Added on September 11, 2013
Wallace Wylie
2012 , Aerosmith , Aretha Franklin , Austra , Bad Brains , Billy Joel , Boards of Canada , Bob Seger , Burial , Celine Dion , Chromatics , Destroyer , Dire Straits , Dirty Projectors , disco , Elliott Smith , Eric Clapton , Feature , Flying Lotus , Foreigner , Frank Ocean , Funkadelic , Garth Brooks , james blake , John Grant , Jon Hopkins , Journey , Julia Holter , Justin Timberlake , Kanye West , King Krule , KISS , Kraftwerk , Laurel Halo , Madonna , Matthew Dear , Metallica , Michael Jackson , Motley Crue , Mount Kimbie , Nico , Nirvana , Prince , Public Enemy , Richard Youngs , Sonic Youth , The Beatles , the eagles , The Raincoats , The Scorpions , The Slits , The Small Faces , The Velvet Underground , The Weeknd , THEESatisfaction , Throwing Muses , Thundercat , Twin Shadow , Van Halen , Wallace Wylie , X-Ray Spex
The real problem that the industry is dealing with these days is the lack of cultural importance given to popular music and the fact that popular music no longer has the same unifying power as it used to.
Added on December 7, 2012
Everett True
Aretha Franklin , Christian fundamentalists , Everett True , Kraftwerk , North Korean children , Richard Dawkins , X-tReMe PoWeR
I’m sure it’s not deliberate, but the band’s name doesn’t half sound like White Power.
Added on May 28, 2012
Scott Creney
Aretha Franklin , Bruce Springsteen , Cameo , Crowded House , Elvis , Frank Sinatra , Gotye , kimbra , Lacan , Lauryn Hill , Prince , Scott Creney , Scritti Politti , Taylor Dayne , The Dead C , tuneyards
Vows is a signal post for pop music. It’s like Kate Bush if she knew how to write a good song. It’s like Cat Power if she had someone who loved her. It’s like Adele if she knew how to dance. It’s like the Rolling Stones if they were still alive. Where can anyone go from here except sideways?
Added on February 11, 2012
Brigette
Aretha Franklin , Athens , Athens Georgia , Georgia , John Lennon , The B-52s , Tiger Tabb , Tunabunny
It just makes you want to smash up a mic stand. It just makes you want to dive into the drum kit. It just makes you want to scream and whoop and holler and call up the dead.
Added on July 6, 2011
Scott Creney
4 , album review , Aretha Franklin , Beyonce , Beyonce 4 , Destiny's Child , Lady Gaga , Madonna , Music criticism , NME , Pointer Sisters , Scott Creney , Supremes , The Tyranny of the Authentic , The Wire
You may not hear a better heavy metal album all year than Beyoncé 4.
Added on March 8, 2011
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All-female band , Aretha Franklin , Bikini KIll , chick rock , Courtney Love , feminism , girl band , Janis Joplin , Kurt Cobain , Music criticism , music critics , Riot Grrrl , sexism etc , Sleater-Kinney , The Bangles , The Dixie Chicks , The Like , The Spice Girls , Warpaint
Isn’t it about time that we stop pointing out the fact that the band members of The Like and Warpaint all have vaginas?
Added on March 1, 2011
Everett True
Aretha Franklin , Hyped 2 Death , Merrill Garbus , Messthetics , Soundscapes , tUnE-yArDs , Yoko Ono
“Every couple of minutes it gets better,” writes Chuck, a man who should know. “Do please watch the whole thing.”
Added on January 27, 2011
Everett True
Agent Ribbons , Aretha Franklin , Bikini KIll , Blondie , Buzzcocks , Dexys Midnight Runners , Dirtbombs , Fabulous Diamonds , George Clinton , Herman Düne , Jonathan Richman , Joy Division , La Sera , Lady Gaga , Mudhoney , My Disco , Otis Redding , Pete And The Pirates , Quasi , Ramones , Sonic Youth , Taken By Trees , The Birthday Party , The Commitments , The Fall , The Pastels , The Thing , Thee Spivs , Troublefunk
Julian says: “Everybody’s always like, ‘Oh yeah the music used to be better in the 80s’. No it fucking didn’t.” So what current bands are as good as The Fall, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, The Birthday Party or Dexy’s [sic] in their prime? Not to mention Blondie, Ramones, Jonathan Richman… (This comment originated on another post. I think it’s […]
