Collapse Board Whatever happened to the music press?

Added on March 12, 2014 Lee Adcock 2014 , Eagulls , girl band , John Cooper Clarke , Lee Adcock , Minutemen , Red Hot Chili Peppers , S/T , Sleaford Mods , Song of the day , SotD , The Guardian , Vulture Shit

SOTD #681 – Vulture Shit

SOTD #681 – Vulture Shit

“We’re Vulture Shit…which is the worst kind of shit” I’d been a-thinkin’ for a while that Sleaford Mods, the post-punk rant rap sensation sweeping the UK nation, deserved the Collapse Board treatment. But three things happened this week that shut down this idea. 1. This Guardian article, which basically claims that the NEW THANG will […]

Added on May 1, 2013 Scott Creney Brooklyn , Florida , Minutemen , Pere Ubu , Permanent Makeup , Scott Creney , Sonic Youth , Tampa

Permanent Makeup – The Void…It Creeps (New Granada/No Clear)

Permanent Makeup – The Void…It Creeps (New Granada/No Clear)

It starts out in the world of Sonic Youth — a tinny, anemic charming version of SY — before shooting off in the direction of Sun City Girls, Minutemen rants with Pere Ubu paranoia

Added on December 6, 2012 Mike Turner Alabama Shakes , Animal Collective , Ariel Pink , Bats For Lashes , Beach Fossils , Beach House , best of 2012 , Captured Tracks , Clinic , Cold Pumas , Deerhoof , DIIV , Dirty Projectors , Dum Dum Girls , Grimes , Grizzly Bear , Jack White , Japandroids , La La Vasquez , Laetitia Sadier , mac demarco , Micachu and the Shapes , Mike Turner , Minutemen , Mumford & Sons , Naomi Punk , New Order , Of Montreal , Passion Pit , Pixies , Shins , Tame Impala , Tears For Fears , The Bastards of Fate , The School , Twin Shadow , Wild Nothing , Windowspeak , Yo La Tengo

2012 & the Abysmal Company You Kept

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.

Added on July 26, 2011 Laura Crapo album review , Black Sabbath , criticism , David Comes To Life , Deep Purple , Fucked Up , Laura Crapo , Matador , Minutemen , punk rock , Wire

THE ALTERNATE REVIEW: Fucked Up – David Comes To Life (Matador)

Fucked Up is the kind of band that makes me wish I were in their band.

Added on July 18, 2011 collapseboard Adelaide , Billy Childish , Blondie , Celibate Rifles , Citadel , Crystal Set , Dagoes , Dead Boys , Debbie Harry , DefFX , Englebert Humperdink , GBH , Greg Shaw , Hellacopters , Hoodoo Gurus , JFK and the Cuban Crisis , Johnnies , jules normington , Laughing Outlaw , Lipstick Killers , Lonely Hearts , MC5 , Messiah Complex , Milkshakes , Minuteman , Minutemen , Mitch Easter , New Christs , Passengers , Phantom records , Plan 9 , R.E.M. , Radio Birdman , Riot City , Sonic Youth , Spongetones , Stooges , Sunnyboys , Surfside 6 , Sydney , the Chainsaws , the Deadly Hume , the Hummingbirds , The Kelpies , the Rockmelons , The Vanilla Chainsaws , Thought Criminals , Undertakers , Waterfront , X

The Big Beat In The Heart Of The Vinyl Jungle

Jules Normington is a legend on the Australian Punk Rock Underground

Added on April 10, 2011 Everett True Arcade Fire , Black Flag , Charlie And Lola , Collapse Board , Crystal Stilts , Dandelions , Dead Kennedys , Facebook , fairport convention , Fleet Foxes , Minutemen , Neil Diamond , Of Montreal , Pavement , Philip K. Dick , R.E.M. , Slumberland Records , Sonic Youth , The Miracle Legion , The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

an entire website summarised by two weeks of random reader comments

We heart Slumberland Records here at Collapse Board.

Added on March 31, 2011 Scott Creney Animal Collective , Arcade Fire , Best Coast , Big Black , Butthole Surfers , Conflict , Daniel Johnston , Electrelane , Forced Exposure , indie rock , Joanna Newsom , Katy Perry , Melody Maker , Minutemen , Mudhoney , Nirvana , Of Montreal , Pavement , Pitchfork , Rolling Stone , Scott Creney , Sonic Youth , Spin , The Books , The Shins , The Suburbs , Tunabunny , TV On The Radio , Vampire Weekend , Vivian Girls

The Wussification of Indie Rock (it’s all Pavement’s fault)

A band like Arcade Fire has a hell of a lot more in common with Katy Perry than it does with Daniel Johnston.