FT Birthday Update (And Other News)
1. The response to the birthday thing has gone from good to spectacular – I now have around fifty entries. Thanks!
2. I’m extending the deadline anyway because the entries have been so good and I want e[…]

Dylan And Me: caution, if you’re the kind of reader who thinks autobiographical detail doesn’t belong in pop criticism, you won’t like this. Also up today – Familiarity Breeds Surprise, another personal essay, this time by Bil[…]

DUEL! 2002 – Round 1 Match 9

Duel 2002 Round 1 Match 9

Which Of These Bands Is Worse?

Belle And Sebastian

Travis

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Our Scottish Correspondent S.Clarke says –
“It’s the triangular fac[…]

Back from the brink of bankruptcy, Pitchfork is on fine roll-your-eyes form with this review of a Def Jux sampler. “The beats on DJP2 are dark, jagged, and intriguing, and not a single one of them could in any way be deemed “danceable.&#8[…]

Broken Records: nice idea, if necessarily a bit mournful.[…]

All twenty-four of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest entries up on this site, in .mp3 form (go to individual country pages). Go Latvia go![…]

Alacran: the review below was written by new NYLPM team member Arien Rasmijn, who is Dutch and normally writes stuff here. He likes a lot of the things we don’t – IDM, modern indie rock – so he should mix things up a bit. Welcome Ar[…]

ANDREW WK – “Party Hard”
PARTY PARTY HARD HARD PARTY HARD HARD PARTY PARTY HARD PARTY HARD PARTY PARTY HARD HARD HARD PARTY HARTY PARTY PARTY PARD PARD HARD PARD ARTY PARTY HARTY HARD PARTY ARTY HARD ARD PARTY
– when you repea[…]

DUEL! 2002 – Round 1 Match 8

Duel 2002 Round 1 Match 8

Which of these two artists is worse?

Andrew WK

Dido

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Today’s Duel is, you might say, a battle of the sexes. For just as A[…]

102 Beats That – a reminder! The deadline for this is Saturday 16th March, in other words in one week’s time. We’ve had about ten entries so far, and I’d like a lot more (that’s about a tenth of the number promised, for […]