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[…]

Gareth has been listening to Daft Punk’s celestial “Digital Love” and Weezer’s “Only In Dreams” (“our generation’s great make-out anthem” quoth Jimmy the Mod). So, indeed, have I, and his comparis[…]

Never Mind The Flaming Here’s The Classic Or Dud: yes, it’s the forum. Scroll down to mark s’ long post and read it, why don’t you?[…]

Four GCSEs And A Chip On His Shoulder: another weblog by an I Love Music regular, in this case the pipetastic ‘DG’. Caution Vile Blogspot Template Alert but otherwise good stuff. Blogspot seems to have had hiccups lately and so a lot of g[…]

“I will blog you and link you on the Permafrost“: it’s another new music weblog, this time by ILM veteran Andy Kelman. This one boasts a clean, stern attractive design, a gorgeous indexing system, some sharp opinions and sharp writi[…]

Pop Circuit: find out where the A*Teens, Dream and Kaci are touring…..oh? what? It’s indie pop? Ah, well, OK. Find out where and when bands like The Clientele and Mogwai are touring and what’s going to be happening at festivals like[…]

“The pop underground is here to stay, and it’s a zillion strong”: Metal Mike Saunders on the A*Teens. Metal Mike is one of the best writers on the nu-pop because he’s so clear and enthusiastic, and because he doesn’t (w[…]