THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
“Dilaudid”
I’m not sure what it means. That said, you can hear this if you go over here for the next week or so and wait for the fifth song. It’s a lovely little thing because while it has that quick, shar[…]

Popjustice are usually right, but this surprised me. I downloaded it yesterday after a tip-off on Dirrrty Pop and thought it was bloody awful (The Alcazar track is a bit ripe too. I like one of the ballads best, because I’m an old man). “[…]

So I finally got around to playing Human After All (still haven’t dared approach the huge ILM thread!) and, well, it’s alright. What lets them down is their workrate – if this had been a side project, Daft Punk Explores The Wonders […]

It’s fair to say that not many buyers of 1,000 UK Number Ones will be as eager as I was, with my not-entirely casual interest. Obviously, I was a little worried: not that I’m seriously planning a book or anything, but a literate, knowledg[…]

POPNOSE MP3 OF THE WEEK
2. T-RAPERZY – “Erodisco”
No, no, don’t tell me, you’re put off by the picture. I quite understand, really. I didn’t know these two gentlemen looked like that either until a few minutes ago[…]

THE STEREOPHONICS
“Dakota”
Desperate but not serious. It is however extremely funny to realize they’re trying to break America all the more (except much-more-famous-than-the-Stereophonics-Kelly Kelly Clarkson seems to have trumped […]

Thanks to Hit or Miss for having us last night. We played an eclectic four-cornered tag-team set to the filmic backdrop of Monkey and FLASH! GORDON! What a great film Flash Gordon is, other films blush at the very name. Anyway, Steve played the indie[…]

As Matt DC rightly points out via email, this is the greatest BBC Talking Point of all time.[…]

Fun Tonight!
Just a reminder that tonight we’re guest-DJing at Hit or Miss at Nambucca. “Soul, funk and surprises” – as of yet I don’t know whether I’ll be playing anything soulful, funky, or surprising, but the CD[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
88. Subway Sect – “Ambition”
Sarah says
What’s the matter, Vic? “I don’t write any words you get in rock songs…I like those words – that seem out of place in a rock song.” It&[…]