A review of Primal Scream’s new album More Light based on a quote
“We’re living in very extreme times, but that doesn’t seem to be reflected in the music that I hear or the art that I see. It seems that people are kind of asleep or they’ve been anaesthetised or they just don’t care” – Bobby Gillespie, 2013
Perhaps you should stop listening to the same three Rolling Stones, David Holmes and Andrew Weatherall albums then. (more…)
By Collin Farney
Did you hear about the triumphant new record? It’s called Autothysis – did you know that a certain species of carpenter ant defensively explodes itself into a poison splash ? “I was very interested in the concept of self-sacrifice,” John Blonde pontificates, standing from the chaise lounge and casting a furtive glance at this journalist’s notepad. “After my accident, it took three nurses to hoist me into a chair.” A pause: Blonde looks pained , just totally crushed on all sides by narrative tropes. (more…)
By Scott Creney
It’s been five years since the last Beaches album. I don’t know how many people in America own a Beaches T-shirt, but I’m one of them — and not just because I’m a massive Bette Midler fan either. (more…)
The top two percent of indie music history is remembered and the median is just disregarded. …
I would never treat my guitar like I treat my boyfriends. It means more to me than that.…
Edgy, like pulling the wings off butterflies.…
There's this slightly pathetic, socially inept indie boy, see. He idolises women. He wants to be wit…
