Thinkpieces And Shit
Sorry Seth Cohen, But We All Need To Give Up On Alternative Christmas
All Britain’s favourite Christmas tracks are like sonic packages that have been badly wrapped by your Mum after a few sherries.
UK Rock Was Bigger Than Pop This Year, so Why Is It Still Being Treated as Niche?
I realised at Bring Me The Horizon's Wembley gig, that whether you like it or not change is happening.
We Read One Direction’s 2015 Annual and Discovered a Band in Breakdown
Entering the band's christmas book as evidence they won't make it to 2016.
The World’s Biggest Popstars are Walking Contradictions
Pop music is inherently authentic yet very, very fake. Here’s a theory on why we keep buying into it
Is Rap Finally Breaking Its Mental Health Taboo?
Hip-hop has generally found it difficult to deal with artists who either (A) talk about complex feelings or (B) have personal issues themselves. Is now the time for change?
Dear Katy Perry: Please Start An Extreme Metal Band
It’s time to put that voice to use in the only truly worthwhile musical form out there: metal.
Punk is Killing It, But it Also Needs a Buttload of New Ideas
The current state of punk is actually great. It's just been done before.
Waiting Sucks, The Best Way to Release an Album is to Drop it Overnight
From U2 to Wiley, loads of artists are doing away with marketing campaigns. Why?
With 'Four,' Are the Boys of One Direction Growing Up?
You probably hate this band. That's cool. But with their new album, it might be time to take a listen.
What Does Kurt Cobain’s Mixtape Tell Us About Him?
This is one of the only posthumous Nirvana-related announcements worth getting excited about.
How The Hell Are Slipknot So Successful?
A group of guys whose personal brand includes severed goat heads, pentagrams and a 666 sign on fire are on the verge of their second number one album.