Kanye West Is Not a Genius
July 10, 2014
A blog post on NME by David Renshaw entitled “Stop Booing Kanye West: His ‘Rants’ Are Part Of What Makes Him A Genius” has things profoundly wrong in my opinion. Well, as profound as any opinion on Kanye West could be. In the above
Is American Music Becoming Less American?
July 7, 2014
America is widely considered to be the birthplace of all modern popular music. And even when Beatlephiles, British Invasion geeks and classical/jazz zealots claim the mantle for their own camp, nobody can deny the business of selling music as the product of almost-supernatural stars,
Interesting Answers From Tegan & Sara’s AMA on Reddit
June 30, 2014
Ah, it’s hard to believe that Tegan and Sara, everyone’s favorite Canadian lesbian indie rockers, have been around for seventeen years now. It’s even harder to believe that their critically-acclaimed album, Heartthrob, was released a whole two years ago (seriously, where does the time
Coldplay Shuns Streaming Ghost Stories. Will Other Bands Follow Suit?
June 29, 2014
“I was very lucky to meet a very good sufi teacher who started to introduce the idea of “if you sit with your experiences and the things you’ve been through, they alchemize. At the time he said that, I didn’t really know what that meant, but
10 Things You May Not Know About George Strait
June 24, 2014
Ah, George Strait. It’s now impossible to hear that name without a nostalgic twang lassoing the speaker’s voice. After decades establishing himself as the King of Country music, George Strait is throwing in his cowboy hat with The Cowboy Rides Away tour. Finishing up
Will we eventually have to pay for music, again?
June 23, 2014
In the past couple of decades, most of the developed world has become accustomed to having it’s musical whims seen to by the internet. Plundered, pinched or pirated — however you describe it — the vast majority of it hasn’t been paid for. These
London’s First Vinyl Library One Year On
June 20, 2014
Elly Rendall and Sophie Austin are two record revolutionaries who one year ago set out to start London’s first vinyl library. Run as a not-for-profit since day one, they aimed to start a space where pre-digital music culture and an intimate spirit can collide
Top 10 Earning Dead Musicians
June 18, 2014
Even though some of us spend our entire lives working two hundred hours a week just to afford the falling-to-pieces room in an apartment we share with four students and a family, some people break it a little luckier than that. Some people succeed
Youtube to cull indie labels “in a matter of days”
June 18, 2014
YouTube is to begin a mass cull of music videos by artists on independent labels due to a refusal by many of them to sign up to the licensing conditions for Youtube’s new streaming music service. Artists including Adele and Arctic Monkeys are among
Concert Review: CHVRCHES at Northside Festival in Brooklyn
June 16, 2014
I’m a sucker for catchy bands fronted by badass ladies, so when I heard CHVRCHES was going to be headlining Brooklyn’s Northside Festival, naturally I had to be there… Along with every other New Yorker. The free, sold-out show took place in Williamsburg, on
