Song of the day – 452: Dirty Three
For when words are pointless.
Song of the day – 451: Julia Holter
Sure. Julia Holter does sound softened, magical, intimate. Beauty is saddened.
Sleigh Bells – Reign Of Terror (Mom & Pop)
As pop, it’s irritating and destructive. As rock, it could give a fuck. What more could you ask for?
Why academics shouldn’t write music reviews
Wow. I’ve never heard of Julia Holter before and now I have absolutely no desire to hear of her again.
Song of the day – 450: Bruce Springsteen (+ bonus album review)
It’s a thin between sounding authentic and sounding like you’re writing the music for a future Levi’s advert.
The electronic double standard
It just sounds like Bjork so you might as well just listen to Bjork.
Song of the day – 449: Sinéad O’Connor
Authenticity matters. I’m not sure how much it matters or why it matters or whether it should matter, but clearly it matters.
Song of the day – 448: Summer Twins
The music, I like – but you have to appreciate that these people are not my people.
The sacred cows of indie music – 6: Nirvana
In the Sex Pistols’ day, this was called flogging a dead horse.
