Fred has redesigned. I feel like a real blogger now, mentioning that. But the real reason you should visit today is to read his fine review of the new XTC album, before it gets buried under a heap of shall-I-put-my-photos-up-or-not stuff![…]

Napster Killed My Record Store: (link pirated from My Science Project, who will no doubt be pleased with the eels/Mogwai result). Anyway, a record store blames Napster for plummeting sales. As I’ve said before, my own purchasing habits have cha[…]

THE SUGARCUBES – “Deus” (brief review inspired by Prol)
“Deus” was the first Sugarcubes song I ever heard. It’s still my favourite: back then I could get off on the strangeness of it without realising that ‘s[…]

The Scottish Jazz Scam: “It’s at times like this that it’s hard to believe that, at one time, jazz was all about freedom and joy writ large and true. Dominated by a dreary, unimaginative clique, it’s dying on its feet.”[…]

Salon.com business | Seven days in May: Britney Spears does it again! “I’m pretty sure 12-year old girls who buy Britney will buy Eminem,” – interesting and witty report from the heart of chartland, courtesy of Salon. If Britn[…]

This is a beautiful project (now apparently defunct, alas) – somebody who actually buys all those 7″ singles you see in Rough Trade and then reviews all of them. Fascinating stuff with scanned-in covers too.[…]

DUEL!: today it’s Beth Orton vs The Charlatans. And I’ve loads of proper links’n’songs to blog later on, too.[…]

Global Goon’s Garden: this link has itself been brutally uprooted from My Science Project. Global Goon is one of Aphex Twin’s little pals: he wants you to help make his new album. Blimey! The honour! How about…warped childish voices[…]

Migrainous Wankery: here’s an old critical kicking Salon gave to Mogwai. Truth to tell, it’s pretty lazy, but think of it also as an opportunity to weep for Salon’s elegant old layout, now sacrificed in a desperate bid to shove ever[…]

DUEL!: today it’s Mogwai versus eels. My attempt to influence the voting yesterday was a complete, piteous, failure so I will stay silent now.[…]