No Age @ Fondation Cartier, Paris 11.04.11
What is it they say about punk bands in glass houses?
It’s OK. Pop music isn’t broken.
This talk of reverence and inheritance worries me. The idea that you should shut the fuck up because your progenitors haven’t yet been accorded their rightful due is so damn paralysing.
Song of the day – 325: Band Of Holy Joy
Sure, I do requests. Here’s one.
Gang Of Four @ Le Trabendo, Paris 18.03.11
There are no wanky digressions or lead fretwork clogging up the song with rock star dirge, just a well executed use of noise vs silence, skill vs sparse.
Odd Future and sexism etc
Many men still feel that endless misogynistic ‘jokes’ are ultimately harmless and that everyone should just get a sense of humour.
mini-interview with Everett True about the Dandelions
When we hear music this special we want to share it.
Song of the day – 324: Eliza Doolittle
She’s like Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse rolled into one, not quite so threatening
Arcade Fire suck: it makes mathematical sense in any language
Per favore, silenzio. Solo un pizzico di attenzione che il discorso è breve e fila liscio.
A Week in the life of Jeff Pollack, Collapse Board Superstar – week 3
The third instalment in the widely-discussed and far-reaching series from Collapse Board’s own upper-management music industry superstar, Jeff Pollack.
Novel music or better off as a character in a novel about trash munching in America? You tell me.
Chapter Four is all about the emergence of sound, style and make do and mend philosophy.
