I'm With The Genremongers

tomewing:

byebyepride:

tomewing:

New Guardian column! It’s not really about witch house though it’s “about” witch house. I wanted to do a column about the problems of genre which was written without the comfort blanket of an in-the-know tone. Whether I succeeded or not I dunno (especially as I’ve not checked the edit yet). This has something tangentially to do with Nitsuhs “whither underground?” link/conversation from earlier, too, I think.

I’m now listening to the Salem mixtape Tom mentions - it’s pretty good! 

So I have totally become that guy who reads about the new underground sensation in the broadsheets six months late.

I think part of the idea is that we’re all That Guy now.

we’ve reached that magical point where so much is happening, in myriad microscopic niches, that you will always, inevitably, feel left out.

bet the folks who drummed up the intarwebz didn’t see that coming!

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  1. tarts reblogged this from agrammar
  2. tomewing reblogged this from agrammar and added:
    column (because of print wordcounts) is a feeling...genres now are also
  3. agrammar reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    Tom Ewing’s latest Guardian column begins like this:...one of the Americans he’s talking...
  4. jrichmanesq reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    we’ve reached that magical point where so much is happening, in myriad microscopic niches, that you will always,...
  5. barthel said: At least it’s not Hipster Runoff!
  6. alexmacpherson reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    W/r/t “witch house” itself, I’ve been sufficiently taken to investigate a few of the artists, but
  7. byebyepride said: That’s ok, I kind of like That Guy. BTW I actually bought the Guardian this morning, so I could read your column in actual newsprint. This is one step from vinyl fetishism, no?
  8. byebyepride reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    I’m now listening to the Salem mixtape Tom mentions -...have totally become that guy who...
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    After reading this article...immediately decided that...hear...
  10. rocketsandrayguns reblogged this from tomewing and added:
    A few quick thoughts:...love following new music genres. This is one of
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