90’s music critic profile
Written on September 12, 2010 – 5:14 pm | by Alex Howard
Lately I have been interested in the blogging of this critic named Scott Tomford. I usually check his blogs to get updates on what certain 90s bands of today are doing now and if they are playing any concerts soon. For example, I first heard of the Alice In Chains and Deftones tour, also known as the Black Diamond Skye tour, from him late last year.
He also talks all about how the 90s are a unique decade with so many different forms of music and how it was a huge culture shock. This guy does it all. Also listed are popular forms of music of that decade including grunge/alternative rock, contemporary r&b, teen pop, hip-hop, southern rap, swing revival, nu-metal, grunge, and plenty of others. A few of these I didn’t even realize were a genre.
The article I came to that I found most interesting was an introduction to the 90s. Instead of going through the decade by going through the most common information, he goes through the cultural side and talks about the Lilith Fair movement by singer Sarah McLachlan and the mainstreaming of hip-hop and rap. Overall, this discusses the radical changes of music throughout this decade compared to the 80s as a decade of glam metal and new wave music.
This is a great source for 90s music. Check out some music videos of the bands on his page!
4 Responses to “90’s music critic profile”
It’s cool to see that someone out there is still reviewing 90’s music. Some of my favorite music and bands came out of the 90’s (Green Day, Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis). And overall (taking into account pop, rap, and other music genres), I think that the 90’s had better music than the 2000-2010 decade. (Even though American Idiot came out in 2004, which is my favorite album of all time).
It’s downright depressing to see how much better popular music was just 15 years ago or so. How did we go from Nirvana’s Nevermind to Ke$ha in less than two decades? Hopefully these things go in cycles and great music will thrive once again.
I completely agree with the unfortunate dive of today’s music. Kesha is awful although I must admit I have found myself bobbing my head and even partying to several of her songs. I think that the worse music gets, the lower our expectations are, therefore justifying why we can actually bare to listen to some of today’s meaningless music.
Spinner isn’t Tomford’s blog — it’s a larger site, and Tomford is one of their many writers. Be careful, that makes a difference — people notice when you get it wrong.
This post is full of style errors, starting with your headline: AP style for decades is ’90s.
8/10