Dinosaurs!
One commonly-accepted aspect of punk rock was a devaluing of musical ability, and the ascendance of the idea that “anyone can do it”. The old rulebook – the one that said you had to know what you were doing before… Continue Reading
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Alt! (Part 1)
This is a guest post from the League’s own James Hanley! When I read Professor Hanley’s submission, I had simultaneous, conflicting feelings. Something so well-written, thorough and informative makes me jealous, and makes me think I really need to step… Continue Reading
Sabbath!
Black Sabbath are, along with Led Zeppelin, commonly credited with being one of the two “parents” of metal. Bluesy, sludgy, and darkly psychedelic, Sabbath’s star waned somewhat in the 1980s, a time in metal’s history when more pop-friendly and speedier,… Continue Reading
Italo!
Giorgio Moroder is a towering figure in pop music. The Italian producer’s collaborations with disco diva Donna Summer, including “Love To Love You Baby” and “I Feel Love” were hugely influential in introducing electronic music to the masses. In the… Continue Reading
Cathedral!
Last night, Irish rock band My Bloody Valentine released the long-awaited follow-up to their classic 1991 album Loveless. There’s not much to say about Loveless that hasn’t been said already; the mighty sonic union of the Cocteau Twins’ lovely celestial… Continue Reading
Context!
For those that don’t recognize it, the video (but not song, which is “Ken” by Ex-Cops) above is a “cover” of a(n) (in)famous music video – “Bastards of Young”, by The Replacements. Perhaps apocryphally, the story goes that Warner Bros.… Continue Reading
Nostalgia!
In comments recently, dhex mentioned the idea of “nostalgia for a future that never happened”. In the real world this nostalgia can arguably be detrimental to the clear-eyed assessment of where we were, are, and are going; but in art,… Continue Reading
Heresy!
Music is, like most anything humans do, an intensely tribal affair. We like to think that the music to which we listen defines us as people; it binds us to the others in our tribe, who also connect with the… Continue Reading
Wednesday!
This is a guest post by the League’s own Sam Wilkinson! Take it away, Sam: Whether or not I want it to be, country music is ever present it in my life. There’s no escaping it. I’m stuck then either… Continue Reading
Wednesday!
It is, in my opinion, a damned shame that more people don’t appreciate classical music. In fact, it’s worse than that: classical music is even used to repel teens. And, again in my opinion, this comes from a simple misapprehension:… Continue Reading