Idolator

This week, The New Republic somehow sold enough ad space to let a bit of wankery about the Led Zeppelin reunion by music writer David Browne into its pages. You can probably guess what the piece's "angle" is from its subhead—"Explaining Led Zeppelin's enduring hold on our collective conscious"—but here's a rundown: OMG LED ZEP REUNION, by the way the White Stripes canceled their tour, Led Zep is "ageless" and so is Nick Drake, "'The Crunge' could almost be a rap boast," and hey, those kids today really do seem to like the Arcade Fire. (Also: Radiohead!) And then there's the closing graf, which tries to tie together the legends of Led Zeppelin and the White Stripes in a horrifically clumsy way: More »