1471: Gareth’s ‘what’s new’ section at Surface Vs Depth has a name of its own, and has very regular updates, and they’re about music, and clever, and…..well, he doesn’t use the dreaded word, but essentially w[…]

What’s a nice Britpop boy like Damon Albarn doing in a place like Mali?: wonder if the Times sub-header writer realised how dodgy that sounds…..anyway, “cooking up a solo album” is the answer. It’s all in a good cause, u[…]

MARILYN MANSON – Disposable Teens
As Fred says, there can’t have been many people who didn’t quietly shudder at the idea of Marilyn Manson doing a ‘tribute to Gary Glitter’. Which is just how Maz wanted it, of course, bu[…]

OUI OUI, JE SUIS UN RAP STAR (IHM Lyric Watch 5)
Philosophy, food, silly attempts at hip-hop: long have these been the three cornerstones of French culture. MC Solaar is the world’s longest-serving French rapper, which makes him after Weird Al […]