Am I Cool Or Not?: it’s the highlight of your week, I know. Another verdict, another subject.[…]

Go and read this. All of it. Twice.: if, that is, you’ve got any interest in writing about music now. Rockcritics.com have outdone themselves this time. If you want to just read one bit, go here and scroll down to Frank Kogan’s comments.[…]

I HATE MUSIC: Tanya is back with her weekly dose of loathing – taking on George Formby, Forever Changes, Mods….and the first ever reader music submission![…]

OK, OK, we are an indie rock site: analysis of the 236 reviews posted on NYLPM since its inception yields the following genre breakdown:
Indie – 38% (includes punk, post-punk, grunge, indie pop and indie rock from the mid-70s to now)
80s-00s Po[…]

It Is Shaggy!: for obvious reasons we do not normally blog the chart news, however it is worth noting and gloating over the Manics’ positions. Their “gamble pays off” according to dotmusic: yeah, they’ll be delighted with 8 an[…]

People Talk Too Loud! is a new(?) site with an indie rock focus but it approaches the subject with a certain amount of humility, is nicely designed and seems – so far at least – to be article-focussed, which is refreshing in the review-ha[…]

Two bits of admin:
– now I’ve got a proper archive sorted out it’s time to work on NYLPM’s first ever redesign. This means a much-expanded links list on the sidebar, among other things. So if you run or know of a good, regular[…]

LUDACRIS – “Southern Hospitality”
Watching the devil: Greil Marcus doesn’t seem to have much time for hip-hop now, but way back in ’92 he wrote one of my favourite rap reviews ever, taking time to pick apart the Geto Boy[…]

JANET JACKSON – “ALL 4 U”:
“all my girls at the party, look at that body,
shaking that thing like you never did see,
got a nice package alright,
guess i’m gonna have to ride it tonight.”
thus begins janet jackson&#[…]

Here’s What I’ve Been Doing All Day: laid up with an injured knee, a hurt back and a stinking cold, I’ve spent my day doing something I’ve been putting off for ages and re-organising the archives properly. Every single review […]