Showing All "PJ Harvey" Posts
May 3rd 13 Comments
I couldn't presume to say that there's a right way or a wrong way to hear PJ Harvey for the first time, but I like the way that I did it. I don't remember exactly what was happening the first time I… Read Story »
Jun 29th, 2012 13 Comments
Polly Jean Harvey is now two decades into a pretty remarkable run, one that's kept her singular voice intact while roaming all over an aesthetic landscape that she's invented for herself. She's been… Read Story »
Jan 26th, 2012 78 Comments
Infamously cantankerous studio rat/national treasure Steve Albini doesn't like to be called a record producer. He prefers the term "recording engineer." That's a dry, clinical term for what Albini… Read Story »
Jan 12th, 2012 2 Comments
The Brit Awards are the UK's annual equivalent to the Grammys, and our British friends have a way of making their award-nominations lists look just slightly cooler than ours. And this year's list of… Read Story »
Dec 21st, 2011 147 Comments
It's been fun, but now it's time to wrap up the Gummy Awards with the big final list: your picks for the year's top 10 albums! And the final result is: You guys more or less agree with us! Every… Read Story »
Dec 7th, 2011 68 Comments
After Rolling Stone, NME is now the second major music magazine to reveal its year-end top-50 list today. And following Uncut and MOJO, it's also the second British rock rag to name PJ Harvey's Let… Read Story »
Dec 2nd, 2011 35 Comments
Following Q and Uncut, MOJO is the third major British rock magazine to reveal its year-end list of its top 50 albums, and a pattern is emerging. British critics love the shit out of PJ Harvey's Let… Read Story »
Nov 29th, 2011 111 Comments
Hey, another year-end list! Today, we've already seen Paste and Q name their 50 favorite albums of 2011. Now the British rock mag Uncut also chips in, giving a list that's heavier on doom-and-gloom… Read Story »
Sep 6th, 2011 8 Comments
Great Britain's annual Mercury Music Prize is a lot of fun. In the annual ceremony, a panel of music-business figures decides the best British album of the year. They often pick grand-consensus… Read Story »
Jul 19th, 2011 19 Comments
This year's shortlist for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year was announced in London this morning. A group of industry experts will select the winner, who will be announced in a ceremony… Read Story »
