PULP – “Disco 2000”
This can’t be good for me. I know this can’t be good for me
he said as he pressed “play” again.[…]

SONIC YOUTH – “The Diamond Sea” (Album Version)
We were dressed in dreams in those days, now weren’t we? Sonic Youth squandered fame many times, from the horrible not-even-pretending-to-try compilation and soundtrack cuts to […]

A TOUCH OF CLASS – “Around the World”/LA MONTE YOUNG AND THE THEATRE OF ETERNAL MUSIC BRASS BAND – The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer From the Four Dreams of China
The second on my walkman’s t[…]

NIRVANA – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”/PEARL JAM – “Even Flow”
Two tracks that together helped define the “Seattle sound.” What seems most striking now is that if they’d been released five years soo[…]

The Washington Post on Spin on punk: My. I thought the description of Unknown Pleasures sounded good. Via Us Against Them.[…]

Once upon a time there was going to be a FT noise issue and I was going to write a history of modern classical noise. There never was and I never did. But here’s a start.[…]

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS – “I Don’t Believe In the Sun”
I put on Vol 1 of 69 Love Songs at work today. I thought it might sound deadpan and cynical next to the Top 40 we listen to. It sounded wimpier and sappier.[…]

JOY DIVISION – “Glass”/”Digital”
There are those — I’ve met some, sad but true — who believe Joy Division songs might be lovely if only they’d turned the guitars up a bit and the drums and vocals […]

LOU REED – Metal Machine Music
made me less sad last night.
You’re a joke.[…]

chuck eddy is god[…]