To E or Not to E: Greg Tate in the Village Voice, with a rambunctious Missy review which lauds her (& Timbaland) for the music and lays into her for the Ecstasy proselytising. An original take to say the least: Tate compares the consequences of […]

Ocean Colour Scene: Mechanical Wonder: Pitchfork Review “As far as contemporary British trad-rock is concerned, it simply doesn’t come much better than this”. Mmmmmm, great. A pretext – since I know a lot of you reading this h[…]

Eyes That Can See in the Dark: should have blogged/linked this a long time ago, Josh having pointed it out to me when it kicked off. It’s a music weblog – a quick glance will tell you it owes a design and stylistic debt to Josh Blog, but […]

Gareth has been listening to Daft Punk’s celestial “Digital Love” and Weezer’s “Only In Dreams” (“our generation’s great make-out anthem” quoth Jimmy the Mod). So, indeed, have I, and his comparis[…]

Never Mind The Flaming Here’s The Classic Or Dud: yes, it’s the forum. Scroll down to mark s’ long post and read it, why don’t you?[…]

Four GCSEs And A Chip On His Shoulder: another weblog by an I Love Music regular, in this case the pipetastic ‘DG’. Caution Vile Blogspot Template Alert but otherwise good stuff. Blogspot seems to have had hiccups lately and so a lot of g[…]

“I will blog you and link you on the Permafrost“: it’s another new music weblog, this time by ILM veteran Andy Kelman. This one boasts a clean, stern attractive design, a gorgeous indexing system, some sharp opinions and sharp writi[…]

Worst Toilet Door Sign Names – A Publog Round Table
My starter for 10: “WILLY’S ROOM” and “FANNY’S ROOM” on the doors of the Tut ‘N’ Shive in Highbury.[…]

Pop Circuit: find out where the A*Teens, Dream and Kaci are touring…..oh? what? It’s indie pop? Ah, well, OK. Find out where and when bands like The Clientele and Mogwai are touring and what’s going to be happening at festivals like[…]

“The pop underground is here to stay, and it’s a zillion strong”: Metal Mike Saunders on the A*Teens. Metal Mike is one of the best writers on the nu-pop because he’s so clear and enthusiastic, and because he doesn’t (w[…]