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 Everett True

Shameless | My 17 Favourite Songs of 2014 that I hadn’t heard yesterday

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 […]

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The 20 Most Read Articles on Collapse Board of 2013

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 […]

 Scott Creney

Paul McCartney’s Child Labor Problem

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

 Everett True

Song of the day – 674: The New Sound Of Numbers

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.

 Scott Creney

Dot Wiggin Band – Ready! Get! Go! (Alternative Tentacles)

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.

 Scott Creney

Blanche Blanche Blanche – Breaking Mirrors (Wharf Cat)

Blanche Blanche Blanche – Breaking Mirrors (Wharf Cat)

Blanche Blanche Blanche may be the most creative, original-thinking, band out there right now.

 Everett True

Song of the day – 668: Sky Ferreira

Song of the day – 668: Sky Ferreira

Would I take drugs with Sky Ferreira? Of course I fucking would.

 Everett True

Song of the day – 667: Ragana

Song of the day – 667: Ragana

I like the fact Black Sabbath and Unwound haven’t been a male institution for years.

 Scott Creney

Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Capitol)

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.

 Scott Creney

Mutual Benefit – Love’s Crushing Diamond (Other Music)

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.