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Giving 'bad music' another chance

June 29, 2010 / 1 Comment

Back in May, “Best Worst Movie” director Michael Paul Stephenson wrote an editorial about loving bad movies. It was titled: Bad Books Are Bad, and Bad Food Is Bad. But Bad Movies Are Not Always Bad What’s missing from the title? Music. Specifically bad music. Perhaps Stephenson left bad music out of the conversation for … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: 40 oz, Best Worst Movie, Brokencyde, Christopher Weingarten, crunkcore, Damian Abraham, DIY, exclaim!, Eye Weekly, Fucked Up, Michael Paul Stephenson, Pink Eye, scrunk, The Boston Phoenix, The Huffington Post, Troll 2, Warped Tour

Terrible band thinks racism is OK

January 15, 2010 / Leave a Comment

There are a few warning signs of what can make or break a band and tend to set off alarms. Any combination of the following three signs found in any band should be considered worrisome: Third-rate, watered down electronic pop-punk/scrunk with little thought put into the music and lyrics. More band tees and general merch … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Brokencyde, hands in the air, latfh, Look At This Fucking Hipster, merch, music, Myspace, pop-punk, scrunk, Teen Hearts

Music In 2009: A Review

December 31, 2009 / 5 Comments

It’s hard to sum up an entire year of pop music in one concise “best of” list. Instead, here’s a tidy little look at some of the highs and lows in pop music over the past year: Hip-Huh?: The New Yorker‘s Sasha Frere-Jones declared that hip-hop was dead and upset a lot of hip-hop heads. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: 2009, American Idol, American Music Awards, Animal Collective, Barack Obama, Billboard, Boston, Boston Red Sox, Breathe Carolina, Brokencyde, Christian Bale, Christopher R. Weingarten, crunk, crunkcore, David Rowell, DJ Earworm, Eminem, emo, Faith No More, Freaxxx, glo-fi, grindcore, heavy metal, hip-hop, I'm On A Boat, Idolator, Jane's Addiction, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Killing in the Name, Kingdom Come, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Live Nation, Maura Johnston, Michael Bay, Michael Jackson, Millionaires, MTV, MTV VMAs, music, Neon Indian, New England Patriots, No Line On The Horizon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II, Pavement, Pig Destroyer, Pop music, R U Professional? (4 Xtian), Raekwon, Rage Against The Machine, Relapse, Sasha Frere-Jones, screamo, scrunk, Simon Cowell, Susan Boyle, Taylor Swift, Terminator, Tha Carter III, The Black Album, The Blueprint 2, The Blueprint 3, The Lonely Islands, The Mae Shi, The Marshall Mathers LP, The New Yorker, The Van Pelt, The Washington Post Magazine, Ticketmaster, Toro Y Moi, Transformers, U2, United States of Pop, Veckatimest, Warped Tour, Washed Out, X Factor, year in review, Yellow House

The Decade In Emo

December 23, 2009 / 7 Comments

It was indeed “A Decade Under The Influence.” But while Taking Back Sunday could string together a few solid hits drenched in a post-hardcore milieu and cut with pop sensibilities, chances are no one in the band could have predicted how influential emo would become in the aughts. The presence of the word in the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: ...is a Real Boy, A Decade Under The Influence, Abercrombie & Fitch, Achilles Heel, Algernon Cadwallader, Atmosphere, Bleed American, Brand New, Chris Carrabba, Coheed & Cambria, crunkcore, D.C., Dashboard Confessional, Dog Problems, Drive Like Jehu, emo, Emo: Where The Girls Aren't, emocore, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Fall Out Boy, Fugazi, Hardcore punk, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Jawbox, Jessica Hopper, Jimmy Eat World, Maritime, Monument, music, My Chemical Romance, New York Times, Owen, P.O.S., Pedro the Lion, Pop music, post-hardcore, Punk Planet, Rhymesayers, Rising Tide, Rolling Stone, Sage Francis, Say Anything, screamo, scrunk, Sunny Day Real Estate, Taking Back Sunday, The Appleseed Cast, The Argument, The Format, The Get Up Kids, The Guilt Show, The Promise Ring, The Used, Thursday, Tim Burton, War All The Time, Warped Tour, Wood/Water

The more and more I agree with Christopher R. Weingarten

November 28, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Eye Weekly has a pretty great interview with Christopher R. Weingarten, formerly of good ole’ Parts & Labor, now known most prominently for his Twitter account, 1000TimesYes. Anyway, Weingarten has some pretty stellar things to say about the omnipresence of emo and indie in the early part of the decade, the impact of crowdsourcing on … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Brokencyde, emo, Eye Weekly, music, Parts & Labor, scrunk

Kids Today

October 29, 2009 / Leave a Comment

What is happening to the youth of today/tomorrow? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYaBoW1gyGU] They say drugs have a negative impact on children; that video games and TV brainwash them; that violent movies desensitize them; that sexually explicit music cause them to do bad things. But does anyone blame the parents?!?!

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 3Oh!3, emo, music, scrunk

Weezer featuring Lil Wayne – 'Can't Stop Partying'

October 27, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Uncle! Can I give up? I’ve kept a pretty upbeat attitude when it comes to Weezer as of lately. I always hope for the best, and if I’m disappointed I’ll just say “maybe next year” and move on. But, “Can’t Stop Partying” is, well not quite the Weezer folks have eulogized over the years, nor … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: 3Oh!3, Can't Stop Partying, crunk, emo, heavy metal, Lil Wayne, music, Patrón, Pinkerton, Ratitude, Rivers Cuomo, screamo, scrunk, The Blue Album, Weezer

R&Bemo?

August 31, 2009 / Leave a Comment

It seems that the Seattle Times‘ Andrew Matson has stumbled upon the formula that came to fruition in popular culture a bit over half a decade ago: “random genre/culture/thing/idea/word” + “emo” = combination of the former two concepts! Back when emo first really hit it big, it seems everyone was trying hard to configure the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 808s and Heartbreak, Andrew Matson, Drake, emo, indie, Kanye West, music, post-hardcore, R&B, R&Bemo, scrunk, Seattle Times, Successful

brokeNCYDE leave Warped

August 24, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I’m not one to usually recycle news without some sort of comment/insight (errr… at least, not on a consistent basis and based on reporting from other sites), but the following news (as reported by Aversion) certainly speaks for itself: Much to the delight of uptight moms and punk kids alike, Brokencyde’s pulled out of the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Aversion, Brokencyde, crunkcore, emo, music, scrunk, Twitter, Warped Tour

Say What?

August 14, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I stumbled upon this on the net: my article on scrunk. Though it wasn’t the one the Boston Phoenix published, but Oakland’s East Bay Express. Which is all a bit odd. I don’t necessarily mind that the paper is using my article – in fact, I’m flattered that they would choose to use it. I … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Brokencyde, East Bay Express, emo, journalism, music, scrunk, Scrunk Happens, Soundcloud, The Boston Phoenix, Wordpress
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