Piano Magic’s Artists Rifles: I don’t think it’s the greatest review in the world, but I’m very pleased to have bashed out a vaguely substantial piece for the first time in a month or so. (Not that a lot of the blogstuff isn&#[…]

DUEL! – Quarter Finals: the other two Duel! Quarter-Finals. Hurry, hurry, hurry as they won’t be up for long! Stereophonics vs Travis and Embrace vs Moby.[…]

SoYouWanna fake being an indie rock expert? (link via Amp To Rock): I’m in two minds about this one. First off it tackles the indie scene with refreshing cynicism. But second off it actually seems semi-serious, and a lot of its musical judgemen[…]

Thanks to Tim H for a list of releases by The Clientele. The first link has MP3s and .wavs and things to make your life nicer. (And Tim, no, you probably wouldn’t like Piano Magic – they’re quite cold and intellectual. But I might b[…]

DUEL! – Quarter Finals: nerve-racking excitement, oh yes. Two bouts today: Kid Rock vs Skunk Anansie, and the Smashing Pumpkins vs Richard Ashcroft.[…]

For the hordes arriving from Jejune, Us Vs Them, and Amplified To Rock to see the Guide To Dating Indie Rock Girls – might I suggest checking out Tanya’s piece on going out with a record collector if you’ve not done so already?
Us V[…]

josh writes of Yo La Tengo’s cover of “Little Honda”: “The beauty of the song is that it takes a pretty rinky-dink Beach Boys song (sorry, Fred) about a guy and his motor scooter, and turns it into a shoegazeresque drone.&#822[…]

Inspired by this (via Katie and Josh)….
THE NYLPM GUIDE TO DATING INDIE ROCK GIRLS
Don’t.[…]

Oval: Ovalprocess: Pitchfork Review “Try listening to Brian Eno’s Music for Airports in choppy RealAudio. Hear that? Digital clicks, random bursts of static, and underwater compression swim over icy electronic drones, numbing your mind in[…]

Uberzone’s sound – dry-tinder breaks and acid sizzle – is hot weather music. More accurately, it’s music for places where nothing but heat matters, great open desert places where you don’t even need to shimmy, ’cau[…]