rootnode.org: a collaborative music website. Interesting idea – didn’t see many opinions that made my ears prick up, but it only launched in April so, again, early days.[…]

Mr. David Raposa may dislike J-Lo’s “Play”, but even so he deserves better than having his sidebar link scuppered by an extraneous ‘w’. So: go to Popshots.[…]

To E or Not to E: Greg Tate in the Village Voice, with a rambunctious Missy review which lauds her (& Timbaland) for the music and lays into her for the Ecstasy proselytising. An original take to say the least: Tate compares the consequences of […]

Ocean Colour Scene: Mechanical Wonder: Pitchfork Review “As far as contemporary British trad-rock is concerned, it simply doesn’t come much better than this”. Mmmmmm, great. A pretext – since I know a lot of you reading this h[…]

Serious issues hit Pumpkin Publog. Post election there has been a huge cabinet reshuffle. But not only that but now the responsibility for licencing and therefore pubs has been bumped over to the Ministry of Culture. This may seem – at least id[…]

Eyes That Can See in the Dark: should have blogged/linked this a long time ago, Josh having pointed it out to me when it kicked off. It’s a music weblog – a quick glance will tell you it owes a design and stylistic debt to Josh Blog, but […]

JENNIFER LOPEZ — ‘Play’
When Madonna asks the DJ to put a record on (so she can dance with her bay-bay), it’s a congenial request from a music fan to get this party started right. No pressure, no stress — just a girl lo[…]

BELLE & SEBASTIAN – “JONATHAN DAVID”
i have a love/hate relationship with belle & sebastian, that is to say that i hate myself for loving them and i don’t know how much longer this particular arrangement can last. fo[…]

SONIC YOUTH – “The Diamond Sea” (Album Version)
We were dressed in dreams in those days, now weren’t we? Sonic Youth squandered fame many times, from the horrible not-even-pretending-to-try compilation and soundtrack cuts to […]

I’ve probably typed this statement more times than my credit card number, but running the card through one more time never hurt – glenn mcdonald is one of the best writers putting words on paper today. The fact that he happens to write a[…]