Added on October 5, 2015
Scott Creney
Battles , billy synth , Blank Realm , Chvrches , empress of , Julia Holter , Kurt Vile , Lana Del Rey , Micachu , Miley Cyrus , mykki blanco , New Order , ought , US Girls
I’ve been a little sleep-deprived & out of focus lately and the news is a horror show filled w/lying sociopaths and so much abundant sadness that it makes the cloying relationship troubles of a band like Chvrches sound, at best, cloistered & obtuse. If anger is an energy then I guess passivity is a type […]
Added on July 16, 2015
Wallace Wylie
Aaliyah , Abba , Beyonce , Bob Stanley , Bobby Brown , David Bowie , David Letterman , Gamble and Huff , Ginuwine , Glastonbury , Hall and Oates , James Murphy , Jay Z , Justin Timberlake , Kelis , Kim Kardashian , Lady Gaga , LCD Soundsystem , Liam Gallagher , Max Martin , Michael Jackson , Miley Cyrus , Missy Elliot , Neil Kulkarni , Oasis , Pharrell , Pitchfork , Prince , Public Enemy , racism , Ricky Gervais , Rihanna , Serena Williams , Simply Red , Slade , St. Etienne , Stevie Wonder , T.Rex , Taylor Swift , The Beatles , The Jam , The Office , The Smiths , The Stone Roses , Tiger Woods , Timbaland , Westlife
Many years ago, a great schism occurred in the history of popular music. As amps got louder and concerts got bigger, new groups responded by creating a heavier kind of music that relied on sheer sonic power as opposed to the lighter sounds of early sixties pop. Rock music broke away from pop and in […]
Added on December 20, 2014
Everett True
7evenThirty , Alice Boman , Alvvays , Arponera , Arre! Arre! , BABAGANOUJ , BABYMETAL , Beyonce , Bloods , Crayola Lectern , DVA , Eight Rounds Rapid , Ela Stiles , Everett True , FKA twigs , Frankie Cosmos , Gifted Gab , Girlpool , Good Throb , Hospitality , Kim Deal , Lady Neptune , Manflu , Miley Cyrus , Neil Young , Perera Elsewhere , Princess Nokia , Rattle , Sleaford Mods , Sleater-Kinney , Song of the day , Stanley Brinks & Freschard , The 16th Century with The Legend! , The Aquadolls , The Lovely Wars , The Phi Mu Washboard Band , The Popguns , The Saints , The See Gulls , the tuts , The UV Race
This year stuttered in bits and firsts. Music is the healer. Here are the songs. The Aquadolls – Wander It’s knowing that passion can be full-tilt and consuming. It’s about Shadow Morton and Ellis Greenwich and 2014. It’s a love for the same love for that a ton of other folk show a love for but […]
Added on October 30, 2014
Lee Adcock
album review , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Fad Gadget , Foxygen , Kraftwerk , Kylie Minogue , Lee Adcock , Miley Cyrus , The Bastards of Fate , The Beatles , The Flaming Lips
I had a good intro here. A fucking good one, too. But then it vanished. So fuck it. The title says it all, anyway. ET asked, and so I answered: 1. Because, quite frankly, everyone’s still catching up to the Bastards of Fate. 2. Because their Stone Roses cover album [link] actually DID trump the […]
Added on August 8, 2014
Everett True
Everett True , Miley Cyrus , Song of the day , The Residents
OMG, this is so amazeballs! Just give it 10 seconds, that’s all I ask. And then give it 10 hours. I’d never made the connection between Miley Cyrus and The Residents before.
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
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 October 24, 2013
Everett True
Bob Dylan , dad jokes , Everett True , Foo Fighters , humour , Miley Cyrus , Morrissey , Music criticism , Robin Thicke , U2
John is a music critic. Write John, write!
Added on October 22, 2013
collapseboard
Brisbane , Collapse Board , Everett True interview , Jasmine Darlington-Rielly , Miley Cyrus , Music criticism , Tiny Migrants
Listening to whole albums has become irrelevant due to the immediacy of the internet
Added on October 8, 2013
Tom Randall
Amanda Palmer , Miley Cyrus , Open Letter To , Sinead O'Connor , Tom Randall
Humans, being endlessly bloody-minded, continue to make popular music the setting for a debate about gender and body politics.
Added on September 24, 2013
Everett True
Blurred Lines , Everett True , feminism , Miley Cyrus , parody , rape culture , Robin Thicke , spoken word , We Can't Stop
You know me. I like to push at boundaries of decency, once in a while – same as Mr Thicke.