Song of the day – 541: Scott & Charlene’s Wedding
It’s The Velvet Underground. It’s empty beer cans crunched up on your shared driveway on a Sunday morning. It’s the sound of crickets chirping unmercifully all summer long.
SPIN Magazine ceases publication
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Animal Collective was like if a 10-year-old made a batch of E and forced you to take it even though you wanted to take a nap instead.
Why I Still Write About Music
Always keep music central in the conversation about music
THE YEAR OF RIVER COTTAGE POP – My 2012 In British Pop Music
The true sound of the UK, the true folk music of our time. Not a fuckin’ Alt-J fan among them and none of them are gonna end up running a fkn dairy-farm
Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights: Tenth Anniversary Edition (Matador)
I understand why Interpol’s considered a joke today. Even back in 2002 I understood why they were a joke. Everyone wants to be Joy Division, but nobody has ever wanted to be Interpol. The tragedy is that 99 per cent of the people who laugh at Interpol have a lot more in common with Interpol than they ever will with Joy Division.
Song of the day – 540: Morrissey
I am offering no further explanation. I am too weary and too enraptured.
17 reviews of Morrissey @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, 17.12.12
“It couldn’t be much further from Queensland, this song”
The art of creating popular music criticism in 2012 | 50 REALLY HOT PHOTOS OF KATY PERRY TOPLESS*
So. I guess my question for today is: Is it all worth it? Is this what we really have to do to compete in the modern world?
Thirty foot high cinema screen version of @everetttrue’s head at Seattle’s @EMPmuseum
I have no idea what people mean when they say I have a big head.
