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Tom Ewing on music

5 January 2012

  • Why blogging strikes a chord on Tumblr

    Tom Ewing

    Tom Ewing: It's heartening that with Tumblr a strain of music blogging has thrived - where sharing music isn't as important as sharing stories

15 December 2011

  • 2011 American Music awards show – Drake

    Introspection – the musical theme of 2011

    Tom Ewing
    Tom Ewing: Drake might not have any obvious connection to Bon Iver and James Blake – but they all inhabit a private world to which you, the listener, are not invited

1 December 2011

  • David Bowie

    Why did David Bowie scupper the idea of an O2 musical?

    Tom Ewing: Glam, new-wave sci-fi, neurotic lushness – the problem with making a preposterous 'jukebox musical' about Bowie is that he's done it all already

17 November 2011

  • Cher Lloyd, X Factor tour

    Why do X Factor winners make rotten albums?

    Tom Ewing: There's nothing in the setup of modern pop that inherently means X-Factor winners end up with duds. It must be the show itself

3 November 2011

  • Gloria Estefan

    Let's hear it for the middle-aged female popstar

    Tom Ewing
    There's nothing undignified about women in middle age such as Gloria Estefan making dance-pop – in fact, they're perfect for it, writes Tom Ewing

20 October 2011

  • Sony Walkman

    I'm with Jarvis Cocker: we were music fan freaks

    Tom Ewing: If teenagers today feel that a grazing, sharing and cloud-driven way of relating to music is the norm, some new technology will soon upend that

6 October 2011

  • Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic

    Missing out on Nirvana's Nevermind for 20 years was no great loss

    Tom Ewing
    Tom Ewing: For all that I liked finally playing Nevermind for the first time, I realised there's nothing wrong with missing out on something

22 September 2011

  • The X Factor, 2006

    The death throes of the great American songbook

    Tom Ewing

    Tom Ewing: Pre-rock pop in all its surprising, sentimental variety is now reduced to a Vegas cliche of boozy bonhomie and cocktail-hour flirtation

8 September 2011

  • Terius Nash, AKA The-Dream

    Message to The-Dream, AKA Terius Nash: please stop sharing

    Tom Ewing
    Tom Ewing: The-Dream's latest album, 1977, under his given name Terius Nash, is queasy, rambling proof you can have too much authenticity

11 August 2011

  • The time is ripe for a return to Disco Inferno

    Tom Ewing
    It's not Disco Inferno's talk of cities on the brink of meltdown that makes their songs seem prescient, but more how fragile they sound, writes Tom Ewing

28 July 2011

  • Amy Winehouse

    Amy Winehouse: her fans can show us the pop path

    Tom Ewing
    Her death has led to a lot of dutiful music writing telling us nothing new. Why don't we just ask the fans for directions, says Tom Ewing

14 July 2011

  • Faris Badwan, the Horrors

    Who will make the next Great British Rock Album?

    Tom Ewing
    The Horrors could be poised to move into anthemic mode. But given the fate of their predecessors, should they bother, asks Tom Ewing

30 June 2011

  • Lady Gaga

    How trance has matured in modern pop

    Tom Ewing: Trance music once provided the very definition of cheese, but producers use it intelligently now to play with the idea of scale

16 June 2011

  • Nicola Roberts

    Can pop music survive?

    Tom Ewing
    Tom Ewing: The function of pop has shifted – from all-encompassing lucky dip to a training level for music fans. And the web makes it obvious

2 June 2011

  • The BRIT Awards 2011 - Show

    Will Adele's success lead to another undignified music industry scramble?

    Tom Ewing
    Tom Ewing: Surprise hits such as Adele's 21 tend to have bad consequences: an eager music industry latches on to surface qualities and gets ready to flood the market

19 May 2011

  • Hugh Laurie

    Don't be afraid of vanity projects

    Tom Ewing
    Tom Ewing: Hugh Laurie's blues album has provoked negative responses. But like the best, his is about a fan getting up and having a go

5 May 2011

  • Fleet Foxes

    Same as it ever was: the power of pop consistency

    Tom Ewing
    Tom Ewing: 'There is a strong element of comfort in pop fandom – I'm reassured by a new Fall release. Michael Bublé fans can say the same of him'

21 April 2011

  • Lady Gaga in nun's habit

    Will Lady Gaga take the Easter No 1?

    Tom Ewing

    Tom Ewing: The release of Lady Gaga's single Judas at Easter hasn't caused much of a stir. Has religious controversy in pop music run out of steam?

7 April 2011

  • Kate Bush

    Why Auto-Tune belongs in the toolkit of pop

    Tom Ewing: Two years ago, the death of Auto-Tune seemed like a smart prediction. Instead, the technique has settled into the toolkit of pop

24 March 2011

  • The Weeknd's VIP area exposé was made for the indie crowd

    Tom Ewing
    The Weeknd's suggestion that there's an awfulness at the heart of VIP area hedonism is always going to delight the indie crowd
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