Mobb Deep ‘Got It Twisted’ (Jive)
It shouldn’t still happen should it? Taking hits from the 80s hasn’t sounded so crazy for a while, even as that trend has reached it’s fulcrum in the post-millennial fallout. This time t[…]

The new Natasha Bedingfield single (“These Words”) greys along in an unconvincing Dido-with-beats fashion until right at the end she coos “I love you, is that OK?” and the sun bursts through the clouds. It’s winsome but […]

Assortment
Sexy vegetarian (That ominous groaning you hear is the phrase “made history” being stretched to breaking point by IOL.)
Not Jazz.
I like what said the gramaphone says here about Daft Punk’s Franz Ferdinand mix – don[…]

Elsewhere:
Horror.
Not entirely sure about this.
Really not sure about this – and a little surprised given the author’s campaign against ‘indie drabness’
Back!
Nostalgia post hints (in comments) at intriguing question – […]

Here’s an idea – Pop Swap! Two people swap record collections (OK, not the whole record collection, say 20-30 CDs each or digital equiv.) for a week AND provide ‘rules’ regarding their typical use of the music – when the[…]

OWEN BRADLEY – “Big Guitar”
I downloaded this minor 1958 hit while browsing on a whim my old USENET stamping grounds – the 60s-and-earlier MP3 groups turn out to still be well worth a look if you’re interested in older s[…]

Club Freaky Trigger is back – and, by popular demand, it’s going to be on a Thursday. Two Thursdays, in fact.
29th July and 26th August.
Both at The Chapel Bar, Islington, from 7 until closing time, playing the usual mixture of big pop tu[…]

Girls I do adore: General feeling* seems to be that The Prodigy have pulled it off and that “Girls” has them back on firing form. A few radio encounters in I’m not convinced. It’s not a bad record, let alone an awful one, but […]

A Brief Fumetti Fantasy Based On Today’s In-Store Listening[…]

Get This Indie Out of Our Charts
How in God’s name are Wilco at number eight this week? Easy: they’ve crossed over to the hippie/frat audience. (This portion may not have much resonance for our British readers, who are apparently untroubl[…]