I am a bit narked with the estimable DJ Martian (archives not working so you’ll have to scroll down). First of all he hypes his end-of-year list on the forum about five lengthy times and then doesn’t get it up, but more importantly he pos[…]

When William Orbit produced Ray Of Light, everyone I knew thought it was a bit of a chore – far more embarrassing than Maddy going techno was Orbit trying to recover his electronic touch after years spent cranking out flabby ambient wishwash. S[…]

I’m not sure this guy uses “atonal” and “ambient” the same way i do.[…]

The ultimate Jason Dean fansite, devoted to the Christian Slater character from Heathers, features penetrating psychoanalyses of the character. Don’t forget to sign Heather’s suicide note.[…]

A little note: these are not what I consider to be “the best garage tracks this year”. For starters, I only heard a fraction of the goodness waiting out there to be discovered. Secondly, I decided not to write about tracks I’d alrea[…]

Eminem voted Christmas favourite: note misuse of word “coveted” in first sentence. Note also 2% of UK population certifiably insane for voting for Craig Phillips.[…]

Melody Maker to merge with NME – and it’s all our fault. “The magazine’s publisher IPC said increasing competition from music sites on the internet had prompted the decision” – well, OK, maybe they’re not pre[…]

Hyperdub: and now a link nicked off Simon Reynolds (see below) – Hyperdub is an extraordinary magazine marrying the futuristic musical rush of cutting-edge garage and dance music with the logokinetic buzz of writers firing on all verbal cylinde[…]

(also don’t forget the requisite “boys boys boys plus obligatory sleater-kinney mention to prove that we’re ‘down with the chicks’” stance.)[…]

You’llhave seen this already, probably, Pitchfork’s Top 20 of 2000. Top 20 what? Albums, obviously. Radiohead come top – sorry to spoil the surprise and all.
Actually the ‘head album is the one on this rundown which comes clos[…]