Added on June 28, 2013
Everett True
Everett True , Kanye West , Song of the day , Yeezus
I am only posting this as some form of signifier of my cultural capital, you understand. Between you and me, I still don’t know how to pronounce his name.
Added on June 27, 2013
Scott Creney
Kanye West , Slavery , Suicide , The Exhaustion of Capitalism , Trayvon Martin , Yeezus
It’s lonely at the top, motherfuckers. We live in a culture where money equals power, but what happens when the money arrives and you still feel powerless? When there’s nothing left to buy and you’re dying inside?
Added on March 24, 2012
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English Frank , Immortal Technique , Jay Z , Kanye West , Lethal Bizzle , Lowkey , Mic Righteous , Omar Shahid , Ringo P , The Guardian , UK hip-hop , Watch The Throne
Rappers are working class. Critics are middle class. They don’t understand each other.
Added on January 11, 2012
Wallace Wylie
Beyonce , Bob Dylan , Jessie J , Kanye West , Kim Gordon , Martin Solveig , Michael Jackson , Patti Smith , Spice Girls , The Beatles , The Bee Gees , Wallace Wylie
Pop outflanked all of its critics by making them extreme traditionalists or anti-populist cranks.
Added on September 14, 2011
Ben Pratt
Diamond D , Dizzee Rascal , Eminem , hip-hop , Jay Z , Kanye West , NWA , Public Enemy , Wu-Tang Clan , XL Recordings
This is exactly the reason why the world needs Tyler and Odd Future. Shit can’t keep rolling like this.
Added on September 3, 2011
Wallace Wylie
Collapse Board , Hyped To Death , Indifferent Dance Centre , Jay Z , Kanye West , Messthetics , Methodishca Tune , Poison Girls , Renaldo & The Loaf , Scritti Politti , Stepping Talk , The Avocados , Wallace Wylie
There is heart here. There is pride. There is commitment. I want to know who these people are.
Added on August 21, 2011
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Coldplay , Dew Process , Justin Edwards , Kanye West , Kate Moss , live review , Music Photography , photos , Pulp , SITG , SITG2011 , Splendour in the Grass , Splendour in the Grass review , the middle east , The Vaccines , Warpaint , Woodford , Woodfordia
I enjoyed this year’s Splendour, as I always do.
Added on May 16, 2011
Jodi Biddle
Barbie's Back , Barbie's Back review , Fergie , hip-hop , Jodi Biddle , Kanye West , Lupe Fiasco , Missy Elliott , mixtape , Nicki Lewinski , Nicki Minaj , Pink Friday , R'n'B , rap , The Harajuku Barbie
One of the biggest things I struggle with regarding hip hop is lyrical content. A pervasive preoccupation with self-aggrandisement does little for me given the typical scope of a rapper’s goals (money, fame and ‘bitchez’).
Added on May 10, 2011
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2011 , Australia , Bat For Lashes , Bluejuice , Cloud Control , Coldplay , Dew Process , Good Vibrations , Kanye West , Kele , Laneway , music festivals , Pulp , Regina Spektor , Secret Sounds , SITG2011 , Spiritualized , Splendour in the Grass , The Cure , The Living End , The Vines , Vivid , Warpaint , Wild Beasts , Woodfordia
The reason Splendour hasn’t sold out instantaneously, as it normally does, is that the line-up doesn’t justify the price.
