PAUL WELLER True Meanings (Parlophone) The softly attractive gem that is True Meanings is further proof that Paul Weller – gloriously, perhaps belligerently, but more likely with a shrug of “that’s just how it is” - doesn’t give a fuck what you expect of him. In fact he probably takes what you expect of him with as much interest as he does yet another question about a Jam reformation (hint: ain’t gonna happen). It may sound incongruous to say this about an album which is in t

Photo Credit: Ken Leanfore PAUL WELLER Opera House, January 27 Paul Weller carries himself like a boxer. Not the thick-browed, arm-dragging pugilist always on the ready for a brawl you see in Liam Gallagher et al, but rather the quick on his feet, lithe, and at ease in his ability to handle himself if he needs to, type. More Sugar Ray Leonard than Mike Tyson, more Ali than Liston. And that is not insignificant, as this two hour, 40 years-spanning, show proved. Consider in the

Wind Back Wednesday barely steps back at all - some five months - but it’s worth looking back as we look forward to Paul Weller’s shows in Sydney at the Opera House in 2018, January 27-28. The reason those shows will be anything but a nostalgia fest is the man keeps changing, adapting and reimagining, as his most recent album shows. But as this review suggested, that’s hardly new. REVOLUTION NUMBER 9. OR 10. PAUL WELLER A Kind Revolution (Parlophone/Warner) Two words explain

PAUL WELLER A Kind Revolution (Parlophone/Warner) Two words explain why there shouldn’t be a surprise here. Whenever I think about how restless and inquisitive Paul Weller is, how in his late 50s he is still finding ways to reshape his songs and his sound, how prepared to be difficult and yet tuneful and powerful and interesting he is – all as a prelude to me telling you how good this album is, and it is - my wonder is cut short by this: Style Council. It’s been more than thr