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 Wallace Wylie

We Don’t Have To Breed – Nirvana’s Nevermind and masculinity

Stuck with powerful sexual impulses, I convinced myself that to act on them was disrespectful and cheap.

 Wallace Wylie

Both Sides, Now! – How Women are Denied Universal Appeal as Songwriters

Men demand that women be natural and unaffected, and nowhere more so than in the world of music.

 Wallace Wylie

Dan Bejar of Destroyer – The Collapse Board Interview

“I’d much rather have a minute of awkward silence than me asking people how their night went. Awkward silence has way more to do with the music we’re playing than casual banter”

 Wallace Wylie

Why Everett True is Wrong – rescuing ‘The Fly’ by U2

You’ll notice I’m praising Bono as a lyricist here. Take a deep breath, agree, then move along.

 Wallace Wylie

R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant (25th Anniversary Edition) (Capitol)

If you ever find me dying in the street don’t give me mouth to mouth (I don’t know where your filthy lips have been), just play me ”These Days’

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six of the best from halfway through the year

A feast of cryptic poetics sound tracked by sleepy-eyed saxophones and smooth grooves.

 Wallace Wylie

Fading Celluloid and Fading Memories – The Artistic Triumph of The Go-Betweens’ Before Hollywood

Its genius remains undimmed.

 Wallace Wylie

Prepare To Die – A New Manifesto

Are there any albums in your collection that you bought in a moment of weakness?

 Wallace Wylie

Birth of an Abomination – Beck and the Ironic Persona

Birth of an Abomination – Beck and the Ironic Persona

Beck clones were everywhere and in their wake they rendered passionate feeling an embarrassing personality trait.

 Wallace Wylie

Mr Maps – Wire Empire (Lofly Recordings)

It’s a common complaint from music fans these days that many reviews are more about the reviewer than the music.