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 Wallace Wylie

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

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.

 Princess Stomper

Why artists shouldn’t stick to art

The thunking riffs are suitably portentous, but the amusing video would have tickled Beksinski’s reportedly excellent sense of humour.

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Music is far too important to be relegated to the background. Conan Neutron’s top albums of 2011

Music is far too important to be relegated to the background.

 Matt O'Neill

Remembering The CD

Mediums are like genres. They don’t die. They just stop being cool.

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REVIEWED IN PICTURES Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu (Son Of Kurtz)

By Manu González

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Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu (Son Of Kurtz)

Shorthand review: This is the indulgent sound of the angst of millionaires.

 Everett True

Nirvana’s Nevermind, 20 Years Ago

It’s taken me nearly two decades to admit to liking Nevermind in public again. In celebration, I’ve decided to reprint my original review.

 Bianca Valentino

Joe Cardamone (Icarus Line) – The Collapse Board Interview

Most people just turn the other way for success. I think we’ve had a career of uncompromising vision.

 Princess Stomper

Producers that make (or break) the band

Band-members are like the ingredients of a cake: get it wrong, and the result is bland or sickly.

 Princess Stomper

Is there really such a thing as selling out?

It can feel like a betrayal, and the fan blames the band: they ‘sold out’, because they don’t belong to you exclusively any more.