Quick quiz: who do you think Glenn McDonald is talking about when he says “If Keith Moon had lived to hear drum-and-bass, I can imagine this being his response.”?
If you said “Found That Soul” by the Manic Street Preachers, ha[…]

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS – “I Don’t Believe In the Sun”
I put on Vol 1 of 69 Love Songs at work today. I thought it might sound deadpan and cynical next to the Top 40 we listen to. It sounded wimpier and sappier.[…]

JOY DIVISION – “Glass”/”Digital”
There are those — I’ve met some, sad but true — who believe Joy Division songs might be lovely if only they’d turned the guitars up a bit and the drums and vocals […]

Am I Cool Or Not?: a bulging sack of mail for this week’s subject. Etc.[…]

Brainteaser It’s anagram time on Pumpkin Publog. Match the six lagers on the left to their secret A-names on the right (no prizes available).
STAROPRAMEN / BRAINY ARGUE
BUDWEISER / DIRT SPREE
STELLA ARTOIS / BREW I’D SUE
RED STRIPE / BOR[…]

Also via As Above (which as you might have guessed is quite a good site), comes a downloadable virtual theremin!.[…]

I am never going to use AIM again: “The song titled “I.M.Me” is instantly recognizable among that important demographic, 11 to 20-year olds. It incorporates the shorthand lingo that’s developed as they simultaneously converse […]

It’s not just Mr Rhodes who likes the Sugababes – this rather good review of them is c/o The Horse. For me it’s the command-of-pop that grabs rather than the command-of-relationships (the lyrics are solid, good even, if you listen, […]

BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY – “Rich Wife Full Of Happiness”
Don’t believe what you’ve heard: faithful’s not a bad word. No matter how much rock, with its wanderlusts and night fears and beautiful heartbreak, […]

I’ve been looking for a link to this lot for a while but I lost the bit of paper which Phil wrote the address on: Victory Gardens Records. Support your local purveyors of art-noise-fuzz. While we’re on the subject of Art, members of the F[…]