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Why Music Critics Suck

Why Music Critics Suck

Don’t tell me how an album makes you "feel", you jerkstore, just tell me how much it costs and I’ll figure out the rest.…

Boys Against Girls: the Brisbane Street Press, part 1

Boys Against Girls: the Brisbane Street Press, part 1

If a contributor was called something like Darren, Steve or Tim, I assumed they were male.…

Women, Men, and Music: the XY factor (Part Two)

Women, Men, and Music: the XY factor (Part Two)

Better a nit-picking, list-making, album-ranking Hornbyite geek than a groupie…

Women, Men, and Music: the XY factor (part one)

Women, Men, and Music: the XY factor (part one)

I’m sceptical of the patronising and reductive idea that men and women appreciate music in intrinsically different ways…

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 10

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 10

Sometimes it becomes necessary to draw a line in the sand - and to draw it so thoroughly and with such force, that the line is unmistakable…

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 9

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 9

Remember. No matter how many millions buy Mariah Carey and U2 albums, there are even more millions who can't fucking stand them.…

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 8

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 8

People don’t listen to albums any more. This’ll be why.…

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 7

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 7

You care passionately about the music you love, you care passionately about the music you hate. I've never understood any other stance.…

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 6

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 6

How's about a little ballast to balance up the scales?…

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 5

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 5

Who are these people, and why on earth were they ever allowed to release records in the first place?…

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 4

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 4

Part four already, and the main surprise so far is the lack of singer-songwriters in this chart. …

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 3

1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 3

Someone somewhere will be making a film of this one day. And it'll be totally unfunny.…

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