A 1993 12″ on Bob Stanley’s Icerink label , a whispering campaign suggested that Supermarket where none other than Kraftwerk themselves, sneaking out of retirement and into anonymity. Of course Supermarket were nothing of the sort: but it[…]

The emperor has no clothes. And he’s got a tiny dick: IndiePlanet‘s Mr Crankypants examines the MP3 situation. This section of his critique, focusing on the legal side of MP3s rightly finds that most legal MP3s are (literally) shit. The o[…]

DUEL! – ROUND 2: and into round two we go. The Charlatans are dragged back to the pop arena to square off against the Smashing Pumpkins, and your comments count.[…]

So lately I’ve been listening to a bit of Slabco stuff, and really enjoying it, mostly for the more-than-pleasant sensation of hearing breakbeat music which isn’t as thoroughly up its own impeccably-trousered arse as our homegrown stuff. […]

Here’s what josh blog is asking people to do:
Think about the CDs you like the most; they can be current favorites or all time favorites, or whatever. For the most part, do you like every single song on them, or are there some you sort of abide[…]

All bases covered: “What’s different about That Should Just About Cover It… is what it says about a climate in which pop acts are not only not expected to write their own songs but aren’t expected even to choose their own must[…]

More world-stomping bubblegum with (checklist please) the usual touched-up meccano beats, rather prettier melodic flourishes than we’ve had from Brit lately, no Titanic weep-out middle bit, and, oh, some very interesting lyrics: she’s win[…]

Could anyone have really expected us not to blog Britneylog? Despite sharing a host with an Anna Kournikova page this does seem to be an actual source of Britnews and not just an excuse for oglement.[…]

Now: a couple of weeks ago I reviewed a band called Now, who were great live but whose CD I didn’t enjoy. The band have now (ho ho) got in touch and to my immense relief didn’t want to kill me. But they did ask to point out that the band […]

Fivesongs: other weblogs have mentioned this idea, for sure, but have they submitted to it? I think not! I disagree with the whole idea of “songs you’re ashamed to like”, but after careful consideration I did find a handful.[…]