Rock music is ‘better’ than pop music? There’s no fucking difference!
Jan 16, 2012 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: Danielle Dax, Depeche Mode, Europe, Front 242, Girls Aloud, Lady Gaga, Lindsay Lohan, Nine Inch Nails, PANDORA, Princess Stomper, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sugababes, Wallace Wylie | 2 Comments »
Just knowing that there’s music this good out there makes me feel thankful, relieved, and a little bit spoiled
Dec 08, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: Battles, best of 2011, dEUS, Foetus, Gang Gang Dance, Jeremy Soule, JG Thirlwell, Nicola Roberts, No Mas Bodas, Oh Land, Princess Stomper, Radiohead, Skyrim, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Thurston Moore | 5 Comments »
‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ is a prime example of AABA with an outro.
Nov 07, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: Gusto Extermination Fluid, JG Thirlwell, Judy Garland, Keith Duffy, MGMT, Paul Barsom, Pennyslylvania State University, Princess Stomper, Rihanna, The Beatles, The KLF, The Police, The Ronettes, The Timelords, The Wizard Of Oz | 10 Comments »
Listening to Thirlwell’s music makes me want to do better, generally, at everything.
Oct 12, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: JG Thirlwell, Number One, Patrick Wolf, Princess Stomper, Rebecca Black, Ronnie Johns Half Hour, Stock Aitken Waterman, The Beatles, The Reynolds Girls, Victoria Birch | 17 Comments »
I don’t think anyone needs to worry about musicians losing their voices any time soon.
Aug 16, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: criticism, Foetus, Janelle Monae, Liam Lynch, Lily Allen, Ministry, Muse, Pink, PJ Harvey, politics in music, Princess Stomper, Sohrab | 6 Comments »
Why Aren’t There More Kate Bushes?
Aug 02, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: 30 Seconds to Mars, criticism, David Bowie, Disturbed, Everett True, feminism, Kate Bush, Kim Gordon, Kylie Minogue, Lacuna Coil, Lydia Lunch, Madonna, My Bloody Valentine, No Mas Bodas, No Wave, Princess Stomper, sexism, Sonic Youth, Thom Yorke, Ut | 4 Comments »
The worst character in fiction is Twilight’s Bella: a canvas of nothingness onto which the empty project their shallow desires.
Jul 25, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: Aylin Aslim, Babes In Toyland, Buke and Gass, Cardiacs, Courtney Love, Elastica, Everett True, Glasser, Guai Li, Hamlet, Harry Potter, Hole, Lindsay Lohan, Lucy Cage, PJ Harvey, Princess Stomper, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Scott Creney, The Merchant of Venice, The Twilight Saga, Tori Amos, Yat-Kha, Zooey Deschanel | 62 Comments »
I love it when Radiohead write proper, hummable pop songs.
Jul 21, 2011 | Categories: Best of 2011, Princess Stomper | Tags: Battles, best of 2011, Gang Gang Dance, Lucy Cage, Martin Atkins, Music criticism, Princes Stomper, Princess Stomper, Radiohead, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Weird Al Yankovic, Wierd Al Yankovic, William D Drake | 2 Comments »
Band-members are like the ingredients of a cake: get it wrong, and the result is bland or sickly.
Jun 22, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: 4 Non Blondes, Abba, Aerosmith, Andrew Weatherall, Babyshambles, Blur, Bob Ezrin, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler, Butch Vig, Cher, Chris Cornell, Christina Aguilera, Depeche Mode, God Lives Underwater, Gwen Stefani, Hole, Ike & Tina Turner, Inaura, Iron Maiden, Jack Endino, Jay Z, Jim Steinman, Justin Timberlake, Kaiser Chiefs, Katy Perry, Linda Perry, Madonna, McAlmont & Butler, Meat Loaf, Metallica, Motley Crue, Nelly Furtado, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Phil Spector, Pink, Primal Scream, Queen, Skid Row, Stephen Street, Steve Osborne, The Beach Boys, The Cult, The Happy Mondays, The Pussycat Dolls, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Smiths, Timbaland | 14 Comments »
I will now re-review some of my favourite recordings through the medium of cats.
May 22, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: Buke and Gass, cats, Everett True, Foetus, Hide, JG Thirlwell, King of Limbs, Princess Stomper, Radiohead, Riposte | Leave A Comment »
Sometimes every member makes (or breaks) the band.
May 19, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Blaze Bayley, Brave New World, Bruce Dickinson, Chris Vrenna, Dave Gilmour, Donald Fagen, Iron Maiden, KMFDM, Ministry, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Nick Mason, Nine Inch Nails, Paul Di'Anno, Pig, Pink Floyd, Pretty Hate Machine, Princess Stomper, Raymond Watts, reunions, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Sascha Konietzko, Skinny Puppy, Steely Dan, Steve Harris, Syd Barrett, The Charlatans, The Dark Side Of The Moon, The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, The Number Of The Beast, The Wall, Tim Burgess, Trent Reznor, Wolfsbane | 1 Comment »
It can feel like a betrayal, and the fan blames the band: they ‘sold out’, because they don’t belong to you exclusively any more.
May 08, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: 30 Seconds to Mars, 4 REAL, Enter Sandman, fanzines, Jared Leto, Jordan Catalano, Linkin Park, Lord Of The Rings, Manic Street Preachers, Megadeth, Metallica, Oasis, Richie Edwards, selling-out, The Supremes, The Verve, Urban Hymns, VAST | 18 Comments »
The rhythms are hugely complex in how they build up and break down. It’s these wave-like swells and drops that dictate how your body is going to move on the dancefloor. For the brainless dancefloor filler, structure is everything.
Apr 12, 2011 | Categories: Princess Stomper | Tags: All Saints, Arcade Fire, Asereje (The Ketchup Song), Battles, Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Cathy Dennis, Everett True, Faith No More, fatboy slim, Foetus, Girls Aloud, Girls Aloud Sound Of The Underground, Gloria Estefan, Kylie Minogue, las ketchup, MGMT, Rihanna, Shakira, sufjan stevens, Sugababes, Umbrella, William Orbit, Xenomania | 50 Comments »
