Added on July 22, 2015
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Alexis Late , Buzzcocks , John Lennon , NME , Patti Smith , Placebo , Rudyard Kipling , Sleater-Kinney , The Clash , The La's , The Libertines , The Raincoats , The Slits , The Smiths , The Strokes , The Vines , Wilfred Owen , X-Ray Spex
By Alexis Late A lot of well-worshipped musicians tend to have a web of mythology encompassing them. Sometimes it’s created by scandal loving press and is, not surprisingly, flawed or exaggerated; sometimes it’s unearthed by fans through intimate obsession, or woven by the artists themselves, as they make their manifestos public. The Libertines were a […]
Added on June 10, 2015
Everett True
Becoming Real , Big Star , Blind Willie Johnson , Cheena , D'Angelo , Daniele Ciullini , Delta 5 , Downtown Boys , Dr. Hook , East India Youth , Everett True , Gene Vincent , Holly Herndon , Jessika Kenney , Joy Division , Le Almeida , Louie Armstrong , Mavis Staples , Mumford & Sons , Pill , Rozi Plain , Saboten , Shamir , Silver Apples , Sister Rosetta Tharpe , Soko , Speedy Ortiz , Testors , The Breakfast Muffs , The Chills , The Chordettes , The Longdrone Flowers , The Monks , The Police , The Special AKA , The Style Council , Wire , X-Ray Spex
Thanks to Lee Alexandra Adcock for posting the links up for me. I was going to write my standard introduction… very displeased with the lack of motivation in the class blah blah blah old man forming wordless sounds at clouds blah blah blah who is not taking this assignment as seriously as they should blah blah blah… but […]
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 July 4, 2011
Bianca Valentino
'80s dance , basement shows , Bianca Valentino , Bikini KIll , Bratmobile , Cyndi Lauper , D.I.Y. , Designer Imposter , Don’t Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl , Grace Jones , Gunk zine , hip-hop , Jigsaw zine , Joan Jett , Johnna Fateman , Kathleen Hanna , Klub Kid Vintage , Lunachicks , New York City Music , New York City Police , Police Revolution Now , Poly Styrene , punk rock , punk zines , queen latifah , Ramdasha Bikceem , Riot Grrrl , Riot Grrrl zine , Run DMC , Santi White , teen punk , Theo Kogan , Tobi Vail , X-Ray Spex
Our first show was in somebody’s basement at their parents’ house. Their parents would let them have punk shows. I don’t even know if people do that anymore?
Added on April 30, 2011
Everett True
Eliza Doolittle , Jeff Pollack , Jesus And Mary Chain , Lady Gaga , Mumrock , Neil Kulkarni , NME , Odd Future , Poly Styrene , Poly Styrene R.I.P. , Q Magazine , sexism etc , stealing music , tUnE-yArDs , X-Ray Spex
They’re kids. Not Disney kids or showbiz kids or even kids with a dream. They’re kids with nightmares. They’re nightmare kids who know life’s a nightmare.
Added on April 26, 2011
Everett True
Bikini KIll , Chelmsford , Fixed Grin , Generation Indigo , Gold Blade , John Robb , Kathleen Hanna , Marianne Joan Elliott-Said , Poly Styrene , Poly Styrene R.I.P. , punk rock , The Day The World Turned Day-Glo , The Slits , X-Ray Spex
Poly Styrene was the fucking coolest singer ever. That was so much a given, it feels weird to offer any reasons even now.