Added on May 3, 2011
Scott Creney
Athens Georgia , Crystal Stilts , Farm 255 , Pitchfork , Scott Creney
Somewhere along the line, apparently, Crystal Pepsi and I developed different ideas of what rock music could/should/would do.
Added on April 14, 2011
Wallace Wylie
Buju Banton , faggot , hip-hop , hipsters , Jimmy Fallon , Johnny Cash , LA Weekly , liberals , misogyny , Nick Cave , Odd Future , Pitchfork , racism , rape , sexism , sexism etc , Skrewdriver , SlutWalk , Snoop Dogg , Tipper Gore , violent rape fantasies , Wallace Wylie
Many men still feel that endless misogynistic ‘jokes’ are ultimately harmless and that everyone should just get a sense of humour.
Added on March 31, 2011
Scott Creney
Animal Collective , Arcade Fire , Best Coast , Big Black , Butthole Surfers , Conflict , Daniel Johnston , Electrelane , Forced Exposure , indie rock , Joanna Newsom , Katy Perry , Melody Maker , Minutemen , Mudhoney , Nirvana , Of Montreal , Pavement , Pitchfork , Rolling Stone , Scott Creney , Sonic Youth , Spin , The Books , The Shins , The Suburbs , Tunabunny , TV On The Radio , Vampire Weekend , Vivian Girls
A band like Arcade Fire has a hell of a lot more in common with Katy Perry than it does with Daniel Johnston.
Added on February 25, 2011
Wallace Wylie
advertising , alternative , AT&T , Beat Generation , Bill Hicks , corporate , counter-culture , indie , iron and wine , Lady Gaga , McDonalds , Pitchfork , Ryan Adams , selling-out , The Clash , The Decemberists , The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart , The Shins , Tommy Hilfiger , Vampire Weekend
First off, we need to define alternative culture. Is it something that provides values for those who identify with it, or is it just mainstream culture decked out in thrift store apparel?
Added on February 21, 2011
Wallace Wylie
Bill Withers , Brian Eno , Dan Bejar , David Sanborn , Destroyer , Guided By Voices , indie , Jazz , Kaputt , Leonard Cohen , Merge Records , New Order , New Pornographers , Pavement , Pitchfork , Roxy Music , Tapes 'n' Tapes
Kaputt is a dark city with no easy escape routes. Washed-out horns blow sorrowfully into the night.
Added on February 20, 2011
Everett True
Al Horner , blogging , Drowned In Sound , Facebook , Fleet Foxes , Hole 2.0 , Music criticism , music critics , music industry , NME , Pitchfork , Radiohead , The Arcade Fire , The Guardian , The King Of Limbs , The National , Twitter , Vampire Weekend , web 2.0
You are a critic. Not a fan. Not a blogger. Not a hack. A critic.
Added on February 16, 2011
Everett True
AMP , Arcade Fire , Grammys , Nobel Peace Prize , Pitchfork , Rolling Stone , the Brit Awards
Alongside several other prominent indie music critics, I might have erroneously given the impression that I, in some way, had a bit of a downer on the annual Grammy Awards.* Comments like, “Wow. There’s validation for you. A music award from a bunch of people who don’t like music” and “There is a GOD … […]
Added on February 15, 2011
Everett True
Arcade Fire , bondage , Brisbane , Dave Graney , Indiewolf , Lady Gaga , Pearbear , Pitchfork , Pris , Rihanna , S&M , Shannon And The Clams , street press , TeenageHairWaste , Twitter , Two Door Cinema Club , Vampire Weekend , Wolf-Wolf
Do they perform in their underwear? ARE THEY HAVING MORE FUN THAN THE OTHER 50,000 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM COMBINED? Yes, yes yes!
Added on February 12, 2011
Everett True
Arcade Fire , humour , Pitchfork , The Guardian , Twitter , U2 , Vampire Weekend
What time is it when a new Arcade Fire song appears? Time to get off the fucking fence. ARCADE FIRE ARE BORING SHITE
Added on February 11, 2011
Everett True
AMP , Arcade Fire , Australian Music Prize , David Lee Roth , Destroyer , Elvis Costello , Frog Eyes , Mojo , NME , Pitchfork , Plan B Magazine , Uncut , Vampire Weekend
If there’s a better argument for demanding the immediate shutdown of Pitchfork than the rise and rise of Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire, I’m not sure I want to hear it.