Ryan Schreiber should be, if not ashamed, then more than a little embarrassed at the moment. Calling someone an asshole for raising a middle finger to a Super Bowl camera when you run a website and a music festival that has no problem promoting songs about rape, misogyny, and homophobia is empty and pathetic.
Feb 08, 2012 | Categories: Scott Creney | Tags: Art v. Commerce, Everett True, Jet, Jim DeRogatis, Lana Del Rey, M.I.A., Madonna, Noel Gallagher, Odd Future, Pitchfork, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ryan Schreiber is a massive tool, Sasha Frere-Jones, sex pistols, Super Bowl, The Clash, Traumatic Brain Injuries | 9 Comments »
This is influence, not plagiarism: ridiculous to claim otherwise.
Jan 27, 2012 | Categories: Everett True | Tags: Aldous Huxley, cocaine, Cults, Eleni Vitali, Fado, Julee Cruise, Lana Del Rey, Less Than Zero, Lizzy Grant, Snow Patrol, Twin Peaks | 2 Comments »
Don’t pull your pants. Buy this album instead.
Dec 16, 2011 | Categories: Wallace Wylie | Tags: alex ross, Austra, Barbara Panther, best of 2011, Bjork, Dave Tompkins, Destroyer, Emika, james blake, Lana Del Rey, Lykke Li, Phil Ochs, Radiohead, Richard Youngs, The Drums, The Fall, The Mountain Goats, Tunabunny, Wallace Wylie, Yelle | 6 Comments »
This year, I’ve flitted from offering to offering like a bluebottle in a blocked toilet.
Dec 10, 2011 | Categories: Tamsin Chapman | Tags: Art Museums, best of 2011, Bleeding Knees Club, Burning Hearts, Deathcrush, Desire, Divorce, Gropetown, John Maus, Lana Del Rey, Muscles Of Joy, Rasheeda | 1 Comment »
ALL music is fake. That’s why they call it a performance; that’s why they call it an act.
Nov 14, 2011 | Categories: Columns | Tags: Authenticity, Bruce Springsteen, Courtney Love, Dave Clark Five, Elvis Costello, Fugazi, Hole, Joy Division, Kristin Stewart, Lana Del Rey, Madonna, Minor Threat, Nirvana, Scott Creney, sexism, The Byrds, the eagles, The Monkees | 25 Comments »
Authenticity, pah! It’s as bad as real music! No such thing.
Nov 14, 2011 | Categories: Everett True | Tags: Abba, Authenticity, Best Coast, Brigette Adair Herron, Dolly Parton, girl group, Lana Del Rey, Lizzy Grant, sexism, Slint, St Vincent, The Go-Go's, The Sex Pistols | 6 Comments »
This type of female voice, expressing these worries, these contradictions, simply does not exist anywhere else in popular music right now.
Nov 13, 2011 | Categories: Brigette Adair Herron | Tags: Authenticity, Backlash, Blue Jeans, control, Elizabeth Grant, Hollywood, hype, indie, Interscope, Lana Del Rey, Lizzy Grant, Major Labels, NYC, power and control, self-esteem, sexism, The Hype Machine, Video Games/Blue Jeans 7" | 41 Comments »
