SPIN.com: The Rock Lexicon

SPIN.com: The Rock Lexicon
Confused about all the current musical genres and subgenres? Fret no more because Chuck Klosterman has provided a mini dictionary:

"GRIME: Almost two years ago, I asked two learned people at Spinto explain to me what grime is. They both said, 'Don't worry about it. You will never need to know. It'’s completely unnecessary knowledge.'” Then, over the next few weeks, grime came up in conversation on three separate occasions. And it would always come up in the same manner: Someone would mention either Dizzee Rascal or the Streets, refer to them as grim artists, and immediately be told, '“Those aren'’t real grime artists. That's not real grime.' As such, this is all I know about grime--—it'’s British rap (but not really) that is kind of 'like garage and 2-step'” (but the word garage is pronounced like marriage), and it's supposedly a reflection of life in lower-class London neighborhoods like Brixton. If anyone out there knows what grime is, e-mail me at cklosterman@spin.com. But make sure you write 'This is about grime' in the subject line so I will know to ignore it completely."

Unfortunately, he doesn't go into electronica much.

Via Audiophile