Features Self-Mythology: what Lana Del Rey & Rick Ross learned from Bob Dylan I have a confession to make. I do not find current rock and roll interesting. ... Michael Raine
Features Drugs and music: how deep does it go “Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise,” stated the English poet Thomas Gray ... Michael Raine
Features Is the Tupac hologram overrated? By now, anyone with an Internet connection or cable subscription has seen the recent awe-inspiring/cringe-inducing ... Michael Raine
Features A wild guess at the musical future Predicting the future is a risky endeavour at best and a completely pointless one at ... Michael Raine
Features Whose job is it to play new music? Good new music, particularly what is generally termed “indie music,” hardly gets played on the ... Michael Raine and Brian Patterson
Features The appeal of new music. Or lack of thereof. If you’re over the age of 40, it has probably already happened to you, even ... Michael Raine and Brian Patterson
Culture Stealing versus paying homage Borrowing, stealing, ripping-off, plagiarism, whatever euphemism or disparaging term you want to give it, there’s ... Michael Raine
Features Lost in choices: the sea of unlimited new music Are we living in a musical age of endless mediocrity? A time when an unlimited ... Michael Raine
Features The changing nature of selling out As times change, so do our ethics. Nowhere in the music industry has this become ... Michael Raine