Horton Jupiter of the very wonderful They Came From The Stars (I Saw Them) asks me to tell you about a party coming up this Saturday in Stoke Newington, a fantastical celebration at which the band will be performing, and he ominously adds that it mig[…]

Hee hee. And there’s a lot more banners where that came from, the Teen Pop Sucks page (unearthed by Kathleen). Some – particularly the one involving an enormous and curiously distorted Dave Grohl straddling the globe – might not be […]

Pulp People: he may not like Tanya much (or me, if her reports are to be believed), but this is a comprehensive review of all Pulpish activities, and thoroughly recommended to fans of that excellent band. Plus the design makes FT feel good about itse[…]

DJ Pretzel’s OVERCLOCKED REMIX: a while back Greg was asking about videogame music, surely the next – if not the current – hipster revival genre. Here one DJ Pretzel and his chums’n’pals remix lots of old console game mu[…]

Fascinating article on Napster, the DMCA, and the recording industry’s ongoing Canute act. Found via The Laboratorium, who offers much more intelligent commentary than I’m able to.[…]

More admin stuff: I’ve finally updated the music articles page and will try and keep it up to date from now on. Forty-five or so pieces – something there for everyone reading NYLPM, I’d guess. Looking over the list I’m frankly[…]

DJ Luck And MC Neat feat. JJ – “Masterblaster 2000” (mp3)
B15 Project feat. Chrissy D & Lady G – “Girls Like Us” (mp3)
UK Garage as “Pop!” and I love it. Replacing Sweet Female Attitude’s &#8[…]

LINK WRAY – Batman
Some people used to suggest that Batman and Robin’s relationship was improper. Can you believe it? These people claimed that Batman had lured a troubled young man into sinister vigilante activity, regularly exposing him[…]

Reader Response: Already we put the results of the Readership Survey into action. Somebody wanted more Belle And Sebastian, somebody else wanted more long articles – and this is, yes, a long article about Belle And Sebastian. It’s also fu[…]

Non-Music Thing: To the person from the University of Idaho who came to NYLPM and H-Clicked me, and asked why H-Click could be a hassle…..well, because it sometimes goes offline and throws you out of the chat and makes me look really rude. And […]