Archives – 2000 – August – 15  

Pop quiz at
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— 15 Aug 2000 Tom Comment

Pop quiz at not so soft – is the first Underworld album good or bad? I’d say OK – some gorgeously sprawled dark chocolate techno grooves, marred by Karl Hyde’s hammy voice and back-of-a-bus-ticket ‘observational lyrics&#[…]

SPILLER – “Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)”
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— 15 Aug 2000 Tom Comment

SPILLER – “Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)”
Spiller’s turned respectable heads, and people sharper than you or I are saying Single Of The Year to this easy-sliding disco confection. Let’s hope not – oh, it&#82[…]

Big thanks to Mike for going to the Insound Zine Conference
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— 15 Aug 2000 Tom Comment

Big thanks to Mike for going to the Insound Zine Conference and spreading the word about the dubious and contrarian virtues of Freaky Trigger. Read his account of the conference and wonder. Oh, and from her sickbed Tanya let me know how embarrassed s[…]

Stop the presses! It’s a
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— 15 Aug 2000 Tom Comment

Stop the presses! It’s a good review of the new Belle And Sebastian album. (At what point is a given band’s album not “the new” anymore?). This comes from stopsmiling.net, a new popculture zine which has quickly demonstrated i[…]

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