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 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.
Added on August 8, 2012
Princess Stomper
Amebix , Battles , Call of Cthulhu , Eric Plourde , Front Line Assembly , Glasser , Grimes , Karda Estra , Knifeworld , Kozyndan , La Mar Enfortuna , Levitation , Loop , Lykke Li , Mark Rothko , MC Escher , Metallica , Necessary , Nine Inch Nails , Princess Stomper , Rammstein , Salvador Dali , She & Him , Steve Reich , Tashaki Miyaki , The Beatles , The Shins , Thinking Plague , Tool , Zdzislaw Beksinski
The thunking riffs are suitably portentous, but the amusing video would have tickled Beksinski’s reportedly excellent sense of humour.
Added on December 17, 2011
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best of 2011 , Conan Neutron , Helms Alee , Hurry Up Shotgun , Lou Reed , Marnie Stern , Metallica , Obits , Poison Control Center , Police Teeth , The Blind Shake , The Mountain Goats , Tom Waits , Virgin Islands , Wild Flag
Music is far too important to be relegated to the background.
Added on December 16, 2011
Matt O'Neill
CDs , Matt O'Neill , Metallica , Nick Cave , Pink Floyd , Sly & The Family Stone , The Young Gods
Mediums are like genres. They don’t die. They just stop being cool.
Added on October 23, 2011
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album review , Conan Neutron , Lou Reed , Lulu , Metallica , Son Of Kurtz
Shorthand review: This is the indulgent sound of the angst of millionaires.
Added on August 24, 2011
Everett True
Butch Vig , Collapse Board , Cream , Dinosaur Jr , Everett True , Husker Du , Killdozer , Kurt Cobain , Metallica , Music criticism , Nevermind , Nevermind 20 Years On , Nirvana , original album review , Seattle , Sub Pop , The Jam , The Slits , Young Marble Giants
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.
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 8, 2011
Princess Stomper
30 Seconds to Mars , 4 REAL , Enter Sandman , fanzines , Jared Leto , Jordan Catalano , Linkin Park , Lord Of The Rings , Manic Street Preachers , Megadeth , Metallica , Oasis , Richie Edwards , selling-out , The Supremes , The Verve , Urban Hymns , VAST
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.