Cherie Tipped For Pop Success: oh they so wish! If my search referrals are anything to go to this dubiously factual record might well be big in Switzerland though. Still, you never know – hard-hitting political tracks vs novelty disco records &[…]

Two common complaints about the singles charts: one, the turnover of hits nowadays is stupidly high; two, the charts are full of ‘manufactured pop’. What doesn’t get mentioned is that these trends neutralize one another to a degree.[…]

Club Freaky Trigger is on Wednesday (see FT front page for details). Here is an opportunity to affect the playlist – which of these tracks do you think I should play? Vote for as many as you like – winner will definitely get an airing.

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It starts with a stiff funk bassline played on a synthesizer and it builds itself up a track at a time. At first it’s just the kick drum and the bass (NB you might not ever hear that opening part except in a DJ set, overlayed with the previous […]

Fountains of Wayne-Steacys Mom (video)
When hearing this song it works wonderfully, because it is assumed that the kid singing has just come home from college, and it is the kind of decadence that is completely mutual, a graduate for our post ironic […]

Test Post 6.[…]

Tonight we went to see Junior Senior do their thing at HMV. By the time we got there they only had one song left, ‘Rhythm Bandits’, which they’ve dollied up a bit for single release. There wasn’t the same vibrancy and love in […]

Top Fact About Daniel Bedroomeyes gleaned from this entertaining Guardian interview – he has hypermobile shoulders! When oh when will the first pop star with Alien Hand Syndrome step forward and end the stigma?[…]

Brad Paisley-Celebrity
Brad Paisley’s hot new single (number 4 on Billboard Modern Country Charts), Celebrity, is kissing cousin to the Buck Owens classic Act Naturally,which was a cover of a Beatle’s tune, the only problem is that no one[…]

THE CORAL – “Pass It On”
I’m still fond of what the Coral do but on current form there will come a point two or three singles down the line when the band give in and actually start playing the spoons on a record.[…]