EDM Replacing Rap As The Scourge of Country Radio
Whereas 2013 seemed to be dominated by country rap singles, 2014 has so far been the story of EDM, or Electronic Dance Music. Though EDM and hip hop can sometimes be mistaken for each other, especially...
View ArticleEDM in Country Is Here with Avicii and Bobby Bones
EDM, or Electronic Dance Music, is making a big move into country music with one of the world's biggest EDM stars in Avicii, and he's doing it with the help of none other than notorious Clear Channel...
View ArticleJerrod Niemann Is No Willie or Waylon (A History Lesson)
Tuesday was the release of Jerrod Niemann's dumb new album High Noon, and before we've even had a chance to really delve into just how much of a mockery it makes of country music, Niemann's already out...
View ArticleSong Review –“Medicine” by Shakira feat. Blake Shelton
Shakira isn't just releasing this song in her home genre of pop. It has entered the Country Airplay charts this week at #57. "Medicine" is Shakira's "gone country" moment. All that said, "Medicine" as...
View ArticleJohnny Cash’s “Out Among The Stars” Tops Charts at #1
Johnny Cash is once again the big man in music as his recently-released "lost" album Out Among The Stars has come in at #1 on the Country Albums chart, and #3 on the all-encompassing album sales chart...
View ArticleRonnie Dunn’s “Peace, Love & Country Music”
To do Ronnie Dunn and his new album Peace, Love & Country Music justice, one doesn't need to write an album review, one needs to do something in between an in-depth psychoanalysis and a diagramming...
View ArticleAs Predicted, “Bro-Country” Is Now a Term of Endearment
Just as I've been saying ever since the term "bro-country" was widely adopted by naysayers of the current male-dominated laundry list phenomenon in country music, eventually it would be co-opted by the...
View ArticleAnthony Bourdain Bemoans The Rise of EDM Over Live Music
On last week's episode of CNN's Emmy Award-winning program Parts Unknown hosted by Anthony Bourdain, the well-known chef spouted off about the state of live music and EDM's involvement when touring Las...
View ArticleCountry Music Writes A Letter to Jamey Johnson
Jamey. Jamey Johnson. Yeah, hey man, it's your old pal country music here. Sorry to bother you like this out of the blue and everything, but it looks like I've kind of gotten myself into a mighty big...
View ArticleJerrod Niemann’s “Donkey” (Review & Rant)
Country is the only genre of music on planet Earth where the midlife crises of its artists play out on the airwaves and populate the very top of the charts, effecting the sonic path of the entire...
View ArticleCountry Music Entering A New Remix Era
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the remix era of country music, where the worst "country" songs get regurgitated with an overlayed rapper or EDM twist, repackaged to terrorize the eardrums of the...
View ArticleAlmost Every Major Country Artist Now Has Same Talent Agency
Just think about this for a second: Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Brady Paisley, Miranda Lambert, and Rascal Flatts are all now managed by the same exact...
View ArticleBefore They Sucked: Big Country Stars at the Start
When you look back at some of the early songs, early albums, and even the early image of some of country's biggest current stars, it can stimulate downright culture shock. Of course styles change...
View ArticleMono-Genre Watch: Pitbull Riles the World Cup
When it comes to mixing music forms with no regard for the autonomy or integrity of the respective genres, Latin rapper Pitbull is popular music's prime culprit. As evidenced in the massive hit...
View ArticleTaylor Swift Is Leaving Country. But Will Country Let Her?
Welp, that's that. Gauging from the comments made in Rolling Stone's current country music special edition by the CEO of Big Machine Records aka the Country Music Antichrist Scott Borchetta, we can now...
View ArticleThe Worst “Country” Songs of 2014 So Far
The middle point of 2014 finds so called "bro-country" in full throat, with its death grips around the neck of the country music genre and threatening to throttle the very life out of it with no prayer...
View ArticleWhy Jerrod Niemann’s “Donkey” Was His Waterloo
When you live by the bit, you die by the bit. And Jerrod Niemann has just been bitten in the ass by a "Donkey." Early on when you looked at the amount of "adds" the song was getting on radio, it did...
View ArticleCountry Is Now Pop: Sam Hunt’s “Leave The Night On”
This is not a review, this is a warning. Sam Hunt's "Leave The Night On" is a potential swan song for what we define as country music today, more than any song that has come before. I know, you're...
View ArticleJason Aldean’s “Burnin’ It Down” (A Roast)
Oh Jason, this is most unfortunate. Since Jason Aldean has re-entered the single life after getting caught in a douche-soaked nightclub on the Sunset Strip handling up on some American Idol...
View Article55 People Arrested, 22 Hospitalized at Keith Urban Concert
A total of 55 arrests and 46 medical incidents, including 22 people transported to hospitals, marred a Keith Urban concert event in Mansfield, Massachusetts Saturday (7-26) night at the Xfinity Center...
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