A place to share any good music articles/writing you come across.
This site looks really good (it's the fella who usually blogs at the Alternative Shipping News): 2012popmusictheory.aburke.ca
Nice. I like Disquiet disquiet.com and Alex Ross therestisnoise.com
Should we point to specific pieces to keep it more manageable? First piece on the Pop/Music/Theory thing is good and er, topical.
This is helpful. I rarely find anything in this category that can hold my interest these days (current company acknowledged, and occasionally excepted ;D)
Incidentally, what did you all think to that Pig piece over at the Space by the new Radiophonic Workshop chap? thespace.org
I think I'd like to sit in on that guys Seminars. Really interesting posts.
Agree with Andrew - let's try and keep it to individual pieces.
Gravy.
Was that link supposed to go somewhere specific, Ash?
Yeah, it goes to the Matthew Herbert piece. Well, it does for me! thespace.org
Ian Penman on James Brown.
city-journal.org
Yep. Great stuff that. Really want to read that book. Brown's own (assisted) autobiography is interesting and fun but ultimately a crock of self righteous horseshit.
I'm sort of partial to the stuff The Liminal put up today.
Woo hoo for the Liminal theliminal.co.uk
I've been hanging out with Tom Hiddleston today.
Well, Calum and I have been going over the issues in that article. Not what he says about your record, Tom, but the other more oppositional stuff about pop music in general, which I had some problems with. We've had a bit of debate, which is what it's all about I guess. One of the most thought (and perhaps argument) provoking pieces I've seen of late and one which has made me return to a quite familiar record with new ears, so to speak.
The Union is one of the best records I've ever heard. I don't need to read any more about it.
And that, Tom, is what we over here call arselicking :)
I think I should leave this thread. I hate music journalism.
Poacher! KICK ME OUT.
Here's a great bit of negative (and funny) writing from The Impostume a few years ago that I revisited recently. theimpostume.blogspot.co.uk
I'm afraid that almost any music writing I mention will be familiar to everyone on this list. I don't read too many music publications—mainly the Wire and the Liminal when I can.
I guess I should give a small plug for the Brooklyn Rail (where I'm music editor). Some of you might appreciate Steve Dalachinsky, who's a regular columnist, and a guy who knows literally every jazz musician in NYC and many in other countries. He sees more gigs in a week that many people see in six months. His thing is brief takes on the various shows he's seen rather than deep analysis, but he's got MANY years of knowledge so it's often a joy to read his stuff. Here's his latest:
I think I'm violating the rules here, but I also wanted to mention Tape Op magazine, which the Brits on this list (that's most of you) may not be familiar with. It's about recording/engineering/production as well as gear to do same. I don't know of any magazine quite like it. They have generally excellent interviews with all kinds of well known record producers and engineers, and they cover an extremely broad spectrum (from hip-hop to jazz to '60s/'70s veterans). Scroll through this list of interview and you'll get some idea:
Hahaha - there aint no rules that I can think of. Sheesh, Ash took it as a chance to show off about some actor that'd ignored him all day.
Both those sites look great, btw. Cheers.
Nobody puts baby in the corner.
I have a subscription to Tape Op, the latest issue arrived yesterday in fact.
Interesting, Andrew, about the controversy with Calum's review. For what it is worth, he nailed square on the head where those pieces come from and what they imply, at least for their maker. It was frightening to read -- as if he had read my mind -- because I think I've only shared the background on those pieces with two other people. The title of Hem is itself the perversion of an anagram that relates to the theme he found. I shall say no more, but it was pretty bizarre.
Ash, thanks. But you need to hear more records clearly.
WILL PEOPLE STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO?
Something new from Simon Reynolds, this time exploring the issues with "re"creativity slate.com
I really like Branch, let's make it continue.
Mr Kovitch - that Penman article on James Brown is fucking brilliant. More of that, please.
Everyone's gone, Matt.
It's dead, Jim.
