Added on August 26, 2015
Scott Creney
2 Live Crew , Apple Music , Bruce Springsteen , Eating Pussy , Fine Young Cannibals , Go-Betweens , Jesus And Mary Chain , New Order , NWA , Pitchfork , Prince , Public Enemy , Scritti Politti , Sun Kil Moon , Terence Trent D'Arby
By Scott Creney Ask anyone who’s ever worked for a literary magazine, democracy is a shitty way to evaluate art. The polarizing stuff rarely makes it through. Instead you end up with a bunch of B-plus material—competent, workmanlike. Or in the case of this week’s Pitchfork Top 200 Singles of the 80’s, you end up […]
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 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 November 19, 2012
Lucy
Bjork , Coachella , Dorian Lynskey , Lucy Cage , Mumford & Sons , Music criticism , music festivals , Noah & the Whale , Noah and the Whale , PJ Harvey , Public Enemy , Simon Price , UNCOOL
“Mumford & Sons’ singular importance in rock’s current moment cannot be underestimated,” is not a sentence I ever imagined I’d read.
Added on August 5, 2012
Scott Creney
Brian Eno , McDonalds , Micachu , Micachu and the Shapes , Missy Elliott , My Bloody Valentine , Public Enemy , Scott Creney , Sonic Youth , The Clash , Timbaland , Velvet Underground
This is what it feels like to be alive in 2012 — connected to everything and more isolated than ever.
Added on September 14, 2011
Ben Pratt
Diamond D , Dizzee Rascal , Eminem , hip-hop , Jay Z , Kanye West , NWA , Public Enemy , Wu-Tang Clan , XL Recordings
This is exactly the reason why the world needs Tyler and Odd Future. Shit can’t keep rolling like this.
Added on June 21, 2011
Wallace Wylie
A Cinema Of Loneliness , American Apparel , Beck , Bed Intruder Song , Bonnie and Clyde , Caetano Veloso , Collapse Board , Fear Of A Black Planet , hip-hop , I'm On A Boat , John Hughes , John Waters , Lonely Island , Loudness Wars , Midnite Vultures , Modern Guilt , NWA , Odelay , Public Enemy , Quentin Tarantino , R & B , Robert Kolker , Sea Change , Stephen Malkmus , Taxi Driver , The Cramps , The Information , Wallace Wylie
Beck clones were everywhere and in their wake they rendered passionate feeling an embarrassing personality trait.
Added on April 15, 2011
Scott Creney
Nine Type Of Light , Nine Types Of Light review , Nirvana , Public Enemy , Scott Creney , The Sex Pistols , TV On The Radio , TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light , Young Liars EP
2011 finds TV On The Radio with nothing new to say, no new sounds to make, and no reason on earth to go on existing.
Added on March 24, 2011
Wallace Wylie
808 State , A Guy Called Gerald , Acid House , Andy Weatherall , Aphex Twin , Arctic Monkeys , Blur , Bobby Gillespie , Bomb The Bass , Britpop , Cabaret Voltaire , Creation Records , Damon Albarn , Definitely Maybe , Depeche Mode , Derrick May , Fool's Gold , Frankie Knuckles , Gary Numan , Give Out But Don’t Give Up , Happy Mondays , Higher Than the Sun , House , Ian Brown , Jack Your Body , Jimmy Miller , Joy Division , Kula Shaker , Led Zeppelin , Let It Be , Loaded , Love , Massive Attack , Morrissey , New Order , Noel Gallagher , Oasis , Orange Juice , Orbital , Paul Weller , Pet Shop Boys , PiL , Primal Scream , Public Enemy , Sally Cinnamon , Screamadelica , Song Of The Day , Suede , Teenage Fanclub , The Associates , The Beach Boys , The Beatles , The Black Crowes , The Boo Radleys , The Byrds , The Human League , The Jam , The KLF , The Libertines , The Orb , The Pastels , The Raincoats , The Rolling Stones , The Sex Pistols , The Slits , The Small Faces , The Smiths , The Soft Boys , The Stone Roses , The Strokes , The Wild Bunch , Uncle Tupelo , Vince Clarke , Visage , Wallace Wylie , We Call It Acieed , WFL , Yazoo
Large elements of the UK alternative press seemed to be waiting for the right guitar band to get behind, the right guitar band to believe in. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Stone Roses.
