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Like, Best of the Decade Edition (Music): ILLINOIS by Sufjan Stevens... and where the hell is his next for reals album?

mgss wrote 1 week ago: http://www.lib.washington.edu/media/pitchfork/images/sufjan_illinois.jpg Note: So I wasn’t goi … more →

Tags: Best of the decade, Like, Music, web writers, arcade fire, Beck, Funeral, good news for people who love bad news, hip-hop

Video: Twitter and the Death of Rock Criticism

mattwhite50 wrote 6 months ago: Fascinating video featuring music writer Christopher R. Weingarten (RollingStone.com and Village Voi … more →

Tags: Opinion, Christopher Weingarten, twitter, 140 characters conference, rollingstone.com, Village Voice

Trout Mask Replica 40 Years Later

callanyvegetable wrote 6 months ago: On June 16, 1969, a singularly original album was released upon an already creative decade.  It was … more →

Tags: Music, Captain Beefheart, trout mask replica

Now I Wanna Be Your Welcome Mat

The Pete Man wrote 7 months ago: Howdy y’all, welcome to Hard Listening, a bog about music… I should say a blog but maybe … more →

Tags: Admin, Rock 'n' roll, Soul Music, Music: Journalism, golden god, American songbook, reggae, jazz, Classical

Interview with Simon Reynolds

agallix wrote 9 months ago: This interview with Simon Reynolds appeared in 3:AM Magazine on 2 March 2009: The Geist of the Zeit … more →

Tags: Non-Fiction, andrew gallix, post punk, Simon Reynolds, Totally Wired, rip it up and start again

Best of 2008: Simone Stenfor's votes2 comments

ginavivinetto wrote 12 months ago: By Simone Stenfors Best live concerts/gigs: 1) Bad Manners 2) The Sonics 3) The Urban Voodoo Machine … more →

Tags: "best of 2008", Music, Simone Stenfors, Bad manners, girlschool, London Egg, Sixx Am, The Barbarellatones, The Jim Jones Review

Best of 2008: Trish Bendix's votes2 comments

ginavivinetto wrote 12 months ago: Best Gay Lady Albums By Trish Bendix Jennifer O’Connor, Here With Me Folk rock with the focus … more →

Tags: "best of 2008", Music, Queer Stuff, Trish Bendix, Amanda Palmer, Hercules & Love Affair, Jennifer O' Connor, joan as police woman, Kaki King

Best of 2008: Carrie Waite's votes

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By Carrie Waite Best Albums: Beck, Odelay (Re-issue w/ Bonus Disc) The Black Keys, Attack & Rele … more →

Tags: "best of 2008", Carrie Waite, Music, Beck, calexico, Fleet Foxes, Lucinda Williams, Magnetic Fields, Rebekah Pulley

Best of 2008: Nikki Navarro's votes

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By Nikki Navarro, guitarist, Giddy-Up, Helicopter! Top Albums (in no particular order): 1. The Dodos … more →

Tags: "best of 2008", Music, Nikki Navarro, Deerhunter, des ark, giddy up, Helicopter, Kanye West, Land of Talk

Best of 2008: Deborah Frost's votes3 comments

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By Deborah Frost Lists are for pedants to make and for –I don’t know what you can even c … more →

Tags: "best of 2008", Deborah Frost, Music, The Death of Print Media, Britney Spears, Joe the plumber

Best of 2008: Gina Vivinetto's votes1 comment

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By Gina Vivinetto Top Albums (in alphabetical order): 1. Deerhunter, Microcastle 2. Fleet Foxes, Fle … more →

Tags: Music, film, Gina Vivinetto, "best of 2008", wolf parade, Ladies and Gentleman The Fabulous Stains, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel Maddow, Deerhunter

Best of 2008: Cathy Wos's votes3 comments

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By Cathy Wos I was born a Soulless Media Whore. I was weaned on TV and Music is my Therapy. One day … more →

Tags: "best of 2008", Cathy Wos, Music, Gogol Bordello, Hall & Oates, jaguar love, Old 97s, Sherman Alexie, the dodos

Best of 2008: JG's votes

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By JG Best Albums: 1. The Dodos, Visiter If this decade were good for anything, it was for inspiring … more →

Tags: "best of 2008", Music, Fleet Foxes, the dodos, Vampire Weekend, she and him, The Breeders, MGMT, wolf parade

Best of 2008: Going soft: What happened to the rock?3 comments

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By Carla DeSantis It’s December and thanks to bloggers and the free subscription my mother has someh … more →

Tags: Music, Carla DeSantis, "best of 2008", Amy Winehouse, Rockrgrl, Coldplay, Adele, Jewel, Mark Ronson

You might want to check out 'Tittyshakers'1 comment

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: Tittyshakers: Home of the Sleazy Sound is where you’ll find everything you need to know about … more →

Tags: Music, Tittyshakers: Home of Sleazy Sound, 1950s, jazz, strippers, Striptease

Recent interviews with Deborah Frost1 comment

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: Here are links to two recent interviews with rock critic, musician, and Sweaty Bitch contributor Deb … more →

Tags: Music, Gender Stuff, Deborah Frost, Brain Surgeons, women who rock, Blizz of Rock

A few suggestions for the New York Times (a rant)1 comment

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By Deborah Frost Yesterday, Saudi Arabia, today Santa Monica! You know what no one really wants to s … more →

Tags: Deborah Frost, The Death of Print Media, New York Times, Village Voice, Newspapers, isaac mizrahi, The Environment

Flush the word turds, babe5 comments

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By JG Eleven years ago, I landed a fun job as a copy editor for an alt-newsweekly. It was at that fu … more →

Tags: Music

Carrie Brownstein: Wii Music kind of sucks1 comment

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: By Gina Vivinetto Carrie Brownstein, former guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, reviewed Wii Music for Sla … more →

Tags: Geek stuff, Gina Vivinetto, Music, Carrie Brownstein, rock band, Slate, Sleater-Kinney, Wii Music


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