ilx faq: the move for our discussion boards from greenspun.com to the promised land of the New Server is taking up most of my site-maintaining time this week. Here’s a draft FAQ, if you’re interested.[…]

Summertime: and – well as per usual the weather is lousy. Nevertheless while you can get it and we are talking about standards – George & Ira Gershwins ‘Summertime’ is easily one of the most covered songs in recording his[…]

It has been brought to my attention that the exploits of this years Trig Brother have not been publicised yet. Over the next few weeks, on and off, I will do my best to rectify this. For those of you that do not know Trig Brother is an annual pub cra[…]

The Waifs -Tangled Up In the Blue (heard live at the Edmonton folk fest)
There is none of the irony that settles through the Dylan original, none of the anger that strikes you and none of the bitterness. The only thing left is a handsome man and tw[…]

Sugababes 101 – it’s faux-naif like Amy Phillips or someone but writing about actually good music! This is why Spizzazz is in my Top 10.[…]

Isabel likes booty bass music — the chatter, the rhythm, the smut. So I played her Peaches: she thought it was shrill, inflexible, unsexy. Maybe that’s the point, I started saying — I wanted to convince myself, too. It didn’t […]

V/A – Scumtron: A Tribute To Merzbow
My girlfriend (whose taste typically falls in a spectrum between Death Cab For Cutie and the Quad City DJ’s) had an unexpected reaction to this record last night. After explaining the “concept&#[…]

TATU – Ya Soshla S Uma
I knew this song was going to be great in the first five seconds of it, without even hearing any beats or music. The moment one of them screams in high-pitched unatural voice “YA! SA! SHLA! SUMAAA!” its like[…]

The Boards Are Dead – ILM and ILE are temporarily down. They’ll be back up, I’m sure, but meanwhile we’re getting ready to shift discussion to a new server. Here’s the alpha version for you to try out, designed by Graham[…]

DoubleAmericano: new music blog discovered via BlogTree where it was listed as NYLPM’s child! Blimey! I then tried to break BlogTree by having NYLPM’s grandfather Josh Blog also be its son but the site was having none of it. (Though this […]