There is worse out there than the guitarist from Faithless forming a new band. Richard Fearless, DJ and front-man of Death In Vegas has a solo project coming out. This is unfortunately since The Contino Sessions was wandering towards the infamous dan[…]

Nelly wants fans to adopt patriotic fashion: good work Sir, bouncing back and all that. Except look deeper into the article (worth it for Nelly’s foolish facepaint) and we find that “It’s my new clothing line”. K-ching! In oth[…]

Not only that Tom, but the AMA article is riddled with falsities and tantalising half stories. Destiny’s Child in so called matching beige tops when it is clear that Beyonce is in “band leader” brown. Did Aaliyah send a recorded acc[…]

New soul generation dominate American Music Awards: yes yes all very well but “Best Internet Artist: U2”? Best Internet Artist? What fresh nonsense is this? If they’d wanted to reflect what the Internet actually likes (god help it) […]

I Hate Music Archives: this evening’s labours have been putting Tanya’s weblog in some kind of alphabetical order. It’s all* there, from the first tentative disses, through the page’s frequently hilarious golden age, to last y[…]

PHIL KLINE – UNSILENT NIGHT
The streets of New York, a cold winter night, and a whole lot of boomboxes playing pre-recorded tapes of a million swirly tinkles. This is either the corniest minimalism or the wryest new age you’ll ever hear. […]

BASEMENT JAXX – “Where’s Your Head At”
Fun, he says. This is a “fun” song. I’m guessing Mr. Ewing doesn’t watch much of the music television, because if he (like I) were exposed to this song via the i[…]

Mochi Manifesto: another one for the sidebar (eventually) – music blog by Honda of ILM regularity, with a semi-focus on electronic sounds. Which is always good to see, especially since we neglect them cos the joke potential is low. Meanwhile yo[…]

Come on Back Eileen: Blimey is this some kind of meme? Anyway Barry Walters reviews the new No Doubt and the new Smash Mouth as part of a call for the return of happiness to rock. Hard to deny the appeal of happy, funny music though (i) I’m not[…]

2002 is the year of the…..flute. Well okay, a pretty poor observation and one which will almost certainly not be borne out by – say – March even. However I cannot help but notice that two big tracks for January prominently feature a[…]