Added on November 19, 2012
Lucy
Bjork , Coachella , Dorian Lynskey , Lucy Cage , Mumford & Sons , Music criticism , music festivals , Noah & the Whale , Noah and the Whale , PJ Harvey , Public Enemy , Simon Price , UNCOOL
“Mumford & Sons’ singular importance in rock’s current moment cannot be underestimated,” is not a sentence I ever imagined I’d read.
Added on March 16, 2012
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Barack Obama , Billy A Reeves , David Cameron , GDH Cole , Goldman Sachs , Grace Petrie , Mumford & Sons , Noah and the Whale , Steve White And The Protest Family , the White House , Thee Faction
Mumford & Sons playing the White House is the embodiment of the cultural logic of this Tory-led administration, and of British capitalism in general. Musicians are no longer the minstrels the ruling class hire for the occasion. These days they recruit their own. It’s safer that way.
Added on January 23, 2012
Lucy
Grizzly Bear , indie rock , Lucy Cage , Noah and the Whale , The Antlers
If after six plays of a song you are left with absolutely no idea what it sounds like it has surely failed some kind of crucial test.