From the moment it was announced, it was quite clear that the Fame Kills tour, a co-headlining jaunt between Lady Gaga and Kanye West, would be plagued with headlines and press attention all over the shop. In a way, it was asking for a sudden cancellation. Yup, Live Nation have announced that the tour is [...]

Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Max
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I swear the last few days have consisted of a similar pattern of some sort. During the day you’re tired of everyone mocking Kanye West with the same old joke and/or meme until the very end of the day when someone you least expect to make a joke about it actually makes a joke about [...]

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by Max
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Auto-Tune has seen a rise in popularity in recent months due to the fact that people like Kanye West and Lil’ Wayne use it to cover up the fact that they just can’t sing. Death Cab For Cutie have also noticed this, and don’t really like it. So last Sunday at the Grammys they each [...]

Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Max
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So very late on Sunday night/Monday morning, I stayed up to watch the Grammy awards. This is the first time I have ever watched the ceremony. It will also be the last time. Never in my entire life have I seen a show that is so shoddy, offensive and downright awful in terms of music [...]

Posted on February 10th, 2009 by Max
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It seems that the public are slowly but surely realising what I was saying ages ago – Kanye West cannot be left to play with autotune. His SNL performances last Saturday hit the tip of the iceberg of mediocrity. His performance of Love Lockdown spares the viewers his attempts at high notes, since he leaves [...]

Posted on December 15th, 2008 by Max
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