Song of the day – 91: Cornershop
I’m sure this album came out two or three years ago in the UK. Maybe not. You lose track of time here. Anyway, it’s just being issued in Australia, and seeing as how a) I love it, and b) The Vine have...
View ArticleDeath Rattle – The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Oasis and the travesty of...
By Wallace Wylie I’d like to talk about The Stone Roses. In terms of the music this is no hatchet job because ultimately I regard their first album as something of a masterpiece. Maybe it was my age,...
View ArticleTHE BAD REVIEW Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High...
by Scott Creney I’m tempted to say that criticizing Noel Gallagher’s new album is like shooting fish in a barrel, but I worry that he might be saving that cliché to use as a lyric on his next album....
View ArticleScott Creney reacts to Pitchfork’s reaction to M.I.A.’s Finger
By Scott Creney If I’d known Ryan Schreiber, founder and CEO of Pitchfork, was going to give me more material, I would’ve held off on last week’s Pitchfork piece. I’m not looking to become Collapse...
View ArticleDeerhunter – Monomania (4AD)
By Scott Creney Deerhunter’s been bugging me for years. Same with Atlas Sound. It’s not what you think — I don’t think the music’s terrible, and I don’t mind Bradford Cox’s occasional tantrum. In...
View ArticleKula Shaker – K (Sony)
By Wallace Wylie The narrow-minded reckon their experience of history can’t be surpassed; that there’s no point in drawing inspiration from the past because it was better IN THEIR DAY. They murder...
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