My only disagreement is that they should have kept it confined to LIVING directors to avoid so many 'runners up'.
That still would have left Scorsese and Spielberg tied, but nuthin's perfect.

Do you mean 'indie' as a genre? Because they certainly cover plenty of that. Enough ramshackle lo-fi tortured post-post-post-punk bands to choke a camel.

I dunno…they actually mention the music itself a few times. Not enough discussion of the band's scene or there place in the contemporary cannon and whatnot. Like, I could actually figure out what the record sounds like from that review. That's rare.

TOO SOON!!!!

People say the monoculture is dead, but when every website with an audience covers the same pop stars, with the same perspective and the same opinions, is there any way an alternative scene can develop?

Yeah, which is a pity because The AV Club used to run more substantial articles, like Primers.

Poptimism started as a corrective to Rockism, which, to be fair, drew fairly arbitrary lines between 'pop' and 'real music' based on old fashioned ideas. There was a time when The Beatles were considered too 'pop' for chrissakes.
But that attitude has changed, and while there are still folks who dismiss hip-hop or…

Funnily enough, I just today read an article on this very subject: http://www.collapseboard.co…

I agree with you in theory, but in this article for instance, there's very little analysis of the actual music. The blurbs for each song are framed by Swift's career narrative and cult of personality.
That's typical of poptimist articles I find. And I would argue that's because when you strip away the marketing behind…

I think the term 'post-punk' was used long before reynolds, but more terms of labelling the era, ala 'New Wave'.

For the longest time I thought Lydon's career began and ended with Sex Pistols. I was so impressed when I discovered PiL via Simon Reynold's book Rip It Up And Start Again.

My impressions of Apple music so far, as someone who still prefers to buy music and only recently got into using Spotify:

Yeah, I'm constantly surprised by how little foreign English-speaking music actually makes it into America. Even great UK artists like Paul Weller seem to have a low profile over there.

SW dies have a way with a closing song.

I love how in Her Jonze was able to build a distinctive sci-fi future without shifting his focus from the protagonist.

LCD Soundsystem only recorded 3 albums, and their very angular and 00s indie rock-y.
Different strokes and all that.

I think this album being based on a real life event gives it an extra sense of pathos. Compare to The Incident, which I felt was too abstract and indistinct to leave much impression (which may explain why I've always preferred the four tracks on the second cd).

It was voted the second greatest Australian album ever by Triple J radio listeners once. Even I thought that was a bit much.

Um…I see to remember something about the penalty of TORTURE for mentioning this episode…

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