“A knowledgeable fellow of excellent taste” (it says here), Lee Jackson was also an a.m.a. regular in the good old days, when he posted as keyserfleck and demonstrated good humour and mighty learnings on the subject of the psych-pop-noise[…]

A lot of stuff in the Guardian today, but the most amusing pop-related story isn’t linked, sadly – William Hague, the balding runt currently leading the Tory party into saloon bar oblivion, has fallen foul of Massive Attack, after choosin[…]

K is for…..”Kids”, which is the new Robbie Williams single. It’s a grievous heap of arse. Robbie Williams is, as everyone loves to remind us, a Proper Pop Star, who is Entertaining yet still Down To Earth as well as being a bi[…]

Josh points out this Motion review of Aaliyah’s fine “Try Again” single, which is well-written but does rather make you agree with Simon Reynolds’ suggestion in the latest Wire that ‘intellectual’ pop writers are n[…]

Hyacinths And Thistles: my review of the latest Stephin Merritt side-project. For once the hosannas are muted.[…]

J is for…”Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M’En Vais” by Serge Gainsbourg. From his Vu De L’Exterieur album, it’s as near as he came in the 70s to conventional singer-songwriting. That record takes the strummed, sensiti[…]

Go Kathleen Go!: the most excellent creator of Pearls gets her licks in in a Proper Big Newspaper, on the ever-pressing subject of Beatley hegemony. And she even gets a dig in at Radiohead![…]

Okay, I’ll take a break for a couple of posts, it being Serge Gainsbourg next, a man who it seems sacrilegious to write about in an office. (That’s not really the reason). Pitchfork reviews SYR5, the latest in Sonic Youth’s experime[…]

I is for….”I Want You More Than Ever” by The Clientele. As The Clientele continue their slow creep towards some small-scale kind of fame (with a sound as instant and recognisable as theirs, it’s pretty much assured), you just […]

IHM LYRIC WATCH 6: SEND OFF THE CLOWNS
Smokey Robinson may have been “America’s greatest living poet” (called so by none other than Bob Dylan, a compliment quite on a level with being called America’s greatest landscape artist[…]