown
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
When the morning cries and you don’t know why, it’s hard to bear with no-one beside you, you’re goin’ nowhere. #morningpop #mondayvinyl #beegees #spiritshavingflown
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Good to see 'Ugly' Dave Gray, 91, staying active in a new role writing headlines for the Sunday papers.
(And look ⤵️! He hasn't aged a day!)
#Ashes2025 @footscraysfinest1.bsky.social
(And look ⤵️! He hasn't aged a day!)
#Ashes2025 @footscraysfinest1.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Good to see 'Ugly' Dave Gray, 91, staying active in a new role writing headlines for the Sunday papers.
(And look ⤵️! He hasn't aged a day!)
#Ashes2025 @footscraysfinest1.bsky.social
(And look ⤵️! He hasn't aged a day!)
#Ashes2025 @footscraysfinest1.bsky.social
Hoochie coochie bacon and eggs. #morningpop #chessblues
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hoochie coochie bacon and eggs. #morningpop #chessblues
Matt Hayden is the blokiest bloke that ever bloked and he’d like you to know no cricket bloke can cricket bloke like he can cricket bloke. Whether that helps as a commentator, well …
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Matt Hayden is the blokiest bloke that ever bloked and he’d like you to know no cricket bloke can cricket bloke like he can cricket bloke. Whether that helps as a commentator, well …
Pre and post and synchronous with Underworld. #morningpop #saturdayvinyl #therainparade #emergencythirdrailpowertrip
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Pre and post and synchronous with Underworld. #morningpop #saturdayvinyl #therainparade #emergencythirdrailpowertrip
What you waiting for, gazing? What you waiting, what you watching the skies for? #morningpop #saturdayvinyl #underworld #ahundreddaysoff
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
What you waiting for, gazing? What you waiting, what you watching the skies for? #morningpop #saturdayvinyl #underworld #ahundreddaysoff
Saturday read (& listen) #5. No need for a pliant Grok to convince you this playlist is good. It has Velvet Underground, Linda Thompson & Stella Donnelly; Beyonce, Bill Callahan & Terell Stafford; Norah Jones+Rufus Wainwright & Models; Romy, Haim+Bon Iver & 15 more.
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open.spotify.com/playlist/1Er...
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Saturday read (& listen) #5. No need for a pliant Grok to convince you this playlist is good. It has Velvet Underground, Linda Thompson & Stella Donnelly; Beyonce, Bill Callahan & Terell Stafford; Norah Jones+Rufus Wainwright & Models; Romy, Haim+Bon Iver & 15 more.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Er...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Er...
Saturday read #4. 2 bands both alike in dignity & fondness for guitars in Australia where we lay our scene. From old hooks to new melodies, where big riffs make hands unseen. From forth fatal loins, Belair Lip Bombs & Teen Jesus & Jean Teasers for your delectation
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www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-bel...
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Saturday read #4. 2 bands both alike in dignity & fondness for guitars in Australia where we lay our scene. From old hooks to new melodies, where big riffs make hands unseen. From forth fatal loins, Belair Lip Bombs & Teen Jesus & Jean Teasers for your delectation
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-bel...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-bel...
Saturday read #3. Cricket metaphors & the land of lethal mushrooms, Reader's Digest & last minute terrors, quarter centuries & the finest work/popsongs. It's part 1 of the Icecream Hands interview & the gentlemen say you're invited.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Saturday read #3. Cricket metaphors & the land of lethal mushrooms, Reader's Digest & last minute terrors, quarter centuries & the finest work/popsongs. It's part 1 of the Icecream Hands interview & the gentlemen say you're invited.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
Saturday read #2. Here's the deal: Stuart Spence digs out a photo from the archives; I write about What Comes To Mind. This week, Kasey Chambers in the shallows sends me into the depths of questionable upbringing. From a good Kernaghan to a bad dad.
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www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-co...
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Saturday read #2. Here's the deal: Stuart Spence digs out a photo from the archives; I write about What Comes To Mind. This week, Kasey Chambers in the shallows sends me into the depths of questionable upbringing. From a good Kernaghan to a bad dad.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-co...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-co...
Saturday read #1. Wildly varied & mostly Spanish, offering "a whole world of dervishes & road trains" one moment, with "drama, beatific moments & spiky balls that cut" another. Here's Rosalia's lesson on how to divide a room. On which side would you fall?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/rosalia...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/rosalia...
ROSALIA – LUX: REVIEW
ROSALIALux (Sony) THIS ALBUM IS NUTS. Properly, completely, outrageously, wonderfully nuts.It goes to places, so many places, places that are unlikely to have ever been thought of in the same suburb l...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Saturday read #1. Wildly varied & mostly Spanish, offering "a whole world of dervishes & road trains" one moment, with "drama, beatific moments & spiky balls that cut" another. Here's Rosalia's lesson on how to divide a room. On which side would you fall?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/rosalia...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/rosalia...
What's it like inside the pop beast Icecream Hands? "There is still just immense joy in the writing of them, & mostly in the making of them” says Charles Jenkins who reckons it's got to be better than films. "Rejoice in that fact, the simplicity of it all"
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November 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What's it like inside the pop beast Icecream Hands? "There is still just immense joy in the writing of them, & mostly in the making of them” says Charles Jenkins who reckons it's got to be better than films. "Rejoice in that fact, the simplicity of it all"
www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
BREAKING! (is that how you do it?)
Shannon Noll, described as "one of Australia’s most beloved voices, an artist whose raw honesty & unshakable spirit continue to resonate across generations" has What Ya Made Of, "a powerful new pop-rock anthem" coming. Make of that what you - sorry, ya - will.
Shannon Noll, described as "one of Australia’s most beloved voices, an artist whose raw honesty & unshakable spirit continue to resonate across generations" has What Ya Made Of, "a powerful new pop-rock anthem" coming. Make of that what you - sorry, ya - will.
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
BREAKING! (is that how you do it?)
Shannon Noll, described as "one of Australia’s most beloved voices, an artist whose raw honesty & unshakable spirit continue to resonate across generations" has What Ya Made Of, "a powerful new pop-rock anthem" coming. Make of that what you - sorry, ya - will.
Shannon Noll, described as "one of Australia’s most beloved voices, an artist whose raw honesty & unshakable spirit continue to resonate across generations" has What Ya Made Of, "a powerful new pop-rock anthem" coming. Make of that what you - sorry, ya - will.
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Squad goals meet life's unflinching selector, songwriter with cinnamon meets Reader's Digest moment, & songs that "just soar out of the gate". Part 1 of a look inside Icecream Hands' own Ashes test, not in Perth but beef wellington territory. Chew on that!
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www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Squad goals meet life's unflinching selector, songwriter with cinnamon meets Reader's Digest moment, & songs that "just soar out of the gate". Part 1 of a look inside Icecream Hands' own Ashes test, not in Perth but beef wellington territory. Chew on that!
www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/first-1...
Life gives you lemons, make Mani lemonade. It’s how he’d want us to mark his leaving. #morningpop #thestoneroses #iwannabeadored
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Life gives you lemons, make Mani lemonade. It’s how he’d want us to mark his leaving. #morningpop #thestoneroses #iwannabeadored
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The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Dive into the maelstrom that is Rosalia's Lux, an album with everything doubled, then more, that says playing safe is for weaklings who need a second name. Pop, flamenco, orchestras & arthouse, Bjork, hip hop, opera & Ariana Grande. What the ...?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/rosalia...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/rosalia...
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Dive into the maelstrom that is Rosalia's Lux, an album with everything doubled, then more, that says playing safe is for weaklings who need a second name. Pop, flamenco, orchestras & arthouse, Bjork, hip hop, opera & Ariana Grande. What the ...?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/rosalia...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/rosalia...