Tuesday, November 1 2011
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or Shame?
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently announced its 15 nominees for its 2012 induction class. Once again, that means the blogosphere is abuzz with complaints about the Hall's irrelevancy. Are they legitimate?
Wednesday, September 14 2011
White Lies: iTunes Festival London 2011
Yes, this question's got a hold on me: Why does a band that relies on studio clean-up bother releasing live content that is so dull and subpar?
Thursday, September 1 2011
20 Unsung Music Videos from the 1980s
PopMatters begins a new series examining at the widespread emergence of music video in the 1980s. From major artists like the Clash, David Bowie, and U2 to less famous brethren such as Haysi Fantayzee and Grandmaster Caz, these are the unsung videos from that decade that might have missed your attention the first time around.
Friday, April 22 2011
The Raveonettes: Raven in the Grave
If the Raveonettes of yore were Tarantino flick knives, bubble gum, and Ray Bans, they're now the decaying beauty and warped nightmares of David Lynch.
Friday, June 4 2010
Masters of the Form: The Cure, 1989 - Disintegration
By 1989, Robert Smith had grown a bit weary of his new found pop stardom and was determined to swim out of the mainstream back into what he thought were the deeper waters of the band's earlier work.
Tuesday, May 18 2010
Walked in Line: The Musical Disciples of Joy Division
If any band is heir to the musical path Joy Division laid out, it would be the Cure, quite possibly the second-most influential band of the post-punk era.
Tuesday, May 11 2010
Masters of the Form: The Cure, 1987 - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Some artists are more than merely great. There are some artists that for a period of years, a period that is finite, consistently produced music that, it can be argued, far exceeded the work of their peers. For that brief period of time they were definitely Masters of the Form.
Friday, April 23 2010
Masters of the Form: The Cure, 1985 - The Head on the Door
Some artists are more than merely great. There are some artists that for a period of years, a period that is finite, consistently produced music that, it can be argued, far exceeded the work of their peers. For that brief period of time they were definitely Masters of the Form.
Monday, March 15 2010
Verse-Chorus-Verse: “Lovesong” - The Cure
Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.
