By Lawrence English These Things That Made My Ears Alive In 2012…
As everybody at Collapse Board should know by now, “girls' music” is always the best kind and everything else is B.O.R.I.N.G. So bring it the fuck on.…
This is what it feels like to be alive in 2012 — connected to everything and more isolated than ever.…
I have a total soft spot for the Breeders-patented formula of sweet female vocals over crunchy guitars…
These are in order of estimated plays because, bugger it, today music IS a competition.…
It seems like folk just don't have the time these days for the full unexpurgated version.…
Last year was sensational for music. This year was even more sensational.…
Dum Dum Girls had a massive year — the Coke Zero of the indie world. You know, same taste as the original formula but not as filling.…
You’re like the violent interviewer. The Hannibal Lector of interviews. Did you see that scuffle?…
SPONTANEITY! SPONTANEITY! That’s what is central to all the greatest rock’n’roll and THAT’S WHY the Yeah Yeah mother-fucking Yeahs are so vital and the (spit) mother-fucking Vines are just sheep’s turds dressed up in your momma’s glad rags. Fuckheads.…
There’s nothing more calming than the process of looking through my collection for the perfect record, finding it, and then laying the needle into it. …
It is worth bearing in mind that writing – like any art performed in the public arena – is part-performance, so it’s worth having a persona that you can slip in and out of.…
We’re a bit late this year (the story of our life) but it’s time…
Unaddressed allegations of racism, misogyny, violent abuse and bad behaviour. There’s a problem with…
You break up with your ex. You like them, but they’ve pushed the limits…
Bonnie “Prince” Billy is the musical alias of American singer-songwriter Will Oldham, known for…
It’ll probably never stop being weird that of all the places in the world…
Photo: Bertrand Fevre Hugh Cornwell is an English musician and singer-songwriter best known as…
The last show I went to in 2024 was a reformed (of sorts) 1970s’…
Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter play a headline show at Fortitude Music Hall in…
The Saints ’73-’78, featuring Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay from the Saints’ original line-up,…
Once I was blind, now I can see Once I was blind but now…
BRIGHTON KOMEDIA: I have never felt very comfortable with my body. This feels like home.…
The opening song sounds like My Bloody Valentine. You may well be enthused by…
Lambrini Girls’ debut album, Who Let the Dogs Out is out now on City…
Good news: Hinds are back!!! Bad news: They’ve lost a couple of the band…
Remember Cults? Back in Collapse Board’s glory days of 2011, we ran 10 reviews…
