The power of a brilliant pop tune to get everyone humming should never be overlooked
The ongoing proliferation of stories about the media trade’s long-running troubles are just retreading old ground
The 16th issue of punk rock zine Riot 77 shows that there are some things which are bucking hoary old trends
How a station like Los Angeles’ KCRW reminds you of the power of great music shows
As music newspaper The Stool Pigeon ceases publication, what can we expect from online music journalism in the future?
The postmortems have begun and the schadenfreude will be only fierce in some places. Launched in a blaze of publicity back in February 2011, The Daily was Rupert Murdoch’s digital publication. As we noted when the news was announced two …
They may go by different names depending on the publication in question – the showbiz section, the gossip pages, the entertainment diary – but the media’s fascination with documenting the bold-face names and celebrities who turn up week in and …
Another one bites the dust. Just as the same obituary for record stores and bookshops can be dusted off and recycled as one after another closes its doors, the same sentiments can sadly be applied to last week’s news about …
