Q.Wheres the best place to read reviews of new pop records online? (1 Viewer)

[GO]

I love pop record reviews,but I only ever see them in print.


I coulda googled this but I dont fancy trawling through millions of blogs when I have you's.

 

[jack nance hair]

http://www.popjustice.com

 

[Lili Marlene]

yeah, that's the one. He's a great writer, I think he used to do the Melody Maker Darts thingy back in the 90's

also, http://xenomanianews.blogspot.com/

although obviously that's xenomania specific

 

[shower another shower]

play some records already

 

[GO]

But I want to read about them too showerzy

 

[Lili Marlene]

This thread is now about posting reviews

Great review by Robert Christgau here:



The Julie Ruin: Run Fast (TJR)
Although I read in the Times that late-stage Lyme disease sufferer Kathleen Hanna's first album since 2004 includes "several peppy numbers about euthanasia," I dare you to figure out which they are. What's easy to tell is that at 44, the riot godmotherrr commands pretty much the same old skinny soprano, only with soft edges that sound tender or thoughtful sometimes. You can make out enough lyrics to determine that these vulnerabilities don't come at the cost of crazee abandon, modulated tantrum, or childish drawl. And you soon realize that the music continues a trajectory that runs from Bikini Kill through Le Tigre to this version of the pop music every great punk loves: surf guitar, bongo effects, keyboard hooks from Hammond to EDM, and--crucially, I think--a male voice on occasion, mostly for deep ballast. Some say she's from Mars, or one of the seven stars that shine after 3:30 in the morning. But she isn't. A

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Kathleen Hanna is everyone's ultimate crush, right?

 

[Lili Marlene]

Maybe if i liked her music

 

[Jerry Twig]

Kathleen Hanna is everyone's ultimate crush, right?

Fuck no

 

[nlgbbbblth]

The closest I got to Bikini Kill was being at the front in Charlie's, 1996.

My crushes then were directed at Amanda Rin from Bis.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I like LeTigre, but Yer wan with the tache.... It's just wrong...and quiet disturbing.