HFN
long form posts on music, with subjects discussed in parentheses:
[can also be read under this tag]
33 1/3. Perfecting Sound Forever (on reading Greg Milner’s excellent book on the history of recording and production)
32. Ham Sandwich - ‘OH-OH’ (on Irish shoegazing)
31. Torres - ‘Mother Earth, Father God’ (on my new favourite album of 2013)
30. Grimes - ‘Visions’ (on my favourite album of 2012
29. Loma Prieta - ‘Torn Portrait’ (on punk vs pop in 2012)
28. Dan Deacon - ‘Guildford Avenue Bridge’ (on his new album America, and the cultural politics thereof)
27. The Radiators from Space - ‘Head for the Sun’ (on the Irish musical history of Sound City Beat)
26. Fugazi - ‘Fell, Destroyed’ (learning to love later Fugazi)
25. Hot Water Music - ‘Alright for Now’ (systematising HWM)
24. Elite Gymnastics, RUIN (dubstep, relationships, the Nitelink)
23. Fugazi - ‘Cashout’ (politics, emigration, the Irish presidency)
22. Void - ‘Dehumanized’ (hardcore/chaotic emo, academia, existentialism)
21. Radio Flyer - ‘R is for Rocket’ (catharsis, emo, chillwave)
20. Gowns - ‘Heaven’ (EMA London gig live review)
19. Si Schroeder - ‘The Reluctant Aviator’ (depression, shoegaze, slowcore)
18. Gowns - ‘Marked’ (EMA, Latitudes Sessions, Love 666)
17. Jawbreaker - ‘Accident Prone’ (lyrics, Zen, existentialism)
16. Swing Kids - ‘Warsaw’ (Joy Division, Ian Curtis, offensiveness)
15. EMA - ‘Red Star’ (stability/fidelity, Lungfish, the blues)
14. Jawbreaker - ‘Save Your Generation’ (Zen Buddhism)
13. Hot Water Music - ‘220 Years’ (dates, revolution, breakdowns)
12. Hot Water Music - ‘Sunday Suit’ (Hot Water Music, liberalism, religion)
11. Joy Division - ‘Decades’ (dub, gothic tones, surface treble)
10. EMA - ‘Marked’ (emotion, quiet/loud dynamics)
9. Bob Dylan and the Band - ‘The Banks of the Royal Canal’ (The Auld Triangle, Irish literature, historicism)
8. Husker Du - ‘It’s Not Funny Anymore’ (Grant Hart, murder, Odd Future)
7. Grant Hart - ‘Run Run Run to the Centre Pompidou’ (architecture, genealogy)
6. Lhasa - ‘Mother Earth, Father Sky’ (screamo, Japan, concision)
5. White Ring - ‘Roses’ (Skins, dubstep)
4. Ramones - ‘Havana Affair’, ‘Listen To My Heart’, ‘53rd & 3rd’ (punk, irony, Odd Future)
3. Ramones - ‘Beat on the Brat’ (violence, Odd Future)
2. Bouncing Souls - ‘That Song’ (punk, politics)
1. Hot Water Music - ‘True Believers’ (Bouncing Souls, anthems)
Earlier entries:
(pre-2011)
viii. Hot Water Music - ‘Position’ (psychology, humanism)
vii. Han Shan - ‘Loquat Tree’ (hardcore emo, Zen, aesthetics)
vi. The Blacktop Cadence - ‘Sinker’ (post-hardcore, violas)
v. Skins s4 final scene/Nice Nice - ‘Set and Setting’ (TV, anger, teenagedom)
iv. Leatherface - ‘I Want The Moon’ (punk, UK history, socialism)
iii. Jawbreaker - ‘Millions’ (meta-textuality, Dear You, punk-pop)
ii. Common Rider - ‘Rough Redemption’ (ska-pop, Buddhism, liberation)
i. Whipping Boy - ‘We Don’t Need Nobody Else’ (abuse, Ireland, 1990s)
