I HATE MUSIC: Tanya is back with her weekly dose of loathing – taking on George Formby, Forever Changes, Mods….and the first ever reader music submission![…]

OK, OK, we are an indie rock site: analysis of the 236 reviews posted on NYLPM since its inception yields the following genre breakdown:
Indie – 38% (includes punk, post-punk, grunge, indie pop and indie rock from the mid-70s to now)
80s-00s Po[…]

It Is Shaggy!: for obvious reasons we do not normally blog the chart news, however it is worth noting and gloating over the Manics’ positions. Their “gamble pays off” according to dotmusic: yeah, they’ll be delighted with 8 an[…]

People Talk Too Loud! is a new(?) site with an indie rock focus but it approaches the subject with a certain amount of humility, is nicely designed and seems – so far at least – to be article-focussed, which is refreshing in the review-ha[…]

Two bits of admin:
– now I’ve got a proper archive sorted out it’s time to work on NYLPM’s first ever redesign. This means a much-expanded links list on the sidebar, among other things. So if you run or know of a good, regular[…]

LUDACRIS – “Southern Hospitality”
Watching the devil: Greil Marcus doesn’t seem to have much time for hip-hop now, but way back in ’92 he wrote one of my favourite rap reviews ever, taking time to pick apart the Geto Boy[…]

JANET JACKSON – “ALL 4 U”:
“all my girls at the party, look at that body,
shaking that thing like you never did see,
got a nice package alright,
guess i’m gonna have to ride it tonight.”
thus begins janet jackson&#[…]

Here’s What I’ve Been Doing All Day: laid up with an injured knee, a hurt back and a stinking cold, I’ve spent my day doing something I’ve been putting off for ages and re-organising the archives properly. Every single review […]

LETTERS PART 4: LUNATICS
10. ‘please respond. you’ve got a decent site. i enjoy fulmitating over the
numerous music journalism solecisms you and your posse of smug-as-smug
hoodwinks commit in each update. you’re a slut. i get my wor[…]

LETTERS PART 3: WHEATUS FANS

7. If u wanna write somethuing about a band…write it good or don’t at all.I think that wheatus is something great.It has no message.Way better than “i kan’t get a chick ’cause i don’t […]