The Minor Fall, The Major Lift: Another one I haven’t linked because I wasn’t sure if I’d linked to it before. Sarkier-than-usual music blog, good I think.[…]

Christgau on International Rap: wish I’d read this before writing my piece along similar lines.[…]

Freaky Trigger is BACK! After (almost) two months off, what better to lead off than Ronan’s Underworld live review (and Ronan’s life review). Also featured: Sterlingon Sleater-Kinney and me on African hip-hop. And that’s for starter[…]

ABS – “What You Got”
Abs Five (now Abs One?) rides the “Uptown Top Ranking” riddim and nicks the chorus too – are we to believe he actually goes out on the pull inna khaki suit an ‘ting? The ladies seem impre[…]

“The Last Pop Star” – that’d be Morrissey, then. Directionless overview of the great man’s career which doesn’t get to the heart of things (but then what does?). One line sparks interest – “It seems dis[…]

VITALIC – “Poney Part 1”
There’s something magical about singles which are built around just one floor-destroying sound. You can imagine the look of humbled awe on the producer’s face as they stumble upon that noise, wai[…]

TOTP chief says top 40 has lost its “credibility”: Chris Cowey slams first-week-discounts for UK Singles and says the chart doesn’t reflect what’s actually popular. His arguments don’t wash. Firstly while sales are an im[…]

www.savethesession.com: A website built to ‘save’ Radio 1’s Evening Session. Actually includes a compelling dossier of evidence in favour of early evening “regime change” e.g. “Coldplay were given that all importan[…]

Top Of The Pops: The Stars Remember. “Because it’s run by the government and it’s at BBC Television Centre, all the rooms in the back are exactly the same as the ones you go to when you’re signing on” – useful prep[…]

Tom’s Top Ten!
This could have been a top 20 very easily – so much good stuff reaching my ears right now! No write-ups, though I want to write up some of them separately, we’ll see.
MISSY ELLIOTT – “Work It”
BREEZE[…]