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The problem with pop music is that it’s stuck in the mindset of a twenty-something male….

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…Vague existential angst, a bit of woman trouble and that’s usually it. Pop’s never really matured, or broadened, the same way as cinema or literature. If you go into a bookshop and take five books off the shelf, or go to the cinema and choose five films, they could be about almost anything. Whereas if you pick five albums at random that’s not likely to be the case. Read the rest of this article here.

December 13th, 2009.

2 Responses to “The problem with pop music is that it’s stuck in the mindset of a twenty-something male….”

  1. sean Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Excellent interview with a really interesting artist. The Herring & the Brine is one of my favourite Irish albums of all time.

  2. Eoin Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Thanks Sean, one of my favourite interviews I ever did too (although Senor, My Friend is much my favourite of his two albums…)

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