Added on October 1, 2015
Lee Adcock
2015 , a-Ha , Album Reviews , Charlie XCX , Chvrches , Depeche Mode , Erasure , Human League , Lee Adcock , Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark , Ryan Adams , Shamir , Sky Ferreira
Answer me this. As a woman (!!!) writing about music in 2015, am I supposed to approve of all pop music now and its “pure” form of expression? Would I be a hypocrite to take any other stance? I mean, I don’t like Ryan Adams anymore than you do (fuck, I’d never even heard of […]
Added on May 4, 2013
Everett True
Depeche Mode , Everett True , Marsheaux , OMD , Song of the day , synth-pop
This could, I suspect, be called synth-pop without much fear of contradiction.
Added on January 16, 2012
Princess Stomper
Danielle Dax , Depeche Mode , Europe , Front 242 , Girls Aloud , Lady Gaga , Lindsay Lohan , Nine Inch Nails , PANDORA , Princess Stomper , Sophie Ellis-Bextor , Sugababes , Wallace Wylie
Rock music is ‘better’ than pop music? There’s no fucking difference!
Added on December 10, 2011
Scott Creney
best of 2011 , Can , Clarence Clemons , Depeche Mode , Fleet Foxes , Greil Marcus , Lady Gaga , Mel McDaniel , My Morning Jacket , Scott Creney , Tyler The Creator , Washed Out
Joanna Newsom, don’t think you’re getting some kind of genius pass.
Added on December 5, 2011
Everett True
Barbra Streisand , Bob Marley , BuzzFeed , Celine Dion , Creed , Depeche Mode , Elvis , Flo Rida , Glee , Jimi Hendrix , justin bieber , Katy Perry , Ke$ha , R.E.M. , Rihanna , sexism etc , Shania Twain , The Beatles , The Black Eyed Peas
Fucking Justin Bieber, man. Gotta fucking hate young people.
Added on June 22, 2011
Princess Stomper
4 Non Blondes , Abba , Aerosmith , Andrew Weatherall , Babyshambles , Blur , Bob Ezrin , Bon Jovi , Bonnie Tyler , Butch Vig , Cher , Chris Cornell , Christina Aguilera , Depeche Mode , God Lives Underwater , Gwen Stefani , Hole , Ike & Tina Turner , Inaura , Iron Maiden , Jack Endino , Jay Z , Jim Steinman , Justin Timberlake , Kaiser Chiefs , Katy Perry , Linda Perry , Madonna , McAlmont & Butler , Meat Loaf , Metallica , Motley Crue , Nelly Furtado , Nine Inch Nails , Nirvana , Phil Spector , Pink , Primal Scream , Queen , Skid Row , Stephen Street , Steve Osborne , The Beach Boys , The Cult , The Happy Mondays , The Pussycat Dolls , The Ramones , The Sex Pistols , The Smiths , Timbaland
Band-members are like the ingredients of a cake: get it wrong, and the result is bland or sickly.
Added on May 6, 2011
Scott Creney
Depeche Mode , Martin Luther King , People Are People , Scott Creney , The Cosby Show
It is common knowledge that there are three pivotal moments in the history of US race relations.
Added on March 24, 2011
Wallace Wylie
808 State , A Guy Called Gerald , Acid House , Andy Weatherall , Aphex Twin , Arctic Monkeys , Blur , Bobby Gillespie , Bomb The Bass , Britpop , Cabaret Voltaire , Creation Records , Damon Albarn , Definitely Maybe , Depeche Mode , Derrick May , Fool's Gold , Frankie Knuckles , Gary Numan , Give Out But Don’t Give Up , Happy Mondays , Higher Than the Sun , House , Ian Brown , Jack Your Body , Jimmy Miller , Joy Division , Kula Shaker , Led Zeppelin , Let It Be , Loaded , Love , Massive Attack , Morrissey , New Order , Noel Gallagher , Oasis , Orange Juice , Orbital , Paul Weller , Pet Shop Boys , PiL , Primal Scream , Public Enemy , Sally Cinnamon , Screamadelica , Song Of The Day , Suede , Teenage Fanclub , The Associates , The Beach Boys , The Beatles , The Black Crowes , The Boo Radleys , The Byrds , The Human League , The Jam , The KLF , The Libertines , The Orb , The Pastels , The Raincoats , The Rolling Stones , The Sex Pistols , The Slits , The Small Faces , The Smiths , The Soft Boys , The Stone Roses , The Strokes , The Wild Bunch , Uncle Tupelo , Vince Clarke , Visage , Wallace Wylie , We Call It Acieed , WFL , Yazoo
Large elements of the UK alternative press seemed to be waiting for the right guitar band to get behind, the right guitar band to believe in. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Stone Roses.
