The mid-’80′s were a haven of experimentation. New technology – sampling and sequencing – had appeared, which threw open the doors of possibility to those with the imagination to use them to their full potential. Oh, and had a spare £10,000 knocking about for a Fairlight. Here’s the first three of a selection of six [...]
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Pitchfork 500 Electro Part 1 – Art to Liquid
Posted by loftandlost on April 29, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/04/29/pitchfork-500-electro-part-1-art-to-liquid/
The Pitchfork 500 METAL Redux – Metallica to Neubaten
Something about American heavy metal of the ’80′s manages to be comical and quaint. Sure, it doesn’t have the hair or the spandex of the earlier glam metal period, but there is the whiff of Beavis and Butthead about the new Metal that came grinding out of the US in the mid-eighties. Metallica – Battery [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 3, 2011
http://loftandlost.com/2011/03/03/the-pitchfork-500-metal-redux-metallica-to-neubaten/
The Pitchfork 500 Indie Explosion Part 2 – Cocteau Twins To Billy Bragg
In the mid ’80′s, British Indie music woke up from its glum post-punk nightmare and started to produce music that was, if not out and out happy, at least willing to step outside its front door with something approaching a smile. Of course, this was largely due to the huge amounts of drugs it was [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 16, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/09/16/the-pitchfork-500-indie-explosion-part-2-cocteau-twins-to-billy-bragg/
The Pitchfork 500 Indie Explosion Part 1 – Mekons to The Smiths
The mid-’80′s saw the UK Independent music scene reach another of its many high points. For a couple of years, the scene had been characterised by ramshackle amateurism, post-punk dourness and not a small amount of glumness (following on from the late ’70′s glories). But as always in the ever-changing UK scene, like mushrooms growing [...]
Posted by loftandlost on August 9, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/08/09/the-pitchfork-500-indie-explosion-part-1-mekons-to-the-smiths/
The Pitchfork 500 Great American Noise – Replacement Acid
Noise. Anger. Rage. Being a bit drunk. Big dollops of “fuck you” attitude. All this, and more, feature in this instalment of The Pitchfork 5001. Cue guitar intro. The Replacements – Bastards of Young Big Black – Kerosene Scratch Acid – The Greatest Gift We last saw The Replacements singing about trying to hook up [...]
Posted by loftandlost on July 8, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/07/08/the-pitchfork-500-great-american-noise-replacement-acid/
The Pitchfork 500 Bombast – Kate Bush to Simple Minds
The ’80′s was the decade of bombast. Everything had to be loud, brash, obvious. Music pummelled you into submission. Music had something to tell you, and it told you with fervour, without respite. Two of the most brash, fervent bands are represented here, along with a third artist who wasn’t exactly shy of making statements [...]
Posted by loftandlost on July 6, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/07/06/the-pitchfork-500-bombast-kate-bush-to-simple-minds/
The Pitchfork 500 – New Prince Heads
The next bunch of Pitchfork songs aren’t quite grouped in the same way as previous sections, in an easily discussed theme. Instead, the thing that unites these songs is that pretty much everyone knows them, and by and large, they are pretty damn good. And yes, I know I promised this back in August 2009. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on March 30, 2010
http://loftandlost.com/2010/03/30/the-pitchfork-500-new-prince-heads/
The Pitchfork 500 Old Skool Evolution – Run DMC to BDP
Authenticity is a funny old thing. In most musical genres you care to mention, there’s always a die-hard bunch of fans who complain that these new artists aren’t as good as the old ones, things were much better in the old days, blah de blah de blah. Of course, they are missing the whole point [...]
Posted by loftandlost on October 30, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/10/30/the-pitchfork-500-old-skool-evolution-run-dmc-to-bdp/
The Pitchfork 500 Missing List Part Two
For all the great songs on the Pitchfork 500 list, there are some right duffers. And there’s some great, well-known, hugely loved songs missing. Following on from Part One, this covers the years 1980 to 1982. These are, of course, my own personal choice. If you can think of a band that the Pitchfork writers [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 12, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/09/12/the-pitchfork-500-missing-list-part-two/
The Pitchfork 500 Goes Goth – Echo to the Banshees
Goths! Black. Patchouli oil. Hair crimpers. More black. Dry ice. Being miserable. Yet more black. Ah, it was fun being a goth. Echo and the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon The Cure – Close to Me Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in Dust I was a teenage goth, you know. Well, more like a [...]
Posted by loftandlost on September 6, 2009
http://loftandlost.com/2009/09/06/the-pitchfork-500-goes-goth-echo-to-the-banshees/
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