Song of the day – 554: Tame Impala
It’s The Darkness rolled into the JAMMS isn’t it? But slicker and more disposable (not an insult).
Fuck music critics | the new David Bowie single properly reviewed
It’s like pissing in parchment, music reviewing. So here are some pretty videos to describe the new David Bowie single instead
That In Utero memo | An outraged* reader responds
Freedom of speech, public debate, and to then be “stable” golf writers, copy, but as long as any 1 card reader complies with lively analog temerity to take a drive, and competent writing the column, and is a common disease, schizophrenia, I call the right locations. Damn green iguana.
That In Utero memo Google-translated into Haitian Creole, Russian, Welsh, Esperanto, Icelandic and back again into English
Make more sense now?
Deconstructing The Myth | 10 Reasons Why “Secret Memo Regarding Nirvana’s ‘In Utero’ Reissue Leaked” Is Not For Real
To sum up. I think this memo is probably a spoof. A very cleverly worded and artful spoof for sure… but still a spoof.
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 legends, to emphasise the inflexibility of the narrative.
The Audacity of Barry Manilow
The first line alone contains two historically volcanic eruptions of bragging. Not even Kanye has the ego to say he’s been alive forever, let alone that he wrote the very first goddamn song
The iPod and the Function of Music
Unless a particular artistic discipline has massive popular support then it ceases to become culturally relevant.
REVIEWED IN WORDS Animal Collective – Centipede Hz (Domino)
The new Animal Collective album bores the shit out of me. It’s tedious and unimaginative. It is lazy in every conceivable sense — lyrically, melodically, sonically, creatively.
Why artists shouldn’t stick to art
The thunking riffs are suitably portentous, but the amusing video would have tickled Beksinski’s reportedly excellent sense of humour.
Collapse Board’s answer to the Moonrise Kingdom soundtrack
Yes, I am going to bend that spoon with my mind, so pay attention…
Ignorant Fantasies | Race and Class Delusions From David Thomas
The fantasy world that David Thomas inhabits reeks of privilege and conceit. Perhaps I expected a bit more intelligence, a bit more individuality, a bit more adventurousness to his thinking. Then again, he is a white middle-class American male. We can’t expect too much.
Howard Monk | Things I am embarrassed about – Number one in a series
So you’ll have these obscure bands being lauded, and mortals like us trying to figure out just what it was that XXXX found in their music.
Why Pop Music Matters (No Matter What Age You Are)
Pop outflanked all of its critics by making them extreme traditionalists or anti-populist cranks.
Buzzfeed’s 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music: an answer
Fucking Justin Bieber, man. Gotta fucking hate young people.
English Blues – The Untold History of the Chunka-Chunka Song
It was The Supremes’ ‘Baby Love’ that really brought back that Chunka-Chunka feeling
Who makes the rules for music?
‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ is a prime example of AABA with an outro.
Because some comments ARE better than others
Listening to Thirlwell’s music makes me want to do better, generally, at everything.
THE WTF REVIEW: Ball Park Music – Happiness And Surrounding Suburbs (Stop Start/EMI)
Ball Park Music’s debut album is – and this is as much a compliment as an insult – musical premature ejaculation.
Ben Ely – The Collapse Board Interview
If I’m feeling sick or down music is really quite nourishing.
