Many years ago, a great schism occurred in the history of popular…
Smith's songs were populated by back alley losers, moving in a moonlit world of cashed checks, track marks, and bad luck. …
Once the corporate reality of Realpop is internalised, then any criticism of pop which includes a critique of the corporate nature of pop music can be dismissed as an asinine act of naivety and obviousness. …
Critics have been falling over themselves to praise their special brand of retro R&B mixed with retro MOR and it will surely only be a matter of time before teenagers find out about them too.…
Part of the problem with ‘Blurred Lines’ is that it unquestioningly accepts its own worldview. It doesn’t think it’s controversial.…
Some bands from my youth have fallen by the wayside, but not The Doors. I always return to them and each return pays back my youthful devotion. RIP Ray Manzarek.…
This appears to be the opposite of crazy. It’s mundane. Why would somebody describe their encounters with normal everyday situations and then call themselves crazy? Why indeed. They’d have to be delusional. …
People not only like to read the same story over and over again, they demand it. Our job is to retell the story, to reinforce the legends, to emphasise the inflexibility of the narrative. …
Unless a particular artistic discipline has massive popular support then it ceases to become culturally relevant.…
Why exactly does the whole world want to distance itself from the term hipster?…
2012. I’m not going to lie to you, it’s been a shit year in terms of my personal life.…
The fantasy world that David Thomas inhabits reeks of privilege and conceit. Perhaps I expected a bit more intelligence, a bit more individuality, a bit more adventurousness to his thinking. Then again, he is a white middle-class American male. We can’t expect too much.…
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…
