The saddest thing about Salon‘s copping out of its music criticism is that when it does bother to run a pop feature – like The Hard Rap Cafe, a review of the new hip-hop exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum – they’re often excellent[…]

On his own site, NYLPM stalwart Robin C reviews The Coup, and also has updated his meticulous history/analysis of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.[…]

On the forum, Fred pops the question: What are you ten favourite singles this year?. Aren’t lists fun?[…]

eBay UK item 469441722: people would pay how much for that????.[…]

BACKSTREET BOYS – “Shape Of My Heart”
Teenpop on its knees: the Backstreets swap their usual robotix for Abbafied mid-tempo slickness, and the lyrics have a sinister, intriguing edge. “Save me from the man I’ve become&#8[…]

COLOR FILTER – Satellite Of Love
TURBONEGRO – Suffragette City
The cover version: two approaches. Color Filter take the shy-shuffly-beats route so familiar to all indiepop listeners – think Stars’ “This Charming Man&#822[…]

POP-EYE 15/10/00
I have a wretched headache, for once not drink-induced. Oh, alright, when it started yesterday evening it was probably drink-induced, but it’s gone on far too long now and is almost certainly a brain tumour. In my stricken stat[…]

BLUR – “Music Is My Radar”
You can take the boys out of the art-school, but you can’t take the art-school out of the boys. Now often that isn’t a bad thing, but Blur let’s not forget had a gift as big as Gibraltar […]

Here’s Pitchfork talking about Plus 8 Classics, the 2CD compilation of Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva’s techno label’s greatest tracks. Having just bought it I can inform you that greatest in this context is no lie, though secretl[…]

Sir Cliff admits youth jabs: what is shocking about this is that Sir Cliff believes the media when it talks about his ‘ever-youthful image’. Cliff, man, wake up to yourself! Nobody thinks you’re young! At the very very most they mig[…]