How to interview
It shouldn’t feel like First Question; Answer; Next Question. It should feel like a conversation.
5 fundamentally flawed albums you need to own
Sure, you can just use the presets, but that would be bollocks. The real artist puts things together in ways that nobody else would even consider.
How I lost my love for music (and how I found it again)
Fuck this, I’d rather listen to Kylie.
Manorexia @ Union Chapel, London 12.04.12
Hell, it rocks harder than any of those lily-livered upper-middle-class floppy-haired fops in the charts.
11 Greatest Things From 2011
Just knowing that there’s music this good out there makes me feel thankful, relieved, and a little bit spoiled
You don’t need to shout to be heard: nine present-day political songs
I don’t think anyone needs to worry about musicians losing their voices any time soon.
Manorexia – Dinoflagellate Blooms (Ectopic Ents)
If Dinoflagellate Blooms was a child, it would be Elphaba from Wicked
Music: reviewed in cats
I will now re-review some of my favourite recordings through the medium of cats.
Princess Stomper deconstructs the Art of the Pop Song
The rhythms are hugely complex in how they build up and break down. It’s these wave-like swells and drops that dictate how your body is going to move on the dancefloor. For the brainless dancefloor filler, structure is everything.
Song of the day – 281: Hello Seahorse!
This is music that swims.
