Sobs, Static And Sweat: superb review of the new Jay-Z and Wu-Tang albums from the Village Voice.[…]

Chicks Dig Hip Hop: exactly what it says it is – a weblog, by women, devoted to hip-hop. And go into the archives for some of the liveliest blogvoices commentary I’ve seen. Why are there so few webogs about hip-hop, hmm?[…]

And the second must-click link this evening is this review of Almost Famous by Richard Meltzer. Meltzer uses it as an opportunity for a massive personal onslaught on Danny sugerman and another forgotten 70s teenaged rock writer: it’s bitter and[…]

Must we fling this filth at our pop kids?: where’s Bill Grundy when you need him?[…]

Of course if you do want to see what my favourite rockmags are you could always look here.[…]

So when does Everett True think was the golden age of Melody Maker? Surely not when he was writing a load of grunge-rock pieces for the paper? Still, the more dewy-eyed reminiscences about “the Maker” the better – it gets it out of […]

“We all know pop music sucks in the year 2000”, or according to this site we do. So why am I pointing to this primitive rubbish? Well, jack up your speakers and you too will understand. What in Kurt’s name were they thinking?[…]

The first must-visit link of the evening is the welcome return of the legendary Radio On. Radio On as a fanzine and as a hushed whisper on the rockcrit grapevine (cause obviously it wasn’t a fanzine anyone in Britain knew about) was the direct […]

How To Make A Schmindie Video: Are you an aspiring videaste auteur, dedicated to bringing the message of useless existential self-loathing to the overprivileged suburban masses? Jyoti Mishra, creative guy and FT music focus group participant, gives […]

Heaven Help Us!: how I would love to see the local press coverage of this one.[…]