Collapse Board Whatever happened to the music press?

Added on January 25, 2012 Everett True Fuckarias , Lucy Cage , Scandipop , Sweden , Those Dancing Days

Song of the day – 433: Those Dancing Days

There’s melody and pace, and the sort of vicarious thrill that used to be had from boy rock all those years back

Added on January 25, 2012 Lucy best of 2011 , Bjork , I Break Horses , Icona Pop , Lucy Cage , Lykke Li , Robyn , Sacred Harp , Scandipop , The Knife , Those Dancing Days

Beautiful Things of 2011: Scandipop goddesses

And it was mostly pop. Girls making pop. Very few of the bands I loved this year consisted of four white boys with guitars, although that template has been responsible for some fairly monumental things over the last four or five decades.

Added on January 25, 2012 Wallace Wylie Abel Tesfaye , Beach House , Britpop , Cocteau Twins , Earl Sweatshirt , Jarvis Cocker , Kate Bush , Matthew Dear , Michael Jackson , Odd Future , Pitchfork , Portishead , Pulp , Siouxsie And The Banshees , The Weeknd , Tyler The Creator , Wallace Wylie

The Weeknd – House Of Balloons / Thursday / Echoes Of Silence (XO)

Sex, drugs, more sex, more drugs, each song details another night of Bacchanalian excess with no redemption in sight. Are you ready to party?