E-Mails from artists are an occupational hazard/blessing of running a music weblog. Mostly they’re from people I don’t know asking for reviews or mentions of a new CD. Very occasionally, though, they’re from someone shockingly unexp[…]

BOOTYLICIOUS! – Bootlegs And Why I Love Them
“Some of these bootleggers / They make pretty good stuff…” (Bob Dylan, “Sugar Baby”, 2001 – sample it!)
SKEE-LO – “I Wish (Soulwax Remix)”
It was[…]

Chemical Brothers: Come with Us: Pitchfork Review: “the quick reflexes and primal urges of a cheetah hunt”!!? What is it about the record that is doing this to reviewers?[…]

Collapsing New Waves: I like the sound of synthesisers, so I like the sound of this art-snob Electroclash synth revival even though the best synthdisco record I’ve heard this year is also the oldest (Sugababes/GirlsOnTop/AdinaHoward/Numan, expe[…]

After the gold dust: this is a very odd, and perhaps very bad, article. A review of the new Chemical Brothers album, it comes to pretty much the same conclusions I would (same old same old) but it comes to them via one of the oddest bits of contextua[…]

Blur provide signature tune for mission to Mars: “A track by Blur is to be played on Mars.” That’s pretty much it for human culture, then. Thanks to John for pointing out this unparallelled disaster.[…]

The Strokes – Is This It?
In 2001 you had to have an opinion on The Strokes, which is a good thing from the off because a little bit of opinion makes being a pop fan more enjoyable. Your opinion could be deranged enthusiasm or distanced disgust[…]

POP-EYE 27/01/02
A slightly late Pop-Eye this week – and why is that you may ask? My friends and readers I have thrilling news. I am converted! I have seen the light and been born again in the Wisdom and Love of Our Lord Jesus Christ. I know yo[…]

sparks in stone lanes: more more more Sinker! And while we’re at it, a note on the “URGENT AND KEY” section. There are two ways to be promoted to the urgent and key section. One: be good. Two: bribery. There are two ways to be demot[…]

Stevie Nixed aka Helen Fordsdale from ILM aka a rainbow of other people has her own weblog hooray.[…]