In 1971, Marvin Gaye released What’s Goin’ On?, an album of unprecedented ambition for soul music, which addressed real issues – poverty, the state of the nation, the economy – and did so with thick, complex arrangements and, […]

Machine Age: Net Loss – cool analysis of the MP3 situation. As I was saying earlier, bad news for record shops. (link via Fred, who offers a bit more analysis too).[…]

REM – “STAND”
I mean, what the FUCK?[…]

Blur join row over MP3: mostly worth reading for the arrogant comments by a Jeepster spokesman. (Without internet piracy, incidentally, I would not now be into their most profitable band, whose records I have been buying in shops, rather than, as pre[…]

Campaigners fight for axed Radio 1 DJ Andy Kershaw: my knee-jerk reaction to Andy Kershaw’s sacking is “Oh, that’s a shame”, especially when you compare Kershaw’s easygoing, affable style to the on-air posturings of slug[…]

Longplayer: sound art – a piece of music set to last a thousand years – which raises a lot of interesting questions. If, like me, you believe (sometimes) that art arises out of a ‘dialogue’ of sorts between artist and audience[…]

Hip hop at a crossroads: “This was no ordinary hip hop show: Mos Def took the unprecedented step of dispensing with a DJ and employing a distinguished live band” – unprecedented how, exactly? Review from the Guardian.[…]

Well, now we’re talking. Tangents has started what amounts to a weblog. I was thinking this morning about how I should probably try and put more news-y content in NYLPM, because while there are several excellent websites that will move heaven […]

Flat Eric Archives: an incredibly important cultural resource.[…]

Piano Magic, who might well be the best band in the country, have a new album out (Hooray!) and a remix 12″ (sigh). I started but never finished a full-length review of their last album, Low Birth Weight. In summary, though: it’s beautifu[…]