“I will blog you and link you on the Permafrost“: it’s another new music weblog, this time by ILM veteran Andy Kelman. This one boasts a clean, stern attractive design, a gorgeous indexing system, some sharp opinions and sharp writi[…]

Worst Toilet Door Sign Names – A Publog Round Table
My starter for 10: “WILLY’S ROOM” and “FANNY’S ROOM” on the doors of the Tut ‘N’ Shive in Highbury.[…]

Pop Circuit: find out where the A*Teens, Dream and Kaci are touring…..oh? what? It’s indie pop? Ah, well, OK. Find out where and when bands like The Clientele and Mogwai are touring and what’s going to be happening at festivals like[…]

“The pop underground is here to stay, and it’s a zillion strong”: Metal Mike Saunders on the A*Teens. Metal Mike is one of the best writers on the nu-pop because he’s so clear and enthusiastic, and because he doesn’t (w[…]

SEXUS – “How Do You Kiss?”
THE TEMPTATIONS – “Get Ready”
The Temptations ambush me twice today, once in plain sight on a Smokey Robinson: Songwriter comp tape, and I think, “this is a great song”, and t[…]

A warm NYLPM welcome to David Raposa of Popshots, whose maiden review (pun extended) you’ll see below. Cheers![…]

Hello. This is Britney. You might know me from my efforts to support criminally unknown artists via the Tangents website. I’m very grateful for their help in those endeavors, as I am in your efforts to recognize such greatness – I’m […]

DESTINY’S CHILD – “Bootylicious”The mood is set from the opening guitar lick, a one note riff lifted from Stevie Nicks’ “Edge Of Seventeen”. The beat stutters, the girls of Destiny ask each other if they can[…]

Moulin Rouge and Conservative Chaos 
It’s official. The world-historic death of the musical film is upon us. It’s been said before, but usually followed by some caveat about how (Woody Allen/Lars Von Trier/Rivette/Parker&Stone/etc.)[…]