Song of the day (the new and the old) – 18. Skytone and Felt
20/08/2017Sometimes, music catches you like that. Read the rest of this entry »
The magic begins, close to home | a review of Day 2 ‘At the Edge of the Sea’ (Cinerama, Popguns, Helen McCookerybook and so forth)
19/08/2017Thursday was not good. Read the rest of this entry »
Song of the day (the new and the new) – 17. Lorde and Lorde (and Lorde and Lorde and Lorde and Lorde)
17/08/2017Haven’t much to say here. Should have, but haven’t. Read the rest of this entry »
Ideas for future directions | a poll
15/08/2017London Grammar is shit. Not sure where this blog is going. Read the rest of this entry »
Chester Bennington R.I.P.
21/07/2017Sometimes, taste in music is irrelevant. Read the rest of this entry »
Is Lana Del Rey the American Morrissey? ask Pitchfork
19/07/2017Is Lana Del Rey the American Morrissey? ask Pitchfork. I don’t know the answer to that. But I do have some other questions for them. Read the rest of this entry »
The Go-Betweens
16/07/2017Not The Go-Betweens, actually. Robert Forster. The Go-Betweens could so easily have been a band the (commercial) stature of a Smiths or R.E.M., you know. Fortunately, they are far superior to either. Read the rest of this entry »
A whole heap of shit | the Top 10 most read blog posts, here
11/07/2017That’s a whole heap of shit. The top entry has as many hits as the next three put together. Read the rest of this entry »
Shout out to my ex
01/07/2017New music. There is always more new music then anyone can compartmentalise. Read the rest of this entry »
Ball and chain
01/07/2017The day promises. Not much, but days always promise. Read the rest of this entry »
your top 20 favourite Jam songs
28/06/2017“My first love. My true love. He was only like 23 when he broke them up. Absolutely fucking incredible.” Read the rest of this entry »
R.I.P. Chris Cornell. I am so proud to have known you.
25/05/2017This is an anecdote I did not share in my Classic Rock piece I just wrote on Soundgarden. I felt it was a little too off-target, too personal. Read the rest of this entry »
the troubled diary of a David Bowie fan, day 485
01/05/2017Woke up this morning. David Bowie is dead. Read the rest of this entry »
Father John Misty vs Ed Sheeran. Who is the more shit?
10/04/2017The jury is IN. Read the rest of this entry »
1026 words on the epic new @fatherjohnmisty album.
05/04/2017You ready for this? Read the rest of this entry »
Everything that is wrong about music journalism, on one handy web page
02/04/2017I was browsing online for material to give my music journalism students at Solent in tomorrow’s lecture, when I changed across this (top result on Google for the term How To Become A Music Critic). It struck me as a good indication of what is so fucked about music journalism in 2017 – online, certainly. The original article is here. Read the rest of this entry »
Outtakes from The Electrical Storm – 1. Wire (Willesden Green, London, 1986)
01/04/2017…154 was always my favourite! Read the rest of this entry »
Bon Iver IS shit. The original post translated into audio
01/04/2017Bon Iver IS shit. Jes’ sayin’. Read the rest of this entry »
The 50 Worst Britpop Albums
29/03/2017Any similarities to any other polls, living or dead, are purely coincidental. Read the rest of this entry »
Bono is shit. The original post, translated into visuals, using Google Image Search.
28/03/2017WARNING: May contain visuals that some find distressing or offensive. Particularly the ones of Donald Trump.
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