Round-up
Head of Frampton found on bikini
I really really dislike “Year Of The Rat” by Badly Drawn Boy. Just so you know. The perils of the mid-paced rocker: don’t try it kids.
Handy summary of the current file-sharing flap.
What fo[…]

There is a type of critical practise which I have decided to call Carmodism (cf). It involves hearing echoes of political events in contemporary pop records and vice versa – divining invisible connections that can, when the intuition is right, […]

[/emerges from XFM induced catatonia]
Tatwatch and Square Table back tomorrow. For now, the news (no news to most I’m sure) that “Dry Your Eyes” is apparently going to be No.1 on Sunday*. Crikey.
*(and credit where it’s due, M[…]

It is going to be a long day. XFM on in the office and already they’ve played “Size Of A Cow”.
Reciprocal linking leads me to this breezy blog.
Just heard an advert for TSB – “You don’t still play your first record[…]

State Of The Music Industry: it’s fair to say you probably haven’t read a music blog quite like this one before.[…]

THE THRILLS – Not For All The Love In The World
Theh AWL SOWNDID THUH SAY-EEEEEEMMM… yes, last year The Thrills really were the runts of the litter, weren’t they? Incessantly pushed by Radio 1’s New Sound Of Not Quite Able To […]

When the going gets TOUGH.
The TOUGH – gets going.
 
Why did no-one tell the ten year od me that this song was about rough sex? Its far too filthy for Boyzone.[…]

Tatquest 2004
I for one am delighted that we’re now living in the era of post-cool and in this spirit I continue my warts-and-all ‘download diary’ from yesterday.
THE GRID – “Swamp Thing”: some hole in history has […]

Still no token jazz: The Popjustice Twenty Quid Singles Prize offers its alternative to the Mercury folderol. Both lists feel a bit disappointing, to be honest.[…]

Is it the Mercury Music Prize Shortlist?
Or is it the line up at a one day inner city festival?
You decide:
 
Basement Jaxx – Kish Kash
Belle & Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
Jamelia[…]