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Collapse Board's answer to the Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack

Collapse Board's answer to the Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack

Yes, I am going to bend that spoon with my mind, so pay attention...…

Hysteria. PMS. feelings? (Kate Nash | A Response)

Hysteria. PMS. feelings? (Kate Nash | A Response)

It’s funny how a woman is slayed for expressing anger. I must be hysteric. PMSING HARDCORE. trying to be punk. How about I’m just sick of crap uninspired chart music, bullies and sexism. I’ve been hurt and I’m angry and playing bass and shouting about it makes me feel better. That’s all it is. And if that freaks people out then good.…

5 bands from China you need to hear

5 bands from China you need to hear

It's like that bit in Almost Famous when Penny Lane tells Patrick to put down the notebook, stop analysing and thinking about it and just let the emotion and energy of the music draw him in. That is China in 2012.…

The five stages of fandom

The five stages of fandom

I can sing 'How Much Is That Doggie In The Window' backwards: I'm sure somebody somewhere thinks that makes me the most awesome person alive.…

How to respond to a Pitchfork review

How to respond to a Pitchfork review

"However, if ['Robocop 4 - Fuck Off Robocop'] is truly amongst the worst songs of the year then I am a giant bat and Pitchfork a cave into which I will shit golden effigies of your face."…

Folk you meet in foreign bus stations

Folk you meet in foreign bus stations

I want moons and stars and girls on bicycles checking themselves out in shop windows as they cycle through New York.…

Everett True revisits Nevermind (reprint from eMusic)

Pull up a chair, there won’t be a warmer sound for years.…

5 fundamentally flawed albums you need to own

5 fundamentally flawed albums you need to own

Sure, you can just use the presets, but that would be bollocks. The real artist puts things together in ways that nobody else would even consider. …

Why you’re secretly an elitist (and why that’s a good thing)

Why you’re secretly an elitist (and why that’s a good thing)

Arcade Fire are like a hook-up in the toilets at a nightclub. They do the job, sure, but there's nowhere to go beyond that. …

On Donna Summer’s Death and the Meaning of Love

On Donna Summer’s Death and the Meaning of Love

I hope that in her next life, all Donna Summer ever feels is love. I hope that all of us feel it, including myself.…

The 1980s Was Way Shittier Than You Think It Was – A Retrospective

The 1980s Was Way Shittier Than You Think It Was – A Retrospective

All of these songs were ubiquitous. They were in the Top 10 of the US charts. They permeated the culture and colored everyone’s life.…

A new list from the NME, and some thoughts about pop-hackery

A new list from the NME, and some thoughts about pop-hackery

Secretly, what modern mainstream pop-hackery confirms is that there's a fundamental sadness to the role of music writer, or at least there is if you let it take hold - you are employed to basically be a hanger-on, an eavesdropper, a spod, a geek, someone who won't shut up about something the rest of the world just get on enjoying. …

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