CD:UK Hotshots – the moral decline of pop continues apace a.k.a. set the videos! Plus – Richard X meets Liberty X (RX not exactly taxed on the “new ideas” front but great to have “Being Boiled” back in the charts);[…]

When Ur A Clone…: blog I hadn’t seen before, linked by Oh, Manchester… who correctly calls it “poptastic”. Has the midweek charts – the interesting thing is that David Sneddon’s only sold 19,000 records so fa[…]

Into ’03 With The Real Music Martyrs: well, not really because despite a staggering five Reality-Pop singles in the charts this week the only thing that’s been pushed out is “Addicted To Love” by Shake vs Robert Palmer, which […]

Lunes Felices: “Diagnostico confirmado: Pete Baran es un nabazo.”. A run through various inadequate translation software doesn’t tell me what precisely Pete Baran is but it does tell me we have a dissatisfied and thoughtful reader h[…]

“Six years ago, my record collection reflected a human being who was quite limited. Now it reveals an interesting adult.”: Future Sound Of London – they’re back and they’re still talking about their record collections.[…]

Everybody’s favourite new rock band The Libertines do the interview thing with The Guardian. Surely Michael Bracewell designed them in a lab??[…]

Download This! (2002) – 40 to 21: almost there on my review of the year. I’ll say at this point that it’s been really great writing all this – and hopefully my enthusiasm will carry over to doing a bit more here and on the res[…]

The Church Of Me on Metal Box – this is COM at its absolute best, taking the usual ‘mumblemumbleclassicalbumofcourse’ line on PiL (why is it PiL rather than PIL btw?) and fleshing them out rather than taking them as read. You know i[…]

Music blogs are waking up from their Xmas/New Year slumbers. Current highlights…
– Simon Reynolds’ albums of the year including some rare affection for Britrap (!) and agreeable discussion of most other stuff.
– Marcello Carli[…]

TOM’S TOP TEN!
ABBA – Happy New Year
DIZZY RASCAL – I Luv U
PREFAB SPROUT – Nightingales
THE LIBERTINES – What A Waster
PAULINA RUBIO – Don’t Say Goodbye
AUTOBIANCHI – All Around (Everybody’s Kiss[…]