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Industrial Revolution: Does Expanding The Brand Marginalize The Music?
posted: June 16, 2011
It’s not exactly insightful to note that Lady Gaga is at least as much about an image as she is about the music. I’m guessing that the majority of people were aware of Gaga’s gimmickry…
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Industrial Revolution: Warner Brat'ya
posted: June 2, 2011
Warner Music Group was sold to Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik earlier this month for some bootleg Beatles tapes and black-market blue jeans. But seriously, it went for $3.3 BILLION. How on earth could a record…
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Sound And Vision: How Mainstream And Cutting-Edge Learned To Co-Exist In Pop Harmony
posted: May 27, 2011
A few weeks ago, Melbourne hosted the TV WEEK Logie Awards, which is like Australia’s Emmys, only with more reality TV, more cooking shows and music. Katy Perry and Maroon 5 represented American pop, and then there…
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Sound And Vision: United They Stand (And Sell Out) — Superstars On Tour Together
posted: April 29, 2011
It official: U2 is the biggest music act on the planet! The band might not go multi-platinum like it used to, and there’s been no blockbuster single since George Bush the elder was in office,…
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Sound And Vision: Disappearing Acts—Music's M.I.A. Stars
posted: April 15, 2011
“The waiting is the hardest part,” Tom Petty once sang. And for fans of David Bowie, Kate Bush and Fiona Apple, none of whom have released studio albums of new material for the better part…
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Sound And Vision: Where Is the Love? — The Disappearing Power-Ballad Duet
posted: March 25, 2011
Back in the day, every major female pop star had one: a male pop star (or two, or three or more) who loved her”at least on the record and on the charts. Over the years,…
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