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- The trouble with music criticism
- Kissing without the sex – the role of the music critic
- Listen: Vivian Girls and Why? offer free mp3 album previews
- Music critics are not to be trusted
- To think, I could have got a proper job...
- The Winner Takes It All
- Three Trapped Tigers, Gold Panda for DiScover Tour
- 6 Day Riot - Have A Plan
- Billy Talent - III
- Crimea X - Phoros EP
| The trouble with music criticism Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:26 AM PDT Everett True asked me to tell you about some music journalism that interests me. There were a few problems with what he asked; firstly, his injunction to privilege slightly more under-appreciated or under-known examples of good music criticism – to "[steer] as far away from the obvious ones as... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| Kissing without the sex – the role of the music critic Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:18 AM PDT The day that I realised my girlfriend wanted to leave me for a musician was the day I discovered a burning interest in music criticism. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| Listen: Vivian Girls and Why? offer free mp3 album previews Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:01 AM PDT Some lovely new songs and (not particularly new) videos up for grabs from the equally lovely Why? and The Vivian Girls. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| Music critics are not to be trusted Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:25 AM PDT I figured out long ago that music critics weren't to be trusted. Journalism in post-modern times is a cynical business; everyone knows that there can no longer be any talk of the "new big thing"... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| To think, I could have got a proper job... Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:36 AM PDT From a financial perspective, freelance music journalism is a terrible profession. Rates are no higher than when I first got paid for a review back in 1996 (though I was writing for fanzines before that). And that's if you get paid at all. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:27 AM PDT I wanted to be a music critic. I became a games one. There had to be a reason for that. I have to believe there's a reason for that... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| Three Trapped Tigers, Gold Panda for DiScover Tour Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:08 AM PDT What's this? A national tour featuring two of our absolute favourite new acts, plus a smattering of local talent? Indeed! DrownedinSound is proud to present: the first DiScover Tour, spearheaded by Three Trapped Tigers and Gold Panda. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:37 AM PDT For anyone bad with numbers, like myself, 6 Day Riot can be a bit tricky. Are they a trio? Or is it a quintet? Do nine musicians really play on the album? The short answer is d) All of the above. 6 Day Riot's current incarnation is a six-piece led by the Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:53 AM PDT Whilst playing Guitar Hero for the first time last week, I suddenly became overwhelmed by a unyielding sense of shame. I said to myself: "I am a twenty five year old man pretending to play a plastic guitar." During a struggle through 'Misery Business' Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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| Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:33 AM PDT Following the release of Lindstrom & Prins Thomas's vertiginously brilliant II, the cosmic disco revival – or should that be reawakening – appears to be gathering momentum, attracting disciples from all quarters with its promises of escape from mu Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
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