Women, Men, and Music: the XY factor (Part Two)
Better a nit-picking, list-making, album-ranking Hornbyite geek than a groupie
Women, Men, and Music: the XY factor (part one)
I’m sceptical of the patronising and reductive idea that men and women appreciate music in intrinsically different ways
sexism etc (excerpt from an email to the editor of Mess And Noise)
I do not think the way to solve problems is to make crap jokes about them
Classic ‘reviews’ from the US music press – 1: Kanye West
Who needs to reprint the review when you’ve got perfection in a numeral?
how the music press works
The following is an email that was forwarded on to me by an interested party. I have removed the names of the relevant parties to spare the blushes of all concerned
notes from an email to an organiser of Sound Summit…
…I’m happy for you to come up with the questions, thanks Chris. The dialogue between myself and Shaun Prescott over the Washington review is interesting, gratuitous personal insults aside. He thinks it’s pointless to focus on the mediocrity that always exists (and I can understand that attitude because it means less space is actually given over […]
Music Criticism for Dummies
1. I’m a music critic. That means that sometimes I don’t like certain records, and I’ll try and explain why. 2. I’m a music critic. That means that sometimes I don’t like certain shows, and I’ll try and explain why. 3. I’m a music critic. That means sometimes I might “criticise” the people who make […]
One-minute reviews – 6: Kittie, The Very Best, Panther, El Perro Del Mar
Back, due to no demand at all. “The new low in music criticism” (trademark pending). You can be brief. You can be brutal. But can you cut the mustard when there’s only 60 seconds on the clock and you’ve never listened to the album before? Kittie – In The Black Never realised before that listening […]
