POPNOSE MP3 OF THE WEEK
4. Smiley Culture – “Nuclear Weapon”
Smiley Culture’s mix of sunshine tunes and fast, funny toasting hit big in ’84 or so with the fantastic “Police Officer”. His Hold Your Tongue albu[…]

Onwards, Indie Amnesty!
The following CDs on eBay are part of the Indie Amnesty, i.e. the proceeds go to our Exeter City ‘Grecian Earn’ appeal.
Nothing painted who??!?
I think this was a Ned recommendation!
FITE!
You should probably try a[…]

Now I can read ILM in the office again it means I can rubberneck threads like this, which takes over 100 posts humming and hawing over innovation before James Blount brings up the elephant in the room, viz. nu-metal, which was clearly – in main[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
86. Janet Kay – “Silly Games”
What Humans Hear:
Ah, that’s a nice and gentle little bit of reggae. Oh and what a sweet voice. A bit high but – oh – she’s not happy. What a wistful way wit[…]

rappers write like THIS:
the indefatigable www.allhiphop.com emails to say “NAS WORKING ON NOVELS: Rap vet Nas has decided to pen his own novels.”” Probably the only surprising aspect of this really is that it’s taken rap so […]

So, what’s Toyah been up to?
TOYAH WILLCOX EXPLORES THE PARALLEL WORLDS OF ROCK & RETAIL AT BCSC CONFERENCE
Rock’n Retail are parallel worlds in many ways according to singer and actress Toyah Willcox.
Toyah, who rounded off the key […]

We’re almost ready to give you all the details of March 24th’s Poptimism launch night (in fact we’ve already given most of them) but I thought I’d draw special attention to one particular aspect of the new night.
We’re c[…]

Last chance to play over at the high-tension finale to Troubled Diva’s “Which decade is tops for pops?” poll.[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
87. Roxy Music – “Virginia Plain”
Here’s a parlour game: take a famous debut single and imagine what you’d think of it if that act had released nothing else, ever. Roxy Music’s arch travelogue […]

The current trend in the magazine publishing world is taking monthly formats and turning them into weeklies. After the men’s weeklies Nuts and Zoo have decimated the monthly lad mag market, the fashion/women’s monthly was the next target.[…]