Bring the Noise · 20 Years of Writing About Hip Rock and Hip Hop by Reynolds, Simon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Introduction AUTHOR’S NOTE WHAT’S MISSING? - The State of Pop in 1985 THE REDSKINS - Central Polytechnic, London ZAPP - Hammersmith Odeon, London YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY - Indie-pop’s Cult of Innocence NASTY BOYS: RAP BEAT HAPPENING - Beat Happening (K Records/Rough Trade) BACKS TO THE FUTURE - The Folk and Country Resurgence in Alternative Rock HIP HOP AND HOUSE SINGLES REVIEWS

HUSKER DU - Warehouse: Songs and Stories (WEA) MANTRONIX

Forget ‘The Song’ Forget the Human Forget Soul

THE SMITHS - A Eulogy PUBLIC ENEMY

Death to Disco Rebel With a Cause Soul on Ice

LL COOL J DINOSAUR JR THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Hammersmith Clarendon, London MORRISSEY THE PIXIES LIVING COLOUR VARIOUS ARTISTS - Sub Pop 200 (Sub Pop) THE STONE ROSES THE CARING COLONIALISTS - A Critique of ‘World Music’ (written with Paul Oldfield) POSITIVITY - De La Soul, Soul II Soul, Deee-lite and New Age House RAP’S REFORMATION - Gangsta Rap versus Conscious Rap MADCHESTER VERSUS DREAMPOP - Happy Mondays and Ride MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Sex ’N’ Drugs ’N’ Rock ’n’ Roll

PAVEMENT - CBGB, New York NIRVANA - Kilburn National, London N-JOI/K-KLASS/BASSHEADS/M-PEOPLE - Kilburn National, London RRRRRRUSH! - Hardcore Rave and London Pirate Radio WASTED YOUTH - Grunge and the Return of ‘Heavy’ WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE? LET THE BOYS BE BOYS - Onyx interview/Gangsta Rap as Oi!

Onyx Gangsta Rap as Oi!

STATE OF INTERDEPENDENCE - Britain, America, and the ‘Special Relationship’ in ... MTV - The Revolution Will Not be Televised PJ HARVEY IT’S A DOGG’S LIFE - Dr Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg AGAINST THE GRAIN - Thinking about the Voice in Pop PEARL JAM VS NIRVANA THE BEASTIE BOYS

GRAND ROYAL: THE LABEL GRAND ROYAL: THE MAGAZINE THE NEW BEASTIE BOYS ALBUM GRAND ROYAL – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

POST-ROCK SWINGBEAT AND THE NEW R&B RAGGA THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - Irving Plaza, New York BLUR VERSUS OASIS PULP - Different Class (Island) R&B: THE SOUND OF 1997 RONI SIZE/REPRAZENT - New Forms (Talkin’ Loud/Mercury) FEMININE PRESSURE - 2-Step and UK Garage KING AND QUEEN OF THE BEATS - Timbaland and Missy Elliott HATE ME NOW - Puff Daddy and the Player Hater Syndrome FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - Lil Wayne, Cash Money and New Orleans Rap STREET RAP WE ARE FAMILY - The Rise of the Rap Clan and the Hip Hop Dynasty ROOTS ’N’ FUTURE - The Disappearing Voice of Reggae EURO MILES DAVIS - Live-Evil, Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West, In ... PURE FUSION - Multiculture versus Monoculture RADIOHEAD VERSUS BRIT-ROCK/ THOM YORKE INTERVIEW 2-STEP AND R&B CRITIQUED FAVES OF 2000: DANCEHALL HISTORIA ELECTRONICA - The Case for Electronic Dance Music Culture

1) Machine music 2) Texture/rhythm versus melody/harmony 3) You’re so physical 4) Against interpretation 5) Surface versus depth 6) Drug me 7) This is journey into sound 8) Faceless techno bollocks 9) Death of the auteur 10) We bring you the future 11) Let’s submerge 12) Site-specific 13) Only connect

Record Collection Rock Indie ‘Be reasonable, capitulate to the available’ Daft comparisons and the impulse to make them Turn to face the strange change-lessness

GREEN-EYED SOUL - Hot Chip and Scritti Politti BONUS MATERIAL M.I.A - Piracy Funds What?

THE PEOPLE VS. VAMPIRE WEEKEND NOTES ON THE NOUGHTIES #2: - WHEN WILL HIP HOP HURRY UP AND DIE? BRING THE NOISE: A LISTENING LIST Acknowledgments INDEX Copyright Page