Some Stuff We Liked in 2012
Here are some cool music things, maybe u should check them out.
The Gangnam Style Dance Will Never Stop Being News
PSY has taught his dance to people on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Today Show, Extra, Saturday Night Live, a Formula One race, and most recently in a concert with Madonna. There's no end in sight, and we're happy to file a report every single time PSY teaches the dance to someone new!
Important ... or Good?
Music expert Jesse 'kingcobweb' Mason explains and rates those weird bands that always show up on magazine lists alongside well-known hitmakers!
YouTube Tour: Dapp Attack! (Part 5)
Dapp was going to be an Awful Link, but his site was too funky for such a small blurb. Wait, not funky. I mean funny, to laugh at.
YouTube Tour: Dadrock Special! (Part 4)
dial 1-800-ROCK-DAD for all of your entertainment needs; also we can fix cabinets and stuff.
YouTube Tour: Political Rap (Part 3)
SA uncovers the worst candidate-supporting and/or issue-addressing rap videos YouTube has to offer.
What Will Be Music's Next Great Gimmick?
The Talk Box. Heavy drops. Multiple drum sets playing the same thing. Chainsaw guitars. Brian Setzer. The next gimmick is always just around the corner in the music industry, waiting for its all-too-brief moment in the spotlight.
When Movies Elevate Music
Every now and then, film turns a piece of music into something far more memorable than it would be on its own. Consider the torture scene from Reservoir Dogs accompanied by 'Stuck In The Middle With You' by Stealers Wheel, or the chilling use of the Jaws theme in Jaws 3D.
Some Stuff We Liked in 2011 (Part 2 of 2)
remember 2011? there were some cool tunes back then. let's take a trip back in time ...
Some Stuff We Liked in 2011 (Part 1 of 2)
Maybe SA didn't write articles about cool music in 2011, but we were listening to it all the while, and now we'll share with u!
Music News That Should Have Happened In 2011
The International Criminal Court in The Hague ruled against LMFAO's 'Party Rock Anthem,' on the grounds that the crime against humanity did not actually include any rock in spite of its title. The song was forbidden from being sold, distributed, played, and referenced.
The Musical Exploration Timeline
Age 4-12: I will literally listen to anything. Advertisements, television show theme songs (also, I love all television shows), children's movie soundtracks, even pop music. Give me all of it.
Hank Williams Jr. Answers Your Questions!
Sting ended up getting mad at me one night because I did a skinfart on his forearm (the one he plays sweet bass with) and he put two enormous holes in the hood of my Hankmobile with his chompers. Dude's got incisors like a hippo. Don't fuck with him.
The ABCs Of Music
F is for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, a band that was formed to generate enough income for Frankie to go to Hollywood. Without Frankie, the rest of the band formed a new project, The Band Gets Enough Bus Fare To Get Home.
Billy Corgan's Transphobia
Why is Billy Corgan so hostile to transpeople? I have discovered several possible explanations.
Tragedy + Zune = Dollars
I couldn't help but wonder if this Microsoft PR person with a corporate Twitter account telling people to buy an album on Zune was trying to sell albums on Zune. Thankfully, they clarified that their message had not been commercially motivated.
Liam Gallagher's Greatest Dick Moves
Liam Gallagher's contributions to the medium of assholery far outweigh his contributions to music. Oasis was a decade-plus shoving match between brothers set to a score by the Monkees, occasionally punctuated by Liam stomping away then returning to grab his brother in a headlock.
Appropriate Activities While Listening to Trent Reznor Instrumentals
Suggested activities while listening to Trent Reznor's spooky ambient clicks and drones.
Beastie Boys: Hot Sauce Committee Part 2
The Beasties are back and better than ever! BELIEVE IT!
The Star Wars Cantina Band Is Underrated
No band is distinctive enough to warrant an entirely new genre of music, with the possible exception of the Star Wars Cantina Band.
Album Cover Or Video Card Box?
There is a distinct crossover between these seemingly disparate industries, a point where bad art proudly asserts itself as bad-ass art. The question is: How well do you know your album covers?
YouTube Tour: Covers (Part 2)
DFH and Raphandz check out music's cheapest knock-offs!
Profiles in Coverage: The A.V. Club
In his new column, SA's Daryl 'Fucking' Hall systematically alienates every online music section that otherwise might have eventually hired him away from our site. Works for me!
Creating Your Valentine's Day Mixtape
Creating a mixtape with the goal of sparking a romance is akin to attempting to yank Excalibur from the stone. It might work for someone out there, but most of us will just wind up with crushed dreams and chaffed palms.
Songs in the Key of Fuck
Cee-Lo Green’s “Fuck You” has joined a small club of hit songs that feature “fuck” in their choruses. But there is a far larger club of failed songs by artists imprudently seeking easy success through the use of the F word.
Some Stuff We Liked in 2010
SA music writers get SINCERE about their favorite releases of the past twelve months.
2010 Musician Death Toll
Last year the music industry was filled with last, desperate gasps that brought about panicked longing for what once was and dreadful reproach for the hellish void ahead. There were also musician deaths.
Randy's Rap Up of Rap Music 2010
SA's rap expert looks back on a year filled with hard beats and harder rhymes.
Slacker Music FAQ
Slacker music is not really a genre so much as it is a lifestyle. It's a lot like hip hop in that regard.
The Influence Of Fantasy/Sci-Fi Literature
The connection between J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord Of The Rings' books and Led Zeppelin is one of rock's most well-established curiosities, but to this very day it manages to surprise longtime fans of the band.
In Defense of Gringo Star
Like the Kinks? Handclaps? Harmonies? Don't pass this by.
Everett True's Advice for Aspiring Critics
So you want to write about music. Dear God, why? At least read this LIST of 38 tips first.
Hip-Hop or Not?
Hip hop is a very big genre, bigger than most people know. kingcobweb breaks it down.
Nerdcore Revisited (Part 1)
Indignant nerdcore fans bombard DFH with links that will totally change his mind about the genre.
Defending the Indefensible: Kings of Leon
Everett True recoils from America's Biggest Rock Export.
Randy's Rap Report
What's crackelating, rap fans? Welcome to Randy's Rap Report, your one-stop info shop for the urban sensation that's sweeping the nation! From the dangerous streets of gangster-rap pioneers to the computer-filled cubicles of "nerdcore" swagger-jockeys, if it happens in the world of rap music, you'll read about it on Randy's Rap Report!
Sufjan Stevens
DFH checks out Sufjan Stevens' latest entry in the 50-states series, 'The Age of AZ.'
Horror Stories from the Road
For most touring musicians, strange situations are a daily occurrence; a result of traveling, meeting crazed fans, and spending time with other performers in varying states of sobriety. Sometimes, though, a day on the road goes beyond quirkiness and enters the realm of the truly spooky.
The Steez of Skramz
The Something Awful Guide to Screamo.
Defending The Indefensible: Jeff Buckley
Everett True rails futilely at a cold, crumbling gravestone.
The Corin Tucker Band: 1,000 Years
I've been listening to The Corin Tucker Band's debut album "1,000 Years" for a few weeks now, thanks to a publicist who was kind enough to overlook my terrible nickname and mistake me for an actual music writer who knows what he's doing.
NERDS
Daryl 'Fucking' Hall takes on nerdcore, 8-bit, nerd-rock, and all that other bullshit.
Soundgarden: Telephantasm
Does the world need a second greatest-hits album from Soundgarden? Wait, did it need a first?
Disco.doc
You are a person reading about music on the Internet. From this, I deduce you are prejudiced against many things, one of which is the practice of moving one's body in a rhythmic fashion ("dancing"), especially if the music is conductive to such movement ("dance music"). Disco is the first modern form of dance music: You can't stand it. I pity you.
Were The Beatles Technically The Best At Anything?
Using science - infallible, unbiased, numbers-and-beakers-and-everything science - to break down the band's characteristics and determine whether the Beatles were the best at the traits that defined them.
The Perfect Summer Femme-Pop Mix Tape
Everett True delivers what the headline promises; nothing less, nothing mo- well, maybe a bit more!
Stuff You Will Hate X
A video that features old-people sex, and three others that are much worse. Enjoy!
Everett True's Australian Garage Rock Primer
A rather random guide written by one of that country's newest citizens.
Rock Stars!
Young hedonists like Kings of Leon hope to become the next perverted legends.
Defending The Indefensible: Miley Vs. ...
What, ya'll thought ya'll wasn't gonna see her? She's the ol' Cyrus of this shit!
