Stephin Merritt–All The Umbrellas in London.
Sometimes I wonder if there is a song for every feeling, like the perfect wine for every meal. I have been feeling so meloncholy of late, so deeply sad about the state of my life and the world at la[…]

Lords of the Rhymes are only the rappers that the Beastie Boys COULD have been. Let’s not fool ourselves though, at heart the Beastie Boys are no cooler than rapping in Elvish.
A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
silivren penna miriel
o menel aglar elenath[…]

J.C.CHASEZ – “A.D.I.D.A.S.”
Everybody’s going on about this song at the moment, and they’re quite right. Something I like about it: one-note choruses aren’t uncommon in pop but the way Chasez grates his voice for t[…]

I swear I had no idea that Marcello had laid into 1985 when I put Red Box in my Top 12 just now. He really has a go at that particular single, as well. Maybe I’m the only person who likes it: I’ll admit I gulp slightly at its bug-eyed pos[…]

Level Playing Field: I’ve rearranged the blogs section so that there’s no more ‘ten favourites’ stuff going on – apologies if your hits drop as a result of this but it seemed a bit self-important.
On the other hand comme[…]

The Walrus Was Bleek
For those like poor David who are sick of A. The Neptunes (understandable), B. Jay-Z (madness), C. the dearth of novelty records in this post-Dr. Demento/Boom Selection world (err…), plz direct the p2p of yr choice to DJ Da[…]

PopNose: it’s part of FT but it won’t be linked from the front page, so you might want to make a note of it if you like the idea. (UPDATE: no PopNose yet readers as we have bandwidth issues. When we’ve worked out how much we can use[…]

You’d think with the dentistry degree, the Coke Dr Alban would be more interested in banning would be Coca-Cola, evil tooth rotting multinational corporation. Brown Fizzy Drinks, Don’t Don’t Do It![…]

I know what you’re thinking — rapping dentist from Sweden makes anti-drugs record, time for a chuckle. And certainly the odds are against Dr Alban — his delivery is comically serious and his chorus runs ‘Cocaine will blow your[…]

Mmmm…nice – “daily adventures in Jazz” – do you know I don’t think I’ve ever seen a dedicated Jazz blog before, though of course lots of people (Josh in particular springs to mind) have written quite a lot ab[…]