The Golden Triumph Of Naked Hostility: HYPER HYPER! Oh wait wrong hardcore. My introductory skillz are somewhat lacking for this new FT piece, where Jess Harvell rewinds the 90s hardcore scene, because I know nothing about any of the bands he even me[…]

Rock Me, Powerhouse: music blog. I’m not sure how much I actually like this style but I like that it’s there, and after all you might like it more, so here it is.[…]

“B-but nothing could be better than ‘Convenience’ by Bob!”: The Focus Group write-in votes are up – see voters’ individual enthusiasms and bugbears. In the main group, Anthony Easton and Sean Carruthers’ comm[…]

Tom’s Top Ten! (Lazy retro edition)
SAINT ETIENNE feat WILDFLOWER – “Soft Like You”
THE BEACH BOYS – “Surf’s Up”
BOB ANDY – “You Don’t Know”
HANK WILLIAMS SR – “Your […]

No Rock And Roll Fun does what others couldn’t be arsed to and entertainingly demolishes that ‘Conservative Top 40’ from a few days back.[…]

This One’s 4 Nicole: it’s a weblog by ILE’s Dave Q![…]

The Real Actual Bulworth: white-suited anti-corruption ex-MP Martin Bell to make hip-hop record focussing on ‘dumbing down’ in the media. “The idea for the track came from Andy Lawson, creative director of Like Minds, an ideas gener[…]

The Sixth Freaky Trigger Pop Music Focus Group: Yes it’s FINALLY HERE![…]

Conservative Pop Music: via Nate P’s blog comes this list of great conservative pop songs. “Al Wilson, ‘The Snake’ (#27, 1968): explains liberalism”. I very much disagree with most of the views the guy seems to hold but […]

SAINT ETIENNE feat. WILDFLOWER – “Soft Like Me”
I feel a bit bad for giving “Action” a slagging here the other week – it does do an adequate job of leading off Finisterre but the real highpoints come later in the d[…]