Rappers are working class. Critics are middle class. They don’t understand each other.…
So you’ll have these obscure bands being lauded, and mortals like us trying to figure out just what it was that XXXX found in their music.…
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You can't please everyone, and taste is subjective…
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Yes, I know it's a loaded term. IDM. "Intelligent Dance Music". …
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Some people say that little girls are meant to be seen and not heard. Well I say OH BONDAGE, UP YOURS!…
In Hornby’s view, rock critics are a pretty sheltered lot. It is, he points out, a young person’s game.…
Cue familiar back-slapping noises and cries of “haven’t we done well, chaps?”…
Yes, he does say that there are good male musicians/bands. But it feels to me like they nearly have to prove themselves worthy of consideration…
While Pitchfork may be invaluable as an archive, it is worse than useless as a forum for insight and argument…
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…
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Once I was blind, now I can see Once I was blind but now…
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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…
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