The first half of Louder Than Bombs is amazing, compilation or not. Half a Person is the best thing they ever did (insert arguments against here). Perfection starts unraveling around Golden Lights but still, some great stuff follows. By Unlovable, i usually tune out. Still this is one of my favorite albums of all time, not just by the Smiths.
Though they've been saddled with labels like "jangle pop," "C86" and, of course, "twee," singer/guitarist Roxanne Clifford of the London-based quartet Veronica Falls has a more fitting descriptor for her band: "horror rock." The term is a nod to one of her musical idols, Roky Erickson - appropriate, considering that the B-side of the band's first 7" was a haunting, harmony-rich cover of his psych-pop nugget "Starry Eyes." There's a beguiling air of the macabre… more »
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
Go ahead and argue about it, ask your sister or stare at your record collection until the truth falls out: Morrissey/Marr was the best British songwriting duo of the '80s. In a furiously creative period from 1983 to 1987, singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, backed by drummer Mike Joyce and bassist Andy Rourke, staged an emotional counter-revolution in pop music. It was a protest of everything we tend to remember - correctly or not… more »
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