Do you really want to hear a cutesy indie band cover “The Thong Song”? No, I thought not. But if your curiosity gets the better of you then you can find such an item here (in the “frightfully new” section).[…]

SPEARMINT – Sweeping The Nation
A single that many indie boys hold dear, because it fulfils all their dreams. You see most indie boys secret harbour a desire to be in a band. The fact that they are not in any way musically gifted is not the rea[…]

Happy Birthday To Us: sort of. NYLPM is six months old, which seems to be rather a long time in the ever-changing world of online pop sites. It certainly feels like months longer. Thanks to the contributors and just as importantly to the readers, and[…]

WHAT WE PLAYED AT THE 90s INDIE NIGHT FROM A SLIGHTLY MORE SOBER PERSPECTIVE
It would appear that Tom below went to a different Indie night to the one I appeared to be DJ-ing with him at. Mind you the amount of booze imbibed would bamboozle the best […]

WHAT WE PLAYED AT THE 90s INDIE NIGHT
As requested by Rebecca on the forum: not in order, and only about half complete (my memory of Friday is a wee bit patchy). The crowd loved it, honest.
THE GOOD
THE SHAMEN – “Love Sex Intelligence&#82[…]

IHM LYRIC WATCH SPECIAL : DOUBLE NEGATIVE WATCH
A special edition – which of course in music terms means you are getting exactly the same as you would with the regular edition just paying more. Owning said special edition record will mark you o[…]

A Chance Meeting With Nurse With Wound: courtesy of Josh, a superb 1981 interview which makes plain the link between listening to far more records than is in any way normal, and making the kind of sounds NWW make. It also explains why there’s t[…]

Realkosh: An Australian Music Weblog: mostly about Aussie music, it says here.[…]

watching high fidelity last night i was all ready to disagree with tom’s piece on said movie. i’d held off on reading the article because i wanted to see the film with a clear mind. (hmm, yes, that sounds like a good excuse.) imagine my s[…]

Dump The Pubs – Fairer Prices for UK Drinkers. Whilst this site is most amusing, and has more than a fair point – I think they should have picked a better name for the campaign. Dump The Pubs suggests that we should be attacking pubs rath[…]