The Question of Authenticity and Lana Del Rey
This type of female voice, expressing these worries, these contradictions, simply does not exist anywhere else in popular music right now.
a Saturday afternoon conversation about Collapse Board
Does CB ever pay for content?
THE ALTERNATE REVIEW: The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions (Capitol)
The Smile Sessions is a candle made out of wax collected from the melted wings of Icarus
THE ALTERNATE REVIEW: Can – Tago Mago (Spoon/Mute)
Can belong to the iconoclasts, the cynics, the lovers, the thinkers and the visionaries with hungry ears and a low threshold for boredom.
Song of the day – 415: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
They seem like hipsters to me (without any added pejorative). Would that be correct?
What are record labels good for, anyway?
Quality is paramount and hopefully history will judge us accordingly
Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls (Slumberland/Bella Union)
Call me shallow but I’m starting to tire of nufuzzwurld.
VII Nights of No Anchor
This was one of the musical highlights of my life so far.
the football team approach to music criticism
Some of us don’t see ourselves as being in the ‘promotion’ game
