It’s not music but… I’m enough of a narcissist and a miserablist to note that Chuck Jones died the day after my birthday. For a person with few heroes – but heroes passionately revered and believed in – it’s a cr[…]

Give Us The Boots!: “Gimix was released by The Avalanches to combat the bootlegs of their (unfinished) album which were finding their way around Australia and the U.K. It was available on the cassette “Contains Elements Of Since I Left Y[…]

Rites of Spring – “End on End”
The one lesson almost every emo band who followed in their wake (which is, well, all of them) seems to forget: thou shalt not not rock.[…]

Ananova supplies us with this marvellous picture from what was from most reports a pretty lacklustre Brits. We get to see tonight I suppose (though I’ll be in the pub) but easily the most interesting part of the night is also almost item number[…]

UK Garage In 2001, Part 2: Tim Finney’s overview of UK G concludes as he talks us through some of the year’s best tunes and how they fit in to the scene’s continuing evolution. Some mouthwatering descriptions![…]

Must be a slow day in music… I suspect I’ll always be a bit baffled by the canonization of Richard D. James as the Most Innovative Electronic Artist of the 90s. (Saying this, mind, as someone who owns nearly everything the man’s pu[…]

Return of the mournful Two-Tone record? As always with me I hear two tracks which appear to have a similar kind of backing and instantly conjure it into a trend. Nevertheless what – for want of a better name – I will call mournful Two-Ton[…]

Well, its that time again folks. That’s right, Brit Vote Rigging time. The idea of having certain awards open to the public to vote for is both an exercise in widening the democracy of the event and to get people involved. People think the Brit[…]

Various Artists: In the Beginning There Was Rhythm: Pitchfork Review “These songs came out of the bleak setting of industrial England in the late 70s and early 80s…skinheads and members of the National Right roamed the streets.” Bli[…]

Dump Her Fran!: Travis complain about “celebration of mediocrity” shocker – but the real reason for Fran Healy’s wrath at Pop Idol is soon revealed…[…]