Moby Sells Out (link via Catherine). Oh Lordy, it’s Ironminds again, the voice of musical common sense, and I don’t mean that as a compliment. This article overlooks the main reason why all 18 tracks of Moby’s Play have been license[…]

The Age: Popstars: more tactics than talent? “Pop stars are the antithesis of work. Or they should be.”. Frothy but interesting article from Everett True. Yes, I can’t believe I’ve written that sentence either. His argument fa[…]

Eek! You go home for one weekend and you find when you come back you find you’ve turned into a blog-meme. Or something very similar. Thanks to Prolific, my little Top 100 Albums list has rapidly become the most-hit thing on the site over the la[…]

A 1993 12″ on Bob Stanley’s Icerink label , a whispering campaign suggested that Supermarket where none other than Kraftwerk themselves, sneaking out of retirement and into anonymity. Of course Supermarket were nothing of the sort: but it[…]

DUEL! – ROUND 2: and into round two we go. The Charlatans are dragged back to the pop arena to square off against the Smashing Pumpkins, and your comments count.[…]

So lately I’ve been listening to a bit of Slabco stuff, and really enjoying it, mostly for the more-than-pleasant sensation of hearing breakbeat music which isn’t as thoroughly up its own impeccably-trousered arse as our homegrown stuff. […]

Here’s what josh blog is asking people to do:
Think about the CDs you like the most; they can be current favorites or all time favorites, or whatever. For the most part, do you like every single song on them, or are there some you sort of abide[…]

All bases covered: “What’s different about That Should Just About Cover It… is what it says about a climate in which pop acts are not only not expected to write their own songs but aren’t expected even to choose their own must[…]

More world-stomping bubblegum with (checklist please) the usual touched-up meccano beats, rather prettier melodic flourishes than we’ve had from Brit lately, no Titanic weep-out middle bit, and, oh, some very interesting lyrics: she’s win[…]

Could anyone have really expected us not to blog Britneylog? Despite sharing a host with an Anna Kournikova page this does seem to be an actual source of Britnews and not just an excuse for oglement.[…]