I’m off until Sunday afternoon: if my fellow team members want to take up the slack, you may have something new to read anyway. Otherwise, have a good weekend![…]

Loving and Leaving the Phonograph; or; Napster for Record Romantics. Well-written overview of what Napster means for the way we consume and listen to music. Two points leap out.
First off is the way Harry Smith’s Anthology Of American Folk Musi[…]

Help me with an urgent question on the I Love Music forum, why don’t you? The 90s revival starts here…..[…]

What are the most-performed songs in Britain?: few surprises (is there no poll bloody “Angels” won’t do well in?) in this survey. The most-played songs in the UK’s DJ Sets list will no doubt please certain Phats-and-Small-lovi[…]

USounds presents Baxendale MP3s: offered without commentary because a) I haven’t heard them, b) I have a vicious hangover.[…]

Future Primitive – Old Tunes: Oh my GOD. Unbelievable archive of hardcore MP3s, found by Tim. If you have any love for music at all (and also have a fast connection, working speakers, etc. etc.) you’ll be there before you even get to the […]

The Guide to the Guides: review of bulky rock guides, which is generally pretty successful, though obviously filtered through the point of view of an indie fan who wants namechecks for his indie faves (indie rock kids know too much about music anyway[…]

MADONNA – Music
First things first: Garry Mulholland’s Guardian review of this album that Tom blogged last week was absurd and unintentionally hilarious, exemplifying all the worst aspects of the paper’s pop coverage. Familiar by n[…]

BADLY DRAWN BOY – Hour Of The Bewilderbeast
It won a prize, don’t you know? But trust me, all you need to know about this years Mercury Prize winner is encapsulated in its title. The album is an hour long. Question is, what came first, t[…]

The Guardian covers Pop Bitch: “The only thing we do which is really libellous is a thing on celebrities who have large penises – but we kind of assume no one would sue about that.”.[…]