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Spot the difference | ‘real rock’ Glastonbury fan vs Kanye West vs ‘My buddies call me Ben’

A few weeks ago, excited beyond rationality by the news a new Mumford & Sons album is on the horizon, the editors at Collapse Board asked leading U.K. retro-modernist folk critic Neil Kulkarni if he would care to compose a few words for the site to mark the auspicious occasion. Sadly, Neil didn’t find himself as […]

Added on March 17, 2015 collapseboard Beady Eye , David Stubbs , Glastonbury , Kanye West , the campaign for real music

KANYE WEST | THE CASES FOR AND AGAINST

By David Stubbs FOR: Every couple of thousand years or so, a man is born whose sheer artistic brilliance replenishes the continents, girdles the earth and shines upon us quite literally with the force of a second sun. They say Jesus Christ may have been such a man but there is some doubt about that. […]

Added on February 10, 2015 Everett True Ann Powers , Beck , Beyonce , Everett True , Grammys 2015 , Kanye West , The campaign for real rock , Tobi Vail

The campaign for real rock 2015 | Beck at the Grammys

This entire conversation is taking part on social media. Exhibit one Beck’s Wikipedia page immediately after he won the Grammy for Album of the Year Exhibit two Beck’s early years Exhibit three Some dickhead from the Sydney Morning-Herald who should learn to spell people’s names correctly “Beyonce [sic] used a team of 25 writers and […]

Added on May 9, 2014 Everett True Brisbane , DZ Deathrays , Everett True , Kanye West , Spiderbait , Triple J

What I did tonight instead of going to see DZ Deathrays play live

Everett True details what he did tonight instead of watching rambunctious drunken Brisbane types DZ Deathrays. I cursed this fucking dry cough that means I won’t get a proper night’s sleep for the fourth night in a row. I drank water from a bottle – tap water. I played Stick Cricket, and cursed my eyes. I […]

Added on January 9, 2014 Wallace Wylie Arcade Fire , Austra , best of 2013 , Beyonce , Daft Punk , David Bowie , Disclosure , Footwork , haim , Jaco Pastorius , james blake , Janelle Monae , John Grant , Jon Hopkins , Julia Holter , Justin Timberlake , Kanye West , King Krule , Laurel Halo , M.I.A. , Miley Cyrus , Mount Kimbie , Simon Reynolds , The Dukes Of Stratosphear , The Weeknd , Thundercat , Vampire Weekend , Wallace Wylie

Bringing Up The Rear – Wallace’s Last Minute Best Of 2013

The worst thing about end of year polls is that they all come out in early December, which is hilarious because that means nobody got to talk about one of the best albums of the year. The Beyoncé album, called Beyoncé, was released with no fanfare, no reviews, and no warning. It then became one […]

Added on December 22, 2013 Scott Creney Arthur Russell , best of 2013 , Blanche Blanche Blanche , Body/Head , Coco Rosie , Colin Stetson , Deerhunter , Dirty Beaches , Dot Wiggin Band , Filthy Huns , haim , Happy Jawbone Family Band , Holograms , Hookworms , John Grant , Kanye West , karen green , King Krule , Laurel Halo , Lorde , M.I.A. , my dick , Pere Ubu , Rachel Kushner , Run the Jewels , Savages , Sky Ferreira , steve gunn , The Knife , The New Sound Of Numbers , Ty Segall , Willis Earl Beal

Scott Creney Looks Back At 2013

Man, what a crazy goddamned year. Not the music, the music was great.

Added on December 21, 2013 Everett True Alba Lua , Ashley Eriksson , Astro Children , Ballet School , Bed Wettin' Bad Boys , best of 2013 , Bitch Prefect , Black Sabbath , Blanche Blanche Blanche , Blank Realm , Blludd Relations , Bloods , Body/Head , Britney Spears , Bushwalking , Camera Obscura , Charlie Boyer and The Voyeurs , Chastity Belt , Childbirth , CocoRosie , Courtney Barnett , Cutss , Dial , Dick Diver , Dog Legs , Dog Party , Dogtower , Dot Wiggin Band , Edible Arrangements , Eleanor Friedberger , Etao Shin , Everett True , Fat Creeps , Francolin , Frankie Cosmos , Gaptooth , Go Violets , Greg Boring , Hand Job Academy , Heart Beach , Hookworms , Hop Along , Hot Fruit , Ill , James X. Boyd & The Boydoids , Janelle Monae , Jenny Hval , Johnny And The Fembots , Kanye West , Kim Deal , King Champion Sounds , Kælan Mikla , La Luz , Laura Mvula , Les Morts Vont Bien , Lorde , Making Marks , Marsheaux , Mean Bikini , Mirror Parties , Nicki Minaj , Nina B , noon:30 , Pins , Pony Time , Priests , Ruby Pins , Scout Niblett , Scrabble , Screaming Match , Secret Valley , Shopping , Silver Fox , Sky Ferreira , Sleigh Bells , Slum Of Legs , Smile , Songs , Tame Impala , Tangerine , The Boy Least Likely To and Gwenno , The Cosines , The Creases , The Drones , The French Pop Dream , The John Steel Singers , The Julie Ruin , The Moonrakers , The Native Cats , The New Sound Of Numbers , The Pastels , The Rutabega , The Wharves , Thee Open Sex , Tiny Migrants , U.S. Girls , Verity Susman , Woolf , Yoko Ono , You Me & Us , Zebra Hunt

Everett True’s 100 Favourite Songs of 2013. Yes, one hundred, and every last fucking song is genius.

Maybe that’s why I’m increasingly turning to Tasmania. I know what it’s like to be ignored.

Added on October 21, 2013 Scott Creney Bob Dylan , Harmony Korine , Helen DeWitt , Kanye West , Kenneth Goldsmith , Michael Robbins , Scott Creney , Sleigh Bells , Sofia Coppola

Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals (Mom & Pop)

I’m not saying Sleigh Bells are visionaries. I just think they’re paying very close attention. They push the logics of consumerism/consumption/celebrity to their breaking point, a grotesque extreme that would qualify as parody if it didn’t feel so real.

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 Quality of Music and The Conformity of Youth | Dwindling Album Sales Explained

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.