Tam Patton

Tam Patton is a former Readings Carlton bookseller

Review — 24 Aug 2014

Lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar by Robert Plant

With all the renewed interest in Led Zeppelin, firstly following their 2007 reunion shows and again on the re-release of their first three albums a few months ago, you might…

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Review — 24 Aug 2014

The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs by Greil Marcus

When Greil Marcus’s editor suggested he write a history of rock ’n’ roll, he not surprisingly felt it was ‘a terrible idea, that it had been done to death’. Thankfully…

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Review — 22 Oct 2013

Open by The Necks

Occupying a unique space in contemporary music, The Necks have quietly birthed a genuinely original sound, carved from strata of seemingly disparate materials. Emerging from a nebulous background in the…

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