More on covers: I know what Tom is getting at below, but I think he has allowed himself to step out of the realms of the subjective when he tried to explain the difference between oft cover standards and specific covers. The obvious difference to me […]

TOM’S TOP TEN!
ABBA – “Under Attack”
STEPS – “One For Sorrow”
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – “Losing My Edge”
NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – “Juicy”
MONTAGEM – “Vai Serginho”
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The Balanescus’ severe and beautiful string arrangement of “Autobahn” sparks familiar questions: what is the point of a ‘cover version’? What makes a good one? Can a distinction – for once – be made between s[…]

The Jubilee Stuff is a five-part piece by The Pinefox, an 8,000 word quasi-diary of a week in June. It will be running every day this week on Freaky Trigger.
Also up on FT is His Wotanic Majesty’s Request, a very entertaining review of some Sca[…]

NELLY — “Hot in Here”
This is how softcore porn works, right? Woman complains about the heat, woman takes off her clothes, woman wants to have…THE SEX! Or maybe Nelly just do some nasty dancing out on the dance floor. Or maybe[…]

justin and janet?: he says “bye bye bye” to alleged virgin britney and runs straight to the arms of self-proclaimed (and proclaimed and proclaimed, u.s.w.) freak janet. they first met when n’sync opened for janet…when justin w[…]

Fluxblog: not a new music blog, but I’ve not seen it before. Also talks comics. Looks pretty good if only cos it slags off the Warren Ellis Forum in terms I precisely (from my limited knowledge) agree with.[…]

It is inevitable that if Will Smith is in a summer blockbuster that he will record the theme tune. And from Men In Black to Wickee-Wickee-Wah-Wah-West they have usually been pretty lousy bits of cut and paste eighties pop rap. However he is truly scr[…]

Wish You Were There: finally, my web account and FTP connection are back, and the Glastonbury 2002 Review can go up. It might be selective but it’s still the best write-up you’ll find – and unlike the NME, our writers actually bothe[…]

THICKE – “When I Get You Alone”
if there’s one name in rock that deserves to be delivered with caps lock on, it’s ANDREW W.K; about two car-lengths behind is THICKE. the emergence of this young singer confirms what many […]