Comments on: Muscles http://whothehell.net/archives/419 New. Australian. Music. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:42:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dom Alessio http://whothehell.net/archives/419/comment-page-1#comment-835 Dom Alessio Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:07:01 +0000 http://whothehell.net/archives/419#comment-835 The more I listen to this song, the more I start to like it. But I have to say the thought of a trance revivalist movement scares me somewhat. I guess the success of MSTRKRFT's recent Oz tour is proof that people want that music back - or have people just become sheep to what others tell them is popular? It scares me for two reasons: one, the fact that what's deemed the "popular scene" shifts so quickly it's hard to keep up. It also scares me because this musical movement will start to cause the decline of live music akin to the mid 90s. With many pubs, such as the Annandale Hotel, struggling to obtain extra-hours licensing laws in NSW (i.e. being able to trade past midnight), these roadblocks will no doubt act as a catalyst to drive people back to clubs and signal the decay of the live scene. The more I listen to this song, the more I start to like it. But I have to say the thought of a trance revivalist movement scares me somewhat. I guess the success of MSTRKRFT’s recent Oz tour is proof that people want that music back – or have people just become sheep to what others tell them is popular?

It scares me for two reasons: one, the fact that what’s deemed the “popular scene” shifts so quickly it’s hard to keep up. It also scares me because this musical movement will start to cause the decline of live music akin to the mid 90s. With many pubs, such as the Annandale Hotel, struggling to obtain extra-hours licensing laws in NSW (i.e. being able to trade past midnight), these roadblocks will no doubt act as a catalyst to drive people back to clubs and signal the decay of the live scene.

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