Rowland Forever

Rowland S. Howard: Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

This originally appeared on Rock’s Backpages, October 26th, 2009 and was written by Mark Mordue. WHAT COST? When the former Birthday Party guitarist Rowland S. Howard walks into his song ‘Pop Crimes’, the title track to his new ...
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SOME VELVET MORNING

On this day in 1982 (how is 39 freaking years ago!?) Lydia Lunch and Rowland S. Howard released a single 12″ that included “Some Velvet Morning” (previously recorded by Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra) and “I Fell in Love with a ...
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Genevieve McGUCKIN

I’ve got a lot that I could say about this, but here goes. It’s refreshing to see when men are comfortable enough within themselves to speak out and stand up what’s right when a peer says a derogatory thing about someone else, ...
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3PBS Melbourne Community Radio

(credited to Danijela Miletic via Crowned in Black FB group) This is an interview of Rowland S. Howard for a radio program about his life and work up to 1995. 27 Dec 1995 About 60 minutes of the interview was originally broadcast on 3PBS 106.7 ...
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Still Burning

This is perhaps one of my favorite Rowland S. Howard songs. It’s up there for sure. This live version is exquisite!
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