Fred has redesigned. I feel like a real blogger now, mentioning that. But the real reason you should visit today is to read his fine review of the new XTC album, before it gets buried under a heap of shall-I-put-my-photos-up-or-not stuff![…]

Napster Killed My Record Store: (link pirated from My Science Project, who will no doubt be pleased with the eels/Mogwai result). Anyway, a record store blames Napster for plummeting sales. As I’ve said before, my own purchasing habits have cha[…]

THE SUGARCUBES – “Deus” (brief review inspired by Prol)
“Deus” was the first Sugarcubes song I ever heard. It’s still my favourite: back then I could get off on the strangeness of it without realising that ‘s[…]

The Scottish Jazz Scam: “It’s at times like this that it’s hard to believe that, at one time, jazz was all about freedom and joy writ large and true. Dominated by a dreary, unimaginative clique, it’s dying on its feet.”[…]

Salon.com business | Seven days in May: Britney Spears does it again! “I’m pretty sure 12-year old girls who buy Britney will buy Eminem,” – interesting and witty report from the heart of chartland, courtesy of Salon. If Britn[…]

This is a beautiful project (now apparently defunct, alas) – somebody who actually buys all those 7″ singles you see in Rough Trade and then reviews all of them. Fascinating stuff with scanned-in covers too.[…]

DUEL!: today it’s Beth Orton vs The Charlatans. And I’ve loads of proper links’n’songs to blog later on, too.[…]

THE JOHN SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
One of the most misleading names of all time. There is no explosion whatsoever in this blandly offensive music, unless you count having your thoughts of exactly how terrible music can be exploded.
It is a music of[…]