Panic! At the Disco’s “High Hopes” & the financial logic of the derivative
To get a sense of how Indie Rock-gone-pop aesthetics have shifted from modernist ideals of transgression to neoliberal ideals of success, you need look no further than the difference between U2’s 1987 “Where The Streets Have No Name” and Panic!…
Notes on Brexit Techno
A few initial thoughts I wanted to scribble down before I forgot them… The day after the 2017 Brexit vote was the first Monday of the month, and at that time first Monday of the month meant industrial techno artist…
My article on the WOXY Modern Rock 500
It’s Memorial Day Weekend 2019, which makes it the 30th anniversary of the first Modern Rock 500. I got to write about it in Belt Magazine. The link includes links to playlists of the 89, 99, and 09 countdowns, which…
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