We present this free compilation of music writing that Voice writers are into this week, all by writers we presume were paid for their efforts.
Pop’s YouTube Economy: “Harlem Shake,” “Thrift Shop,” and the way we make hits now. [Grantland]
On the Legacy of Houston’s DJ Screw: Andrew Nosnitsky goes deep in his Pitchfork column Hall of Game. [Pitchfork]
David Thorpe’s Big Hurt Column for Boston’s The Phoenix this week about Madonna, Instagram, Marilyn Manson and offensive content: [The Phoenix]
Ben Shapiro of Noisey interviews the guy who wrote that “What What In the Butt” song because, well, of course. [Noisey]
For Pitchfork, Lindsay Zoladz writes a beautiful review of the buzziest record out there right now, Waxahatchee’s Cerulean Salt. [Pitchfork]
Tom Breihan premature evaluates David Bowie’s next record, The Next Day. [Stereogum]
Choking on the Splinters: Taking Stock of Beck’s Career Twenty Years After Loser. [Grantland]
Reintroducting Ashley Monroe, Country’s Great Trad Hope. [Nashville Scene]
The enduring power and soul of bluesman Freddie King. [The Chicago Reader]
They Might Be Giants, Back in the Land of Adults. [The New Yorker]
The Definitive Guide to the Music of The Big Lebowski. [L.A. Weekly]