January 2010
1 post
December 2009
2 posts
How to write a headline
Best Buzzcocks-referencing headline of 2009.
November 2009
20 posts
Why everyone is wrong all the time
Lester Bangs: “That’s why I’d rather listen to Hank Williams or Beck, Bogert & Appice or Charlie Parker or the Royal Guardsmen. I have to say that the champions of the current New Wave ‘avant-garde’ are largely trendies, and I can guarantee you there will be no Throbbing Gristle repackages from Japan in the year 2000.”
Uh…yes? Written in 1982.
“There were 105,000 records released in the U.S. last year, and of those, 1,515...”
– Go read Carrie Brownstein’s roundtable discussion on indie labels. It’s fascinating, and worth the time.
Oh, nevermind!
Here’s the WHOLE THING:
Furthermore, I have this to say
Continuing on the subject of Songs, and specifically the one below, there’s this line: “I called you on the phone/but you’re not home.” This brings up a question. In fact, it brings up this question: How long can this lyrical trope keep existing in the cell phone-era? I mean, it’s 2009, and maybe she just wasn’t as crazy about you as you are about her, so she...
In 2009’s quest to find the band name...
Just a beautiful song.
LADIES READ THIS, IT IS IMPORTANT. →
“Musicians are all tossers.”
– Tony Wilson. I find that I agree with this sentiment more and more, daily.
“You were the generation who inherited paradise and spent the whole time peering...”
– Find that here. It’s worth reading.
FAVORITE NEW BAND ALERT: Veronica Falls. That is...
This is the greatest thing that's happened to me... →
So, has the question been answered?
So this decade, this decade we call the Aughts (as such), started with a question:
So then, at the end of this, has the question been answered? By an 80s pop star? Where are you Julian Casablancas?
(yes I know all about the solo album…)
WatchI miss these boys! Come back soon.
I keep coming back to this album, while forgetting...
October 2009
5 posts
Listen
This is an important plea.
Now that GeoCities is going down tonight, we have one simple request: Someone, somewhere, save the Orlando page Passive Soul! The people of the future must be able to access this information! How will they ever know about Romo?
“What drew me back to the Rock Critical List over the years was its meanness...”
– The Morning News looks back at the Rock Critical List, 10 years on. It’s quite interesting!
Go see Best Coast tonight!
“We will not be able to marginalise the pirates until we can offer accessible,...”
– Billy Bragg on music piracy.
September 2009
7 posts
Sometimes you have to be glad that Everett True...
Mainly because he is absolutely right about Pitchfork (in reference to their review of Pens):
“What fucking year is this? 1975, and we’re all studiously examing Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here for hidden messages? 1997, and we all can’t believe how clever and collegiate-smart and important Radiohead are? 2008, and we all fucking love Animal Collective because they’ve...
Sure, the weather doesn’t reflect it, but I...
WatchNew Los Campesinos! Download it here.
Happy Labor Day, comrades.
And another:
August 2009
1 post
Cold Cave signs to Matador
It should be noted that I do like Cold Cave a lot. (And Love Comes Close is a great record!) But doesn’t it seem like Matador is just snapping up every band that plays the Todd P circuit?
Also, nice to be back, etc. You can blame Ellie Clayman for it.
May 2009
1 post
“First up was Birmingham, England’s Johnny Foreigner, whose excellent 2008...”
– 7.4 for Hey Everyone! Even Marc Hogan gets it right sometimes.
April 2009
17 posts
Quite the headline, British tabloids. →
Her name is not really Micachu.
And we exhale and roll our eyes in unison
So what exactly is going on with the “alternative” weeklies? From what it looks like, they’ve moved on from slideshows of half-naked women and are now just showing actual porn. Well, I’m sure they’re getting a lot of hits. (Not a pun, and not a reference to “Annette’s Got the Hits,” either.) Something to be proud of!
That’s the “West...
What’s interesting about this isn’t its media sucks up to the rich angle, which is all well and good. It’s that this person, who goes on and on about his “urban public school” education uses the effete UK colloquialism “whingeing,” instead of the proper urban public school term of “whining.” My, these New York upper crust types must have...
WatchSo…the new Blank Dogs video, huh?
“Death of a Socialite,” dedicated to...
Hey, go outside! It’s spring!