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Carter Tutti Void – Transverse (Mute)

Carter Tutti Void - Transverse (Mute)

By Princess Stomper It goes dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. I am playing Bejeweled Blitz as I listen because I am a fidget, but I realise as the clock runs out that I have forgotten the game. I have forgotten how to play it. Match. Lines. Of. Three.


How I lost my love for music (and how I found it again)

How I lost my love for music (and how I found it again)

Fuck this, I’d rather listen to Kylie.


Madonna – MDNA (Interscope)

Madonna - MDNA (Interscope)

Madonna reminds me of the creepy old goth who used to hang out at the club hitting on the teenage girls – she’s just too old for this.


Alexander Tucker – Third Mouth (Thrill Jockey)

Alexander Tucker - Third Mouth (Thrill Jockey)

Third Mouth is achingly, tinglingly beautiful. Think of folk and you’ll think of knitwear and frump, but here you can smell the moss and soil.


Manorexia @ Union Chapel, London 12.04.12

Manorexia @ Union Chapel, London 12.04.12

Hell, it rocks harder than any of those lily-livered upper-middle-class floppy-haired fops in the charts.


The electronic double standard

The electronic double standard

It just sounds like Bjork so you might as well just listen to Bjork.


Princess Stomper | Eleven more records to be embarrassed about liking

Princess Stomper | Eleven more records to be embarrassed about liking

You can’t please everyone, and taste is subjective


Intelligent women – the best of IDM

Intelligent women - the best of IDM

Yes, I know it’s a loaded term. IDM. “Intelligent Dance Music”.


One-word reviews? Here’s a few

One-word reviews? Here's a few

Spectral.


Pop vs Rock

Pop vs Rock

Rock music is ‘better’ than pop music? There’s no fucking difference!


Things I bought with my Christmas money

Things I bought with my Christmas money

As if my mind needed bending lately.


11 Greatest Things From 2011

11 Greatest Things From 2011

Just knowing that there’s music this good out there makes me feel thankful, relieved, and a little bit spoiled


What are record labels good for, anyway?

What are record labels good for, anyway?

Quality is paramount and hopefully history will judge us accordingly


Who makes the rules for music?

Who makes the rules for music?

‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ is a prime example of AABA with an outro.


dEUS – Keep You Close (Play It Again Sam)

dEUS - Keep You Close (Play It Again Sam)

Eclectic eccentricity that would seem forced or pretentious from other acts are just the company stamp of dEUS, inc


Because some comments ARE better than others

Because some comments ARE better than others

Listening to Thirlwell’s music makes me want to do better, generally, at everything.


The life and death of a genre

The life and death of a genre

If punk was a roar of rage, industrial music was a scream of terror.


The Age of Clank: Why Genres are Important

The Age of Clank: Why Genres are Important

Clank. It’s retro-futuristic. The way music is supposed to sound in the 21st Century.


You don’t need to shout to be heard: nine present-day political songs

You don't need to shout to be heard: nine present-day political songs

I don’t think anyone needs to worry about musicians losing their voices any time soon.


No Mas Bodas – Flesh (self-released)

No Mas Bodas - Flesh (self-released)

I want to see something besides bunnies next time. Can you manage a squirrel?


Why Everett True is right

Why Everett True is right

Why Aren’t There More Kate Bushes?


Why Everett True is wrong

Why Everett True is wrong

The worst character in fiction is Twilight’s Bella: a canvas of nothingness onto which the empty project their shallow desires.


Six more great things from 2011

I love it when Radiohead write proper, hummable pop songs.


YACHT – Shangri-La (DFA)

YACHT - Shangri-La (DFA)

Not every band has to be amazing.