Collapse Board Whatever happened to the music press?

Everett True

The sacred cows of indie music – 4: Pixies

You'd think people had never encountered dynamics in rock music before.…

The sacred cows of indie music – 3: Joy Division

All these bands that copy 'em ... why draw the line at the music?…

The sacred cows of indie music – 2: The Fall

It's hard to criticise a band that have made an art-form out of being inconsistent…

The sacred cows of indie music – 1: Pavement

It's not easy to draw blood from a glass of warm milk.…

‘The Muppets are raping Kurt Cobain’s memory’

Rock stars, huh? Fucking muppets.…

ROCK VS. CANCER. ROCK WINS!!!!!!!!! A tribute to John Grabski III

ROCK vs. CANCER. You may have taken my brother, you selfish son of a *****, but ROCK STILL WINS!!!!!!! …

Pussy Riot | This band fucking rules more than any band has ruled in years

Pussy Riot must be "burning Putin's glamour" pretty fucking hard for the state to threaten them like this.…

Eleven records I’m embarrassed about liking

I can only put my liking for this down to some kind of sadomasochistic sexual attraction towards Dolores; her personality and her voice. I really can't account for it otherwise…

PhD research: Simon Reynolds on how taste is formed in web 2.0 environments

Web culture is driven by the impulse to differentiate oneself, so there is a lot less cultural capital to be generated from agreeing than there is from disagreeing. …