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Belle And Sebastian are great: Belle And Sebastian are dreadful. After a couple of months spent waking up to the first, it’s dispiriting to be reminded that the second still holds. I spent three years disliking Belle And Sebastian after hear[…]

Are You A Rock Chick?: why yes, I am a bit short of inspirational links today. Barely amusing quiz, via Kitschbitch. It’ll be name generators next.[…]

Lester Bangs and Paul Morley : Let It Blurt and Nothing: You could very well do worse.[…]

JAMES
They say : “Oh Sit Down.”
Tanya says: “Oh Shut Up”[…]

PUBLIC ENEMY – ARSE WALK WITH ME
There are a number of glaring problems with Public Enemy, not the least that Elvis actually wasn’t really a hero to anyone. I can certainly remember being five and saying “Mummy, when I grow up I wan[…]

Pitchfork reviews the new Future Bible Heroes EP. It’s a fair review and well written, though as often with Pitchfork it’s the little asides that grate or beg expansion: “It’s extremely difficult to write a meaningful synth-po[…]

Thanks to Martin, who has sent me several excellent links over the last week (I’m working through them!), and thanks also to moreover.com, you’ll now find a pop music headlines section in the right-hand column for handy news updates. We&#[…]