22 of Princess Stomper’s favourite songs of 2012 so far
This song is more infectious than Jeff Goldblum’s laptop in Independence Day
Eleven records I’m embarrassed about liking
I can only put my liking for this down to some kind of sadomasochistic sexual attraction towards Dolores; her personality and her voice. I really can’t account for it otherwise
Scott Creney reacts to Pitchfork’s reaction to M.I.A.’s Finger
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.
how ‘influence’ works – Lana Del Rey vs Eleni Vitali
This is influence, not plagiarism: ridiculous to claim otherwise.
Fuck Albums: Tamsin’s Best of 2011
This year, I’ve flitted from offering to offering like a bluebottle in a blocked toilet.
a Collapse Board parlour game for Sunday afternoons
Can’t quite appreciate her music like I used to after she threatened to beat me with a baseball bat for making fun of the Olympia Co-Op
Everything Is Plastic – The Corrupting Ideal of Authenticity In Music
ALL music is fake. That’s why they call it a performance; that’s why they call it an act.
two discussions around the notion of ‘authenticity’ in pop music
Authenticity, pah! It’s as bad as real music! No such thing.
The Question of Authenticity and Lana Del Rey
This type of female voice, expressing these worries, these contradictions, simply does not exist anywhere else in popular music right now.