7. Mello Core – Good Feeling 
Another great transition here – the final note of ‘Something Good’ dies out, exhausted after the Saints’ techno onslaught. In floats a soothing female voice over dreamy strings: “And […]

Well our slack timing has done us a favour here. Because all things Spice are knocking around again, and we aren’t completely succumb by nostalgia to justify its position. And has history been kind to the Spice Girls, and to Who Do You Think Yo[…]

“I do talk a lot of shit sometimes.” Enrique Iglesias is sitting on the arm of a sofa, chatting with Clive and Anita. Clive is from London, Anita is from Poland, and they are engaged to be married. Clive admits he’s ‘a little […]

I have never actually heard anything by Burial before and he turns out to be one of those musicians whose stuff sounds exactly like everyone says it does. In the case of Burial that’s a good thing as everyone has been turning cartwheels over hi[…]

GWEN STEFANI – “What You Waiting For”
Tick tock tick tock – generally with any top 100 list there are some very recent records that slip into the rundown thanks to the immediate enthusiasm of the participants and stick out a b[…]

Unlike the current trailer for the Iron Man film, which could not resist using the Black Sabbath track, Ratatouille avoids the use of “Rat In The Kitchen” throughout. Indeed like most Pixar films it eschews the sentimental song in favour of a sur[…]

I know a few weeks is an eternity in blogging time, but it’s worth drawing some attention to Frank Kogan’s intervention in the Sasha Frere-Jones/Carl Wilson ‘problem with indie’ debate that was raging a fortnight or so ago. He[…]

Rewards and Fairies was Rudyard Kipling’s follow-up to his extremely successful Puck Of Pook’s Hill, though it’s best-known now for containing Britain’s Best-Loved Poem, aka “If-“. My last encounter with that poem […]

Last week I went to Hackney Empire to see The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie, produced by Bill Kenwright. The play was written in 1958. I’m not clear how faithful to the original script this production is, but it had a few signs, mainly of[…]

If you were at the Poptimism night, and if you took a CD home, here’s what you heard.

TURISAS – “To Holmgard And Beyond” (from the album The Varangian Way)
TRASH YOURSELF AND THE TOXIC AVENGER – “Song 2” (so[…]