Shameless | My 17 Favourite Songs of 2014 that I hadn’t heard yesterday
If they ever print a biography of me, the running title should be Shameless. Guess a major difference between me and others is that I admit it. These songs here – these songs that hopefully you’re going to click on and discover and love and relish (Love And Relish: a great title for a culinary […]
The 20 Most Read Articles on Collapse Board of 2013
Time for one final list from 2013 (barring any straggling best-of lists), the all-important most read articles of the year. 1. Secret Memo Regarding Nirvana’s ‘In Utero’ Reissue Leaked People not only like to read the same story over and over again, they demand it. Our job is to retell the story, to reinforce the […]
Paul McCartney’s Child Labor Problem
There’s one song that stands out more than any other for its depiction of cruelty, for its story about the forced labor of children
Song of the day – 674: The New Sound Of Numbers
This song spills over with as much joy and innovation (both prime pop ingredients) as a kindergarten art class and is just as fun, splashy, bright, intent and contrary.
Dot Wiggin Band – Ready! Get! Go! (Alternative Tentacles)
I’m pleased to say that Ready! Get! Go! is nothing less than brilliant, a wonderful album from start to finish. A record that can stand beside The Shaggs, and in places even goes beyond it.
Song of the day – 668: Sky Ferreira
Would I take drugs with Sky Ferreira? Of course I fucking would.
Song of the day – 667: Ragana
I like the fact Black Sabbath and Unwound haven’t been a male institution for years.
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Capitol)
Night Time, My Time is fantastic. A lifetime of bad ideas that turns into good ideas in the context of music. I like the new M.I.A. album. I respect the new Laurel Halo album. I’m falling in love with the new Sky Ferreira album.
Mutual Benefit – Love’s Crushing Diamond (Other Music)
The string and vocal arrangements bring to mind Disney at its sweetest, or Van Dyke Parks at his straightest.