cutoffaPOPear – via Tim this is James Lucas’ blog and he gets an extra big fat link which you must all click on to make up for the fact that I’ve not responded yet about the CDs he so kindly sent me. Sorry James, I’ll get to i[…]

WU TANG-CLAN – “I Can’t Go To Sleep”
In Robin Carmody’s review of the Clan’s The W album, “I Can’t Go To Sleep” comes in for particular criticism – Robin sees the stricken lachrymosity of Gh[…]

Kid 606′ PS I Love You reviewed by the NME. My first thought on listening to this record – which I’m not sure whether I like or not though I think it’s pleasant – is that all the reviews would be exactly like this one, i[…]

The new music weblogs just keep on coming: kill one and ten more spring up to take its place. Brought to my attention today was Bleeding Ears, a reviews-and-links blog on vaguely NYLPM-ish lines. If you like the stuff you read here, or on Robin&#8217[…]

I have been good and updated all FT’s article archives: music reviews, thinkpieces, and non-music articles now all brought up to date. Some of the best pop writing on the Internet rubs shoulders with a load of old pony – have a look and s[…]

TMBG’s answer to The Who’s “Tommy”, and specifically the question – Can anyone write a stupider disability themed song than “Pinball Wizard”? This is a supposedly whimsical, but instead thoroughly irritating […]

EMERGENCY BROADCAST: information reaches the NYLPM newsdesk that Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin” is set to be No.1 this weekend. If you live near a suspected UK chart return shop, go into it and spend all your money on other singles. Failing[…]

LUDACRIS – ‘What’s Your Fantasy?’
Ludacris is a man with an agenda. He wants to do a great many things, with one goal in mind: discovering and fulfilling your fantasies. He’s like the guy at the end of Green Eggs and […]

Dancing About Architecture brings us its special British Issue. With a lead feature on New Model Army. My favourite part was the piece on US wannabe-British bands – it’s hard to imagine anyone drawing too much inspiration from the current[…]

A somewhat skewed site about Bubblegum Music, notable mostly for the rather obsessive definitions of what is (Elvis Costello, apparently) and what isn’t (anything with horns) bubblegum. Also the bizarre observations about pop and politics at th[…]