Music

Please, bring back 1990s gatekeeping

Does everyone else idealise a specific decade, or just me?

Sep 3 •

Is the MCU our new folk culture?

Originality is a relatively recent phenomenon – so are we returning to the age of the ‘standard’?

Feb 22 •

Emperor X and the thousand-year anti-radiation folk song

Feline Geiger counters, folk-punk earworms and the problem of nuclear semiotics

Jan 11 •

Piracy is bad, actually

You don’t steal because it’s ethical – you steal because you’re lazy and selfish

Dec 14, 2024 •

A fight at the opera

Classical music used to be a riot

Oct 9, 2024 •

Nobody is forcing you to buy Oasis tickets

On dynamic pricing, fear of missing out, and the illusion of necessity

Sep 3, 2024 •

The most dangerous men in heavy metal are now middle-aged

The complex, violent history of black metal poses a question: what happens when we outgrow our aesthetics, but not our beliefs?

Jun 28, 2024 •

Taylor Swift should star in a fantasy movie

And write, direct and bankroll it – why not?

Jun 7, 2024 •

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