Jarvis Cocker: Pop Is Dead

Jarvis Cocker explained his views on modern day pop music to Radio Times this week. He has some very valid points. Some highlights from the interview are below.

"It saddens me because I love pop music and these shows prove that it's become an industrialised process. They never pick people with great voices. They pick people who show off how many notes they can fit into a 10-second period.

A great voice expresses something and gives you some idea of the personality behind the voice. There's zero personality in the voices of any of the people who sing on these shows. The kind of pop I was brought up on is over. The pop charts used to be where everything happened. Now the most interesting stuff is happening outside in the independent music sector."

MP3: Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time

Arctic Monkeys Declare Hip-Hop Dead, Hate 'Pop Idol'

In an interview with NME this week the underaged Sheffield foursome's frontman, Alex Turner, & guitarist Jamie Cook, dig into the current state of popular music:

Alex: "I hate all those 'Pop Idol' singers. And let me tell you what I can't stand - that fucking R&B cover version of 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before'."

Jamie: "Even music I don't usually listen to, like hip-hop, is obviously bad at the moment. There is no real hip-hop anymore. Timbaland is a good producer, but he's in every song right now. Come on, there are other producers - and other beats."

Bitchfork hates the new Timbaland record as well, tagging it with a 4.1 earlier this week. Check out that review over at B-fork!

Hmm, I wonder what the boys will have to say if Sanjaya is crowned the next American Idol... By the way, you haven't seen 'Favourite Worst Nightmare's album art yet? Well then take a stroll over here!

MP3: Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down