my secret goal here is to destroy the remains of tom’s credibility by discussing aaron carter until even the most patient and open-minded of indie fans remove their bookmarks in abject disgust. so away we go…
one review i read of his new […]

Sacrebleu! Two follow-up albums? Although I guess the Christmas album could count for half, since it seems to be something of a rite of passage for any singer under the age of 17 or so.
There is that one stanza in “Bounce With Me” about […]

did someone say jordy?: well, investigating a little further, i found that jordy recorded not one, but two more albums after the one that spawned his greatest, and only, hit: one was a christmas album, while details about the other album, entitled re[…]

In the battle of the preteens ensuing on the Billboard 200 this week, Backstreet brother Aaron Carter (brother of Nick, who is I think the cute one? oh wait they are ALL the cute ones, except for that one who looks too much like Donnie Wahlberg) lose[…]

If Tom is going to keep gadding about maybe we should get a court order making sure he writes reviews and links full time. This is another classic case of knee jerk legal action, a string quartet with a court order to play together. The Guardian take[…]

Talk Amongst Yourselves: I’m off over the next couple of days. I’d hoped to finish the alphabetical stuff, but the pub got in the way, as it often does. Will the NYLPM team fill the void of my absence with top-quality musical content? We […]

VH1’s 100 Greatest Dance Songs: mostly disco. I like over half of these but some of the ordering is curious, the 70s slant predictable but sorrowful, and there are a few unforgiveable turkeys, i.e. “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie[…]

A classic of the “list” genre: Thee Headcoats’ “We Hate The Fuckin NME”. Over two chords, Billy Childish intones the reasons he doesn’t like the NME: “Elvis Costello in the NME… David Bowie in the NME&#[…]

Chipping in as well with the indie novelty single, the excellently racist Welsh Bands Suck gave me pause to smile at least five times in 1996. And it would appear that Helen Love (one of those Welsh bands that actually did suck) have made an entire n[…]

And a warm NYLPM welcome to Maura, our newest team member. Proof of her rockin’ musical credentials, if proof be needed, can be found with this L.A. Guns review. L.A. Guns, dude.[…]