Music

Rich Men North of Richmond
Times must be tough in the music business South of Richmond. No competent guitarists, singers, or lyricists, no barber to trim an unkempt beard. Childish guitar, weak melody, nonsensical message. Candy-eating welfare recipients starve morally superior drinking southern workers? Really? Old soul? Hasn't learned much. Makes true conservatives seem ridiculous.
By Paul A. Merkley2 years ago in Critique
That Didn't Age Well
Admit it Millennials, your first toxic love was Le Phantom. Go ahead, listen to it now and see how many times you shout, "No is a complete sentence!" at your streaming service.
By Ashley McGee2 years ago in Critique
Aphex Twin I care because You do
New fresh modern out-of-this-world shaping the future of the sound bringing the new all around another dimension has just arrived
By Darkos2 years ago in Critique
Nine to Five Critique
Three legendary actresses put in a movie together. They made the image of what a women power role model look like, fighting justice from a tyrant boss in the 80’s.
By Mariann Carroll2 years ago in Critique
Every Breath You Take
This globally beloved & iconic song became the cherished soundtrack for 80’s newlyweds as they danced their romantic first dance.
By Kayleigh Fraser ✨2 years ago in Critique
A Light for Attracting Attention
This album is a work of art, a breath of fresh air, a smile. In running from the popularity cage that was their exhausted setlist, Thom and Jonny have created beautiful noise once again. Along with Tom Skinner’s light touch, The Smile will spend no time in the Radiohead shadow.
By M.A Rector2 years ago in Critique
We Are Golden
When chaos wreaks havoc on my mind, and fear crushes my veins, Mika's We Are Golden serves as the musical antidote for my Bipolar. Strong, vibrant, and messy, this song catapults me out of my headspace, reminding me to embrace the quirky wonder of my imperfections and to keep living.
By Chelsea Rose2 years ago in Critique
OK Computer By Radiohead (1997)
OK Computer saw a reasonably good, if pedestrian, jangly guitar-based band from Oxford turn into one of the most continuously inventive bands of our modern times. That they don't sound the same as that album nowadays is testimony to their boundary and envelope-pushing intentions. It's still flawless, 25 years later.
By Paul Stewart2 years ago in Critique
Different Class by Pulp (1995)
Pulp showed they were in a Different Class from the rest of the so-called Britpop scene with this career-defining album. Jarvis Cocker's biting lyrics and heartfelt vocals about the social classes and life in general, backed by sweeping soundscapes with catchy choruses. Oasis Vs Blur was already lost to Pulp.
By Paul Stewart2 years ago in Critique
Susan Boyle
This has to go down as one of, if not the, biggest surprise, live televised auditions of all time! An ordinary middle-aged woman, dressed like Widow Twanky, who had spent all of her life with a dream. A woman with a voice so soft and pure, and yet so powerful.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
We Are The World
This is who we are. This is such an emotional, joyous, roller-coaster celebration of the act of giving to those who most need it. I still get goosebumps watching this video, it is such a powerful expression of not just America, but of the human family at its best.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Live Aid
One idea, sixty world-class artists, ten international venues in ten different countries across six continents, a global audience of 1.9 billion people, 40 percent of the world's population, raised 140 million dollars for one cause, famine relief in Ethiopia. Never have so many done so much for so many needful.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique