THICKE – “When I Get You Alone”
if there’s one name in rock that deserves to be delivered with caps lock on, it’s ANDREW W.K; about two car-lengths behind is THICKE. the emergence of this young singer confirms what many […]

Back At The RIAA: Sometime last week, I meant to subject you folks to some shameless self-promotion regarding an essay of mine (clicky clicky) published by those lovable, open-minded guys & gal at Pitchfork. (By the way, the phrase “six […]

Gloriously bizarre article from Stylus Magazine which starts from the premise that dance music journalism is marred by its obsessive reliance on football metaphors. Nowhere in the piece does the writer suggest how dance music should be written about,[…]

BREAKFAST OF BANALITY 1: SUPERTRAMP – Breakfast In America
“Take a look at my girlfriend – she’s the only one I got,
Not much a girlfriend – we never seem to get along”
Now I’m no relationship counsellor but […]

I wonder why the music industry had never thought of this before. If you don’t want people pirating Eminem then put out loads of bogus Eminem files on the web. It certainly comes under the definition of fighting fire with fire. Even better tha[…]

Just an addendum of the pub history stuff, I walked past the board outside the Bull & Mouth on New Oxford Street last night which has a detailed history of the pub and its name. The only part of this it that really interests me is at the end. Th[…]

No More Moby!: Why on earth is he so popular?: A Slate writer seems to believe it is APE LAW that all music must rock, and with that, a promising anti-Moby rant turns to dog food.
OK, once more, with feeling — the antirockist position in a form[…]

Andrew WK: I Get Wet: Pitchfork Review: Remarkable write-up of the Andrew WK album from Ryan Schrieber, Pitchforkmedia’s editor-in-chief.

Remarkable because it gets Andrew WK’s music so descriptively right – “Nothing co[…]

Tom’s Top Ten!
THE RAPTURE – “House Of Jealous Lovers”
LIGHTNING SEEDS – “3 Lions (Osymyso Remix)”
NELLY – “Hot In Herre”
SPACE COWBOY – “I Would Die 4 U”
HAPPY MONDAYS &#8[…]

THE BREAKFAST OF BANALITY
What is the most important meal of the day? I was asked this by some pesky consumer survey thing which had been popped through my door which was sitting upon the pile of unopened Britannia Music Club application forms and de[…]