Mark Shaughnessy

@anniezaleski @ZacharyLipez Love the Helium and Material issue

I've been finally updating my newsletter on a regular basis, sharing a weekly playlist with new music I'm digging (alongside old favorites) and an essay of sorts. Here I wrote about why music matters: anniezaleski.substack.com/p/music-writin…

@soundstoryuk Grasshopper & HH even better b-sides

"Just to see we've got so far to go, until we get there, just let it flow"

@mattyglesias Banger 🤘

Not sure the Gender Wars have really progressed beyond the analysis of Phair (1993) youtube.com/watch?v=3DFpJB…

@SurfThrash No skips

Ride - Nowhere (1990) 01. Seagull (0:00) 02. Kaleidoscope (6:08) 03. In a Different Place (9:10) 04. Polar Bear (14:38) 05. Dreams Burn Down (19:24) 06. Decay (25:29) 07. Paralysed (29:04) 08. Vapour Trail (34:38)

@BlueBoxDave Picadilly leagues better

Greatest Morrissey track ever. I will fight you! youtu.be/ofcGQ8-mtGY

@soundstoryuk Cookin

🔥❤️🍑 #nowplaying #12inch80s Prince and Sheena Easton - U Got the Look (Long Look) youtu.be/7U0kUzQqL_M?si…

@WittrockAuto @Jalopnik Our 2007 had tons of problems before hitting legendary Toyota “high mileage”

@Jalopnik Toyota RAV4. It’s widely considered the best compact SUV. However, they are being sold at a premium under the false pretense that they are “bulletproof” reliable. Reliable yes (relatively speaking) bulletproof no. I’d argue that the new Cherokee offers more bang for buck.

Which popular car do you think is just average despite all the praise?

@Crookedman76 @anon_opin 💯 + Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, Fugazi, etc

@anon_opin The Damned, The Clash, Sex Pistols etc still sound good to this day.

Trip hop has aged incredibly well. Portishead, Tricky and Massive Attack sound great today. Name any other niche time specific genre that doesn't sound embarrassing and clunky 20 or 30 years after its heyday.

@cisovarian @SurfThrash Debateable, but great band.

@SurfThrash wareham went on to do even better with luna.

Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989) 00:00 - Blue Thunder 03:48 - Tell Me 07:40 - SnowStorm 12:48 - Strange 16:07 - When Will You Come Home 21:31 - Decomposing Trees 25:37 - Another Day 29:20 - Leave the Planet 32:03 - Plastic Bird 35:20 - Isn't It a Pity

@lfitzmaurice @johnvvariety Or black keys

@johnvvariety I have not vibed with most of his solo music but I give him a lot of credit for doing pretty much whatever he wants and still somehow not being a huge shithead while doing so. (I think his general trajectory has been more interesting than, say, Beck)

The biggest fall off of modern music has gotta be Jack White. Imagine making all that stuff and you lose what everyone thought was your cool Moe Tucker accessory drummer but she was the inexplicable key to your music and you do bad bands and become pretend Elvis to constant scorn

@johnvvariety 16 saltines, tho

@gregkot @soundopinions Mogwai?

How many artists/bands did great work in their 3rd decade & beyond that equaled or surpassed the music they created in their 1st? The list is mighty small. We talk about a few that defied the odds on @soundopinions bit.ly/4rBTe37 What are your late-career faves?

@20th_Centurygal Savages

Name an all female band you feel is seriously underrated.

@stemoz66 @MANCHESTERMUS10 @StreetStephen So much shredding, v.reilley

@MANCHESTERMUS10 @StreetStephen I Don't Mind if You Forget Me 👍

14.03.1988 MORRISSEY • VIVA HATE Just a sensational record. What are your standout tracks? #Morrissey #OnThisDay #VivaHate

@RobertoFerdenzi @StreetStephen @ViniReilly @AMcGibbonParesi No skips

#OTD, 38 years ago, #Morrissey released his superb debut solo album, 'Viva Hate', which was co-written & produced by @StreetStephen, who also played guitars & bass guitar on the album, alongside fellow band members @ViniReilly on guitars & @AMcGibbonParesi on drums. #VivaHate

@gregkot SY - Youth Against Fascism!

The ever-expanding resist playlist (linked in comments) is just a small sampling of the outpouring of new protest songs, most released in the last few weeks.

@mathiematician @EsotericCD You mean Arcadia

@EsotericCD I still think the best Duran Duran album is Power Station.

Dunno why people are talking about Duran Duran, but they were *adequate*. Yes, it's a miracle that LeBon, Rhodes, and all those Taylors - male models, the whole lot of them - could actually come together and put out some great pop singles, but they're SINGLES, not albums. That said, "Ordinary World" still slays.

@nickawde @Top10Nathan 💯 fall-off in songwriting

@Top10Nathan it’s awful. people are happy to have new gorillaz product so of course it’s doing well. we’re all wishing it to be good, aren’t we, but it really truly honestly isn’t.

Two weeks after release, Gorillaz' 'The Mountain' is already feeling like one of their best. Up there with Demon Days and Plastic Beach, it's the record the world needs, not necessarily one it deserves 👇 open.substack.com/pub/top10natha…

@GaelicMadra @VonBlowtorch @larrybehrens 💯 on subaru ride quality

@VonBlowtorch @larrybehrens Mazda makes excellent cars. Our Subaru was disappointing. Never broke down but other than that, not great. Terrible ride quality.

Honda joins the billion-dollar EV regret club with up to $15.7B down the drain. Add in Stellantis ($26B), Ford ($19.5B), and GM ($6B), and we're talking ~$67B collectively torched because no one wants glorified golf carts. Reality is undefeated.

@br_anlee @dunne_insights + the Element!

@dunne_insights Honda has been releasing uninspired designs recently. For example, why does the new Prelude look like a 2-door Civic? And once people start liking a particular model, why does Honda stop selling them (S2000, Del-Sol, Fit, CR-Z, NSX)?

Honda. Wow. First loss since the 1950s. “Honda’s automobile business has fallen into an extremely challenging earnings situation due to various factors, including its inability to respond flexibly to these changes in the business environment,” Honda slumps to first annual loss since going public in the 1950s ft.com/content/ab76ef… via @ft