Why I think the Madonna vs Lady Gaga argument is reductive
With the release of Lady Gaga’s new single this week, Applause, the debate surrounding the legitimacy of the pop crown has been reignited. Madonna fans have gone hell-to-leather on Applause, claiming...
View ArticleHow today’s popstars have misinterpreted Madonna’s message on female sexuality
This week saw the release of Beyoncé’s latest single, Partition, from her new album released late last year with no title and no fanfare. In her new video (above), she plays a bored housewife who...
View Article20th anniversary of Tori Amos, Björk, and P.J. Harvey Q Magazine cover
In May 1994, Q Magazine assembled three of the most provocative female singer-songwriters of the mid-1990s and put them on its cover – Tori Amos, Björk, and P.J. Harvey. The article, with its...
View ArticleMadonna – Singles | Remixed (Free album download)
So while we all sit around anxiously waiting for an announcement about Madonna’s new album, which she has finished recording and mixing (according to reports) and may or may not be called Rebel Heart,...
View ArticleWhat I’ve been listening to in 2014
In previous years I’ve done a run down of my favourite albums but in 2014 I started to act like a Millennial and became all about single tracks. So, in the spirit of how we all consume music these...
View ArticleMadonna vs. her contemporaries
Whenever Madonna is written about lately she is almost always compared to the younger generation of pop stars currently lighting up the charts. In what has become a common narrative, we are constantly...
View ArticleDavid Bowie: Goodbye to a genius
Waking up this morning to the news that David Bowie had died was a complete and utter shock. Having downloaded his new album just yesterday, Blackstar, which he released only three days ago, the news...
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