Is It Time for Old Guy White Rock Critics To Move Over?
Our reigning, defending, undispluted heavyweight champion of rock criticism explores the great generational divide at the core of music journalism in 2019
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Author: Tim Sommer
Has Mick Jagger Lost The Plot?
As a new video depicts the 75-year-old Rolling Stones frontman dancing away after heart surgery, Tim Sommer wonders if its just another cheap trick from rock’s greatest stunt queen
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Dear Bruce Springsteen, Let’s Talk About Midnight Cowboy, Matthew McConaughey and Vile Sycophancy
Tim Sommer’s first reaction to the Boss’s latest single “Hello Sunshine”
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BTS: Rock ’n’ Roll Addiction is Born in the Womb of Screams
Inside the androgyny of the preteen dream with South Korea’s hottest export
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Scott Walker January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019
There are many fine obituaries of the great Scott Walker, which will provide details of his long, fascinating and productive life. This does not claim to be one of those.
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“The Younger Brother Physically Might Be the Older Brother Spiritually”
How Dave Davies’ Decade re-writes the story of The Kinks
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So Alone at 40
An interview with the legendary Steve Lillywhite, producer of Johnny Thunders’ solo debut
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Handbags and Gladrags
On Delmonas, Descarte a Kant and the Past Future of Rock’n’Roll
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Hipster Reference or Savage Attack?
We unpack Beto O’Rourke’s Clash allusion, so you don’t have to
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Who are Karu and Why Should I Care About Them?
The Fascinating Prog-Pop Years of the Bay City Rollers
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Caterina Barbieri is The Future of Pop
or This is The Most Important Thing You Will Read About Pop Music This Year
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A City Loses Its Voice
The Village Voice was The Map to The Kingdom of Outsiders
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‘The 70s Album We Enjoyed the Most Making’
We mark the 40th Anniversary of Wire’s Chairs Missing with a lot of adjectives from Tim and insightful comments from Colin Newman
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America’s Greatest Band Understands the Why, Not Just the How
The Beach Boys Live at the Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield Ct, August 15, 2018
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Our Country Tis Of Thee
God Bless Ray Davies, and God Bless Americana
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