This article misses the chance to investigate music as ideological weapon. It uses cute examples of cute pop songs as if catchiness or melody were a disease. It ignores genres like black metal, gangsta rap, noise, classical avant-garde, etc., as music which contains ideas and arguments, which contains bullets and…

NO one cares that you couldn't get into Treme. No one cares that it didn't connect with you. No one cares that you don't think it is as good as The Wire. None of you offer any legitimate criticism or objective evidence. No one cares how you feel. You are horrible philosophers. You are horrible TV watchers.

The Conversation is the greatest horror movie ever made.

Is Bruce Springsteen the great liberal artist of our time? Is he our Charles Dickens?

Agree. It's because no other film looks like it. Not even Kubrick matches its visual power, although Barry Lyndon comes close. Coppola brought a German expressionist style to the jungle, Fritz Lang and Fassbinder. Apocalypse Now is great because it's European.

As a Columbus native, I feel it is my duty to inform you that it is called Shitgaze, that Psychedelic Horseshit released an EP called Shitgaze Anthems, that the sound really originated with Guided by Voices, that Times New Viking and Horseshit are two of the most underrated bands of the last decade, that I have…

1. Late night talk shows are only good for two things: interviews and musical performances. If you want topical humor, the internet does it much better now.

Sincere question, why does he suck?

First Light and Red Clay are two of the most underrated jazz albums ever. I would start there. Not a big fan of Milt Jackson though.

You're Living All Over Me and Sister are two of the greatest guitar albums ever recorded, when bands actually had lead guitar and not just rhythm guitar. I think these are probably the two best gateways. Also, the vinyl of Damaged with the black and white cover is probably the most badass thing I own.

If you guys would actually pay attention, you would see that not only does Tarkovsky write his own stuff, there are actually compelling arguments hidden within his dense text.

I depresses me that everyone on this site is so quick to dismiss Tarkovsky. For being a generally intelligent, inquisitive, and funny group, you do show a certain arrogance and blindness when you write him off as just some crazy troll. It's like you guys never have read Nietzsche or Dostoyevsky. I believe Tarkov is an…

Portable music listening is a form of escapism. Trudging across campus during the winter listening to Bach's Mass in B Minor transforms the experience by making it at least more beautiful if not more hopeful than it otherwise would be. Without the music one could still find the day beautiful or hopeful but it would be…

Blasting Radiohead's The Tourist after a tough day while dodging traffic, airplanes flying overhead, sun beating down while walking in the shadow of Ohio Stadium will always be my favorite headphone synchronicity.

1. Yeah, each one was hand made by the members of the Breeders themselves which I only found out later so it was a good buy.
2. My ride couldn't pick me up any later and it was like eleven at night /coolstorybro

It is at this time when a bouncer comes from inside in anticipation of the show almost ending and sets up a stool in front of the door, next to the homeless man, next to me. He asks me about the Breeders EP I'm holding as if its some Martian technology, why I bought it, where I got my record player etc. I explain. He…

Lo-fi and the (Un)sound Transcendence
The rebirth of Lo-fi in the mid-2000's can be attributed to the rejection of earbuds and mp3 players, a rebellion against musical immersion. The "Play It Loud" mantra is meant to burst the ear drums with a dialectical eruption, moving music playing to the stereo as a public…

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If Bob Dylan meets shoegaze sounds like something you would like, also check out their first album, Wagonwheel Blues. It's good but I think Slave Ambient is their best work so far. It also helps that they drew upon the Future Weather EP and took the best songs from that. This new album was a commercial move which I…

I've never taken any kind of drugs besides alcohol but I think it is unfair to use them as some kind of an apology for the music. Either the music stands on its own or it doesn't. In this case, I think the music is great. Obviously a band called The War on Drugs is going to bring them into the conversation somewhat,…