DUEL!: Richard Ashcroft vs Moloko! Ugh.
As an aside, I’m really sorry for not attending to my e-mail that much lately. I’m going to put aside some time this weekend to attend to my sprawling inbox, so those of you who’ve written exp[…]

Reviewmania!: us against them comments on the scepticism surrounding Signal Drench‘s decision to move to what has – perhaps unfairly but I think not – become known as ‘Pitchfork format’, i.e. come rain, snow or shine th[…]

News Unlimited | Second sight: Douglas Rushkoff on digital manipulation in films, and on MP3s:
“By eliminating the real overtones associated with different instruments and the environments in which they are being played, then replacing them wit[…]

NYLPM blogs the blogs: Guy at Blahness writes: “I think that simplicity at times, especially when it manages to tap into some emotional response, can be extremely, extremely powerful. Space Invader bleeps may sound cool for a few years, but the[…]

DUEL!: another day, another Duel. Travis vs Catatonia.[…]

It is 1962. The town of Swindon. Not quite as modern as large parts of it have come to look (it didn’t receive ITV until April 1965, nearly a decade after London) but you can be instantly fooled otherwise, so aligned is the place to the new aff[…]

Signal Drench Music Magazine: four reviews a day and they’re all of indie rock! Sweet Lord, can nothing stem the tide?? My usual if-you-like-indie-rock-you’ll-like-this comments apply, though I should point out that if you dare click anyw[…]

Uncle Conscious – plain and wa-wa pedal: it’s another, yes another music blog. The twist here is that this person actually makes music, rather than just sitting around talking about it.[…]

I do make it sound as if I think that music has to contain lyrics to have meaning or emotional content. Which is precisely how Josh reads it. That’s nonsense: what I was trying to say is that the lyrics post-rockers of whatever stripe tend to p[…]

It’s like Duane Eddy on acid. There’s always been a country element to their music. It’s as if you crossed the New York Dolls and Ennio Morricone. They’re the last gang in town, they’re keeping the rock’n’rol[…]