how ‘influence’ works – Lana Del Rey vs Eleni Vitali
This is influence, not plagiarism: ridiculous to claim otherwise.
These are a Few of my Favourite Things … from 2011 | Victoria Birch
Maybe I’ll save the angst and tell her we started here all along
Song of the Day (guest editor) – 1: Those Darlins
The store where I bought the record called it “Redneck Ramones”.
Everett True’s 12 favourite songs of 2011 so far
Something to do with believing in the power of music
17 Most Read Entries on Collapse Board, 29.05.11 – 04.06.11
Pop music that shits all over the tired, tepid male rock posturing of the other nine videos from a wonderfully giddy height.
All 10 Collapse Board Cults album reviews in one easily searchable popularity chart
Listening to Cults, I can only imagine that they have some great insider connections.
15 Most Read Entries on Collapse Board, 22.05.11 – 28.05.11
Music that will make you smile about music once more.
10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 9: the girl group review
Cults are cute. A cute bunny rabbit of a band. But bunny rabbits fuck.
10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 8: pretzel logic
Thus, Ms. Rikki, the following list of 12 cults far better to cultivate than the cult that Cults’ Cults will inevitably inculcate
10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 7: the really bad review (U.S.)
Listening to Cults, I can only imagine that they have some great insider connections.
10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 6: in poetry
Melody has the power to kill. You will be consumed within the arches of its sound.
10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 5: the good review (U.S.)
Cults knows the difference between an influence and a cliché.
10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 4: the bad review (U.K.)
It’s like a bag of those fun-sized Mars bars: nice to dip into, but a bit much if you try to wolf the lot in one go.
10 REVIEWS OF THE NEW CULTS ALBUM – 1: in real time
Wouldn’t it be so great if something so obviously corporate-backed and hipster-fed turned out to be amazing after all?
Great Escape mix-tape
I’m going to indulge in a little fantasy inspired by the Great Escape line up and the bands that I managed to catch over the three day festival.
Cults vs Warpaint @ the Great Escape Festival 2011, Brighton, UK, 12.05.11
The music and the dancing is infectious. and the crowd sway and dance as Cults work the room into a blissful frenzy.
It’s OK. Pop music isn’t broken.
This talk of reverence and inheritance worries me. The idea that you should shut the fuck up because your progenitors haven’t yet been accorded their rightful due is so damn paralysing.
10 Most Read Entries on Collapse Board, 17.03.11-26.03.11
My only complaint about The White Stripes was that the band weren’t composed of two Meg Whites
Song of the day – 310: Idiot Culture
This is so molten and heavy, and full-on fucking ROCK, it makes the term ‘grunge’ seem patsy-waist in comparison.
Song of the day – 307: Cults (a rejoinder to the hipsters)
Maybe you too aren’t lucky enough to exist within the reach of the post-No Age kids, and aren’t a Vice editor. Don’t be worried. Come enjoy this. Music to make you swoon.
Fuck The Dream. Marry for the love and not the money.
I sense a spirit of love that infuses the music with soul and self-expression. And if you think this description suggests a kitsch twee puke-fest, then I’d have sorely done the depth and strength of their music an injustice.
