Big Sean feat. Drake and Kanye, “Blessings” I actually do listen to terrestrial radio when I’m driving around in my car. It’s one way I keep up with new pop music. I flip between the two Top 40 stations, the…
This was hard. There are plenty of songs I used to like but now don’t like as much, or feel generally indifferent toward…but HATE? Actually, the first 45 single I ever owned all to myself, so probably the first song…
So obviously to answer this question I gotta say something about my life first so that the song choice makes sense. Let me begin with an image of a (fictional) woman also named Margaret (my middle name): This image, from…
I think people generally know I like frivolous pop and that most rock genres really really aren’t my thing. So, I think people might not expect me to like: Guns ‘n’ Roses, “Welcome To The Jungle” This song has, unequivocally, the…
I fundamentally reject the concept of “guilty pleasure.” What it says is: “Someone of my status should not enjoy this low status song.” It’s often used in sexist and racist ways. (I wrote about this in my first book!). So…
Again, this is more interesting if we frame the question as: “In genres that you otherwise like, what artists do you hate?” I’ll offer a new and and old song: New Song: Meghan Trainor, Dear Future Husband I like dumb…
According to Steven Shaviro, the combination of digital media and neoliberal capitalism has changed the way movies are composed, their underlying logic. I’ve argued that these changes in film composition parallel recent-ish changes in pop music song composition. Brostep sounds…
Another impossible one: Who has A favorite? So I’m going to do the DJmix/song thing again: Perc, FACT mix (2014) Perc is the shit (so, in the word of 2 Chainz, you should spray Febreze on him (this, ftr, is also…
I fly a lot. Which means I sleep on planes a lot. Which means I have some music I always turn to when I need to sleep. Gui Boratto’s 2007 album Chromophobia is at the top of this list. Gui…
Here’s another where I’ll do a DJ set and a song: Paula Temple, set at Bloc. Weekender 2015 Temple is one of my favorite (if not my outright favorite) current artist. Rhythmic nuance and complexity and a shit ton of…
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