Added on October 31, 2012
Scott Creney
Brian Eno , Cyndi Lauper , Fennesz , Ronnie Spector , Scott Creney , Spin , T.Rex , The Wire , U.S. Girls
Is it Gem’s frozen nature that makes me feel encased in glass? Or is it my own detachment that keeps me from finding a way in?
Added on January 24, 2012
Scott Creney
Aaliyah , Balam Acab , Beach House , Beavis , Burial , Corey Feldman , Juggalos , Roberto Bolano , Siouxsie & The Banshees , Skrillex , The Weeknd , The Wire , Usher , Wander/Wonder , William S. Burroughs
It’s the difference between internet porn and actual sex, between Beavis and Bolaño, amusement and art.
Added on July 6, 2011
Scott Creney
4 , album review , Aretha Franklin , Beyonce , Beyonce 4 , Destiny's Child , Lady Gaga , Madonna , Music criticism , NME , Pointer Sisters , Scott Creney , Supremes , The Tyranny of the Authentic , The Wire
You may not hear a better heavy metal album all year than Beyoncé 4.
Added on February 2, 2011
Rhian
Kerrang , Music criticism , music journalism , Nick Hornby , pitchfork media , rhian jones , The Wire
Better a nit-picking, list-making, album-ranking Hornbyite geek than a groupie
Added on February 1, 2011
Rhian
alex ross , Kate Nash , Music criticism , music journalism , new yorker , Plan B Magazine , rage against the machine , rhian jones , The Clash , The Wire
I’m sceptical of the patronising and reductive idea that men and women appreciate music in intrinsically different ways
Added on January 31, 2011
Everett True
Almost Famous , Brighton , California , Chuck Berry , Courtney Love , Emma Anderson , Facebook , Greil Marcus , Jonathan Franzen , knitting , Lesley Rankine , Lester Bangs , Lush , Meatmen , Miranda Sawyer , music press , Music Writing , Oprah Winfrey , Pauline Kael , Pitchfork , punk rock , sexism etc , Smash Hits , The Edge , The Stone Roses , The Wire
Imagine if the music critic in Almost Famous had been female. Any chance at all she wouldn’t have been portrayed as a groupie?