CINDERELLA – “don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone”
an argument that performance>composition:
this near-midler piano ballad perverted by tom keifer’s wounded-beast rasp. purring and whining sympathetically[…]

CB Savage, courtesy of Starry, who recommended it highly in the pub and was most certainly right to. Listen and wonder.[…]

Another week, another Am I Cool Or Not? – see how wrong you all were last time! Then try your qualitative skills on this week’s guinea pig.[…]

The best thing I ever seen Eminem do, since we have spoken of him lots in recent days, came this weekend. It was so bizarrely fascinating that I feel the need to let you all in on it. We were watching MTV, which had a show on basically accusing Britn[…]

Loads of new stuff up on Simon Reynolds’ site. And oh, check out the links page.[…]

Ridiculously OTT review of “Stan” from the NME. But It’s odd, actually, because we were down the pub last night talking about Bill Hicks and we all agreed that he was quite good but a bit of a sacred cow. That said he’s clearl[…]

“Proper Christmas single” my arse. Tagging the words “…at Christmas” onto the end of a line and introducing sleigh bells after the third chorus doesn’t count. However, if they’re wearing white fur coats in th[…]

Tom, surely the Sugababes are post nu-bubblegum. Nu-bubblegum was killed by Atomic Kitten (or at least mercifully put to sleep). I rate Overload higher than 30, but mainly because I could not believe such a classy sounding track was by a band with su[…]

TRACKS OF THE YEAR: 2000
Starting today: thirty tracks, best of the year, counted down in order. I’m going to get Blogvoices put on so people can discuss the choices, I think. Other contributors – feel free to intersperse with additions a[…]

Response to Am I Cool Or Not? has been very poor this week. Do the readers of FT know nothing about women’s music tastes? I may have to start offering prizes.[…]